Gloriosa superba is a very important medicinal plant that is used for the treatment of diseases like Gout, arthritis, cancer and act as anthelmintic, antimitotic and antiabortive agent. Its tuber is a great source of Colchicine for the pharmaceutical industries and requires drying before extraction. The accelerated artificial drying technique using Microwave Vacuum oven was evaluated with other...

-carotene has been used for years as natural food colorants and in cosmetics and healthcare due to their antioxidant property. The production of -carotene by Mucor azygosporus was evaluated, utilizing deproteinized waste whey filtrate. Since pigments are intracellular, their extraction needed after cell cultivation. In this study, different strategies for extraction of -carotene from M. azyg...

A calcium protease which degrades neurofilaments was first observed in the fan worm Myxicola infundibulum and in the squid Loligo forbesi [l] and subsequently in a mammalian system [2,3]. Many of the polypeptides in Myxicola axoplasm are degradation products of the 160 000 and 150 000 M, polypeptides as has been shown by careful peptide mapping. Moreover, there is a high probability that they r...

Abstract By-products and wastes generated by the oil gas industry must be properly managed treated. Oil-drilling cuttings (ODCs) are major during process of oil/gas exploration extraction. ODCsispre-treated in a sonicator mixing it with synthetic seawater pre-specified composition at varying volume ratios, presence anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) various concentrations (0%, 0.2...

Graphene was dispersed using a tip sonicator and the effect of surfactants were analysed. Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) were compared to observe whether or not they had any effect on any de-wrinkling, and secondly whether they aided to achieve better dispersions. There is a huge demand for wrinkle free graphene as this will greatly increase its usefulness in various ...

This paper presents an investigation of the effect graphene nanoparticles on mechanical properties glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite. The composites were fabricated using vacuum infusing molding. Dispersion nanoplatelets was done bath sonicator and stirring. physical examined according to ASTM standards. Results showed that there a significant improvement in tensile flexural by addition 0....

BACKGROUND Liposomes have been successfully used as delivery vehicles for anticancer drugs. Both sonication and microfluidic technologies have been used to produce liposomes. The combination of the two methods was evaluated in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS The microfluidic devices, mainly comprising micro-dispensers and a sonicator, were used to produce liposomal nanoparticles. Sonication...

Several common metabolites and drugs in the serum in of patients with inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune, immunodeficient, neoplastic, and toxicant-induced diseases can produce artifactual suppression of the [methyl-3H]-thymidine assay, which is widely used to evaluate lymphocyte responsiveness. We have developed a sensitive, semiautomated, fluorescence-enhancement assay in which true immunos...

The objectives of our study were to prepare and evaluate a biodegradable nanoparticulate system of Letrozole (LTZ) intended for breast cancer therapy. LTZ loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles (LTZ-PLGA-NPs) were prepared by emulsion-solvent evaporation method using methylene chloride and polyvinyl alcohol. Percentage of drug (with respect to polymer) was selected as formulation varia...

Biologic agent screening is a three-step process: lysis of host cell membranes or walls to release their DNA, polymerase chain reaction to amplify the genetic material and screening for distinguishing genetic signatures. Macrofluidic devices commonly use sonication as a lysis method. Here, we present a piezoelectric microfluidic minisonicator and test its performance. Eukaryotic human leukemia ...