Twenty-two azo dyes were used to study the influence of substituents on azo dye biodegradability and to explore the possibility of enhancing the biodegradabilities of azo dyes without affecting their properties as dyes by changing their chemical structures. Streptomyces spp. and Phanerochaete chrysosporium were used in the study. None of the actinomycetes (Streptomyces rochei A10, Streptomyces ...

The success of real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis is partly limited by the presence of inhibitory compounds in the nucleic acid samples. For example, humic acid (HA) from soil and aqueous sediment interferes with amplification and also quenches the fluorescence of double-stranded (ds) DNA binding dyes, thus hindering amplicon detection. We aimed to counteract the HA fluorescence quenching effect by ...

OBJECTIVES Polyanionic polymers, including lipoteichoic acid and wall teichoic acid, are important determinants of the charged character of the staphylococcal cell wall. This study was designed to investigate the extent to which teichoic acid contributes to protection from anionic azo dyes and to identify barriers to drug penetration for development of new antibiotics for multidrug-resistant St...

The efficiency of HZSM-5 Zeolite, tungestophosphoric acid (H3PW12O40) and tungestosililic acid (H4O40SiW12) were investigated in three-component, one-pot synthesis of coumarin dyes. These green and noncorrosive acids were highly efficient in synthesis of some coumarin dyes in excellent yield during concurrent formation of coumarin and benzimidazole or benzoxazole heterocycles (e.g. C. I. disper...

We report the synthesis of squaraine dyes under mild conditions by carbodiimide activation of squaric acid or semi-squaraine dyes. Despite low yields when the reaction was carried out in solution, these conditions were successfully applied to efficient peptide labelling on resin and nucleic acid sensing in solution.

A series of new azo amino uracil dyes were synthesized by diazotization of nine aromatic amines using sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid and subsequent coupling to 6-aminopyrimidine-2, 4(1H, 3H) – dione. The effects of solvents, substituents, acid and base on the visible absorption maxima of the dyes were also discussed.

BACKGROUND Decolorization of hazardous synthetic dyes using laccases in both free and immobilized form has gained attention during the last decades. The present study was designed to prepare immobilized laccase (purified from Paraconiothyrium variabile) on porous silica beads followed by evaluation of both free and immobilized laccases for decolorization of two synthetic dyes of Acid Blue 25 an...

Background and purpose: dye is widely used in industries such as cosmetic, leather, paper and textile and release to the environment via their effluents. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of low-cost adsorbents in acid orang 7 dyes removal from water. Materials and Methods: The Rice Stem biomass was sun dried, crushed and sieved to particle sizes in range of 1-2 mm. Then ...

The solid–solid reactions of electron-donor compounds, such as: barbituric acid (1a), thiobarbituric acid (1b), 1,3-dimethyl barbituric acid (1c), phenol (1d) and resorcinol (1e) with diazotized o-nitroaniline (3), m-nitroaniline (4) and p-nitroaniline (5) catalyzed by p-toluenesulfonic acid (2) afford azo dyes by grinding in good yields. This new method totally avoids the use of inorganic acid...