We have investigated the tissue distribution of liposome-entrapped Adriamycin (ADM) in mice with metastatic spread to the liver and spleen after inoculation of J-6456 lymphoma cells. Sonicated phosphatidylserine:phosphatidylcholine:cholesterol liposomes were used as carriers of ADM, based on previous studies on the drug entrapment, stability, and tissue distribution of ADM-containing liposomes ...

The glucose-1-phosphatase encoding gene (agp) of Pantoea agglomerans was sequenced and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme showed very high homology to periplasmatic glucose-1-phosphatases of other members of the Enterobacteriaceae family. It was isolated from transformed Escherichia coli cells in a single step in high yields (32.3 ± 1.2 mg per litre of culture) by Ni-NT ag...

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles coencapsulating gadolinium oxide and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) have been synthesized in the aqueous core of sodium bis-(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)-hexane-water reverse micelle. The average diameter of these silica particles is around 25 nm and the particles are spherical and highly monodispersed as depicted using transmission electron microscopy. The e...

To check the suitability of enzyme entrapped beads for use in pharmaceutical industry, amylase enzyme was entrapped in agar/agarose, polyacrylamide gels and calcium alginate beads. Sodium alginate of 1% concentration was found to be best with respect to immobilization efficiency and calcium alginate beads so obtained were not much susceptible to breakage. When sodium alginate- amylase mixture w...

Size-selective pores in the shells of hollow polymer nanocapsules enable combined assembly and entrapment of molecules. Small building blocks enter the capsule through the pores. The assembled molecules, which are larger than the pores, remain entrapped in the nanocapsules. Porous nanometre-thin walls permit unhindered functionalization of entrapped molecules.

Various mechanisms can lead to the entrapment of air pockets within stormwater storage tunnels when they undergo rapid filling during intense rain events [Vasconcelos and Wright(2006)]. These entrapped air pockets are linked to operational issues within systems such as damaging surges, storage capacity loss, and severe geysering upon their release through water-filled ventilation shafts. Theref...

INTRODUCTION Gas-filled microbubbles have been recently employed in therapeutic applications due to their unique cavitation and sonoporation properties. Local microbubble cavitation by spatially focused ultrasound can be applied in achieving site-specific release of incorporated drugs or genes inside microbubbles. Microbubbles can potentially be visualized by MRI and serve as an intravascular s...