In this study, the essential oil (EO) constituents from the aerial parts of Satureja intermedia C.A.Mey were detected by GC and GC/MS. The antimicrobial activity of EO on oral pathogens and its cytotoxicity to human cancer cells were determined by the microbroth dilution method and the crystal violet staining method, respectively. Thirty-nine compounds were identified and the main EO constituen...

Several studies have validated the effectiveness of narrow-band imaging (NBI) in estimating invasion depth of early colorectal cancers. However, comparative diagnostic accuracy between NBI and chromoendoscopy remains unclear. Other than crystal violet, use of acetic acid as a new staining method to diagnose deep submucosal invasive (SM-d) carcinomas has not been extensively evaluated. We aimed ...

Bacterial colonization of polymeric medical aids causing so-called nosocomial infections is one of the main problems linked with the extensive use of polymeric devices in clinical applications. In this study, the properties of medical-grade polyvinyl chloride were modified by incorporating crystal violet into its bulk structure. Sodium montmorillonite was used as a carrier for the crystal viole...

A microspectrophotometric survey conducted on the retinal photoreceptors of the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) revealed the presence of five different types of vitamin A1-based visual pigment (rhodopsin) in seven different types of photoreceptor. A single class of rod contained a medium wavelength-sensitive visual pigment (wavelength of maximum absorbance, lambda max, 504 nm). Four diffe...

The possibility of stabilizing emulsions of water and non-polar alkane with pure, coloured organic pigment particles is explored. Seven pigment types each possessing a primary colour of the rainbow were selected. Their solubility in water or heptane was determined using a spectrophotometric method and their surface energies were derived from the contact angles of probe liquids on compressed dis...

The Pentaneand Toluene-Soluble Fractions of a Petroleum Residue and three Coal Tars by Size Exclusion Chromatography and UV-Fluorescence Spectroscopy — A petroleum atmospheric pressure distillate residue and three tars derived from different coals using different severities of thermal treatment were separated into seven fractions using column chromatography on silica and sequential elution by t...

THE absorption spectrum of cod-liver oil possesses a quite special interest because of the fact that the oil contains three known important substances which are sensitive towards light, namely, vitamin A, ergosterol or provitamin D and vitamin D itself. A number of workers have studied the absorption spectrum of the medicinal oil, and Schlutz and his colleagues [1925, 1926] and Heilbron, Kamm a...

Shades ranging from violet to black pigmentation in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) are attributed to anthocyanin accumulation. High-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis of violet and black fruit tissue identified a single anthocyanin that was determined to be delphinidin-3-p-coumaroyl-rutinoside-5-glucoside. Leaf tissue of a black-pigmented foliage genotype contained th...

A series of aminotriarylmethane dyes were examined for binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from Torpedo californica. Several compounds were found to bind to the noncompetitive antagonist site of the AChR as demonstrated by inhibition of [3H]phencyclidine binding; apparent KD values ranged from 50 nM to >100 microM. One dye with high affinity, crystal violet, revealed a greate...

Since the publication of observations on the selective bactericidal action of gentian violet, 1 studies have been carried on in this laboratory with a large number of other dyes. The technique of divided plates, previously described, has been employed. The results with dyes similar in chemical structure to gentian violet have already been reported. 2 These dyes, like gentian violet, were found ...