Background: Melanin is a negative charge hydrophobic complex pigment. Melanin is produced naturally in bacteria to protect them against UV, free radicals and environmental stresses. Pigment production in bacteria has more advantages than other biosources due to its rapid growth, higher efficiency and easier extraction. The aim of this study was the isolation, biochemical and molecular identific...

Background: Many of the most common cancers, such as prostate and breast cancer are due to the presence of harmful agents and compounds in processed foods, including nitrite. In this research the physicochemical, antioxidant, and color properties of sodium nitrite-free sausages containing different concentrations of cochineal pigment alone or in combination with cumin essential oil were studied...

The inkjet printing machine was initially used on ceramic parts as a small device in designing and advertising offices limitedly. In recent years, this device has been applied professionally to create high-quality patterns in the industry. In this method, liquid ceramic ink is sprayed on the specified parts by piezoelectric nozzles and after drying and discharging, the organic matter is baked a...

Although, that the solar energy is important for life continuity, there is need to protect large buildings from these radiations in summer and if the buildings are permitted to take these radiations, the cost of cooling will be too much. One of the most effective methods used to solve this problem is to coat buildings with specific pigments that reflect the solar infrared radiation. This wo...

photooxidation as an important process, which significantly affects the service life of the polypropylene products, has been the subject of much theoretical and experimental study. pigments used often change the light stabilities of polypropylene. out-door applications of pigmented polypr-opylene are now increasingly developed in products such as artificial grass. the aim of this work is to exa...

A broad sampling program was carried out in the spring of 2019 on Brittany coast to assess how surface sediment characteristics drive benthic effluxes ammonium (NH 4 + ) and phosphate (PO from intertidal mudflats. total 200 samples were characterized by their porosity, grain-size, elemental composition pigment contents, as well fluxes NH PO determined core incubations. The results showed that (...

• Massive metabolic reprogramming was unveiled for Haematoccocus reddish cells. The differential expression of 100s genes induces this reprogramming. bHLH transcription factor family is a putative astaxanthin biosynthesis regulator. Vegetative palmelloid cells are model synthesis studies. Astaxanthin valuable and highly demanded ketocarotenoid pigment, which the chlorophycean microalga Haematoc...

SINCE the formation of the aqueous humour depends largely upon active transport across the blood-aqueous barrier (in particular the ciliary epithelium), the rate of formation will be influenced by substances which act upon the barrier by modifying its properties or behaviour. In the present paper results are presented which deal with the actions of three different types of substance, all ofwhic...

All the known chromium(III) NASICON-related phosphates are considered to be solid solutions. In these compounds chromium atoms share their position in the basic framework of the crystal lattice with other structure forming elements such as zirconium. In our study, we have hypothesised a completely new way of structural organisation of the chromium(III) zirconium(IV) NASICON framework, consistin...

A phycoerythrin (PE) and phycocyanin (PC) mixture was separated from allophycocyanin on calcium phosphate chromatography from completely dissociated phycobilisomes of the blue-green alga, Nostoc sp. After dialysis of the PE-PC mixture in 0.75 m potassium phosphate, pH 7, which allows reassociation of the dissociated pigment-proteins, complexes of PE and PC in a 2:1 m ratio (PE/PC complex) as we...