Ficus religiosa has great mythological, religious, and medicinal importance in the culture of India and Nepal since times immemorial. The present paper was done to evaluate the potential of sodium hypochlorite in controlling the contamination of F. religiosa micro-propagation and seed germination of F. religiosa. In this study, a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with...

Vegetables are an important source of nutrients, but they can host a large microbial population, particularly bacteria. Foodborne pathogens can contaminate raw vegetables at any stage of their production process with a potential for human infection. Appropriate washing can mitigate the risk of foodborne illness consequent to vegetable consumption by reducing pathogen levels, but few data are av...

Fourteen disinfectants were tested in vitro for activity against soil bacteria and fungi attached to a boot worn in New Zealand, and then eight were further evaluated on three types of field-worn footwear. From in vitro tests sodium hypochlorite (JanolaTM), calcium hypochlorite (Haz-TabTM) and a quaternary ammonium product (Trimove) gave almost complete kill of bacteria. Four disinfectants (sod...

The mechanism responsible for sodium-hypochlorite-induced reduction in dentin bond strength and its reversal with reducing agents is unknown. This study examined the relationship between nanoleakage and reversal of compromised bonding to oxidized dentin. Acid-etched dentin was completely depleted of demineralized collagen matrix when sodium hypochlorite was used. Specimens were bonded with two ...

The substances used in the root canal treatment, especially sodium hypochlorite solution and oxidant agents, can negatively interfere on the bond strength of the adhesive systems to dentin and on the dental crowns fracture resistance.(1,2).

OBJECTIVE The aim of this human in vivo pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy of six antimicrobial agents on the surface decontamination of an oral biofilm attached to titanium implants. DESIGN For in vivo biofilm formation, we fixed titanium specimens to individual removable acrylic upper jaw splints (14 specimens in every splint), which were worn by four volunteers overnight for 12 h. Th...

In 1938 Brodie and Friedman (1) published a method for the determination of bromide in tissues and biological fluids. Tissues, serum, urine, or spinal fluid was dried and then fused with sodium hydroxide on a sand bath and the melt containing the bromide was dissolved in water. The use of bromide as a measure of the extracellular fluid was demonstrated by Brodie, Brand, and Leshin (2,3). In the...