Biochemical mechanisms of malathion resistance were investigated in a malathion-resistant strain of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor Say collected from a farm storage in Kansas. General esterase activities were significantly lower in the resistant strain compared with those in a susceptible strain. However, no significant differences were found in activities of malathion specific carboxyleste...

Introduction and objective: Esterase activity is used in evaluation and correlation of strains in fungi. Our previous study showed that Candida albicans has a kind of intracellular esterase activity in yeast extract, peptone, and glucose medium (YPG). The aim of this research was to study the qualitative and quantitative differences of this enzymatic activity among clinical isolates of this yea...

in order to achieve prolong corneal contact time of norfloxacin(nfx) for treatment of extra ocular diseases, a ph triggered nanoparticulate in situ gelling system was designed to explore dual advantage of nanoparticles and in situ gelling system, for its ocular delivery. nfx loaded nanocarriers were developed by ionotropic gelation technique using chitosan as a matrix forming polymer, cross-lin...

despite the great potential of graphene as a nanofiller, achieving homogeneous dispersion remains the key challenge for effectively reinforcing polyolefin (such as polyethylene (pe) and polypropylene (pp)) nanocomposites. therefore, in this research, we report a facile combined in situ polymerization and masterbatch method for fabricating pp/reduced graphene oxide (rgo) nanocomposites. in the p...

The mechanism of lysis by in vivo-induced cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) was examined with virus-specific CTL from mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). LCMV-induced T cells were shown to have greater than 10 times the serine esterase activity of T cells from normal mice, and high levels of serine esterase were located in the LCMV-induced CD8+ cell population. Serine este...

allura red (ar) is a widely used colorant in food industry, but there is debate on its potential security risk. in this study, in vitro inhibitory properties of the dye against carbonic anhydrase (ca) were evaluated. the esterase activity of purified ca decreased in the presence of ar, in a dose-dependent manner. regarding literature review and observed results, this preliminary study may provi...

Plants were engineered to confer resistance to thiazopyr, a member of the pyridine herbicide family, via an esterase deactivation mechanism. Earlier studies showed that transformation of thiazopyr to its monoacid metabolite resulted in loss of herbicidal activity (P.C.C. Feng et al., 1995, Xenobiotica 35, 27). Based on thiazopyr hydrolytic activity, a 60-kDa esterase was purified from rabbit li...

A method was developed for simultaneous detection of proteinase and esterase activity in extremely halophilic bacteria by combining Tween hydrolysis and gelatin hydrolysis on a single plate.