How does the N value be counted for gut content analysis?

I read some articles on mollusc and fish diet analysis. The formula for percentage frequency of occurrence stated above: %F0 = Nei/Ne x 100 and percentage numerical abundance : %NI : Ni/N x...

15 October 2020 4,568 3 View

Why is it necessary to vortex and incubate in dark the sample and DPPH solution and other DPPH questions?

Hi all, In the determination of Antioxidant capacity of fruit samples, I used DPPH assay and have a few questions regarding the DPPH assay 1) why is it necessary to vortex and incubate in dark...

30 August 2020 246 3 View

How to renew the Scopus index status of a journal?

Dear Researchers, Our journal (ISSN no. 2070-4658) was part of the Scopus index till 2017. Now, it is not in the Scopus index as the last two years no issue has been published. However, the...

24 August 2020 7,203 3 View

Hello,i extract my plants using rotary evaporator and i got crude extract.How should dilute it?i have no idea on how to dilute it?Can someone helpme?

dilute it in ethanol or dmso? which solution is better as i used 95% of ethanol as my extraction solvent?

23 March 2020 5,971 6 View

Can I set "20 uL reaction volume" in PCR cycler machine, while my actual sample is only 10 or 15 uL?

This is a stupid but quite technical question. We have a PCR machine that has 20 uL minimum reaction, so it can't be set into 15 or 10 uL in the machine. Is this going to affect the result...

22 March 2020 3,497 4 View

Is there any SOP to measure pharmaceutical clean room and if none can we develop our own method to measure the room size?

06 March 2020 866 1 View

How to test degree of polymerisation of aged kraft paper impregnated in oil?

kraft paper was impregnated in mineral oil at different temperatures and duration. my project is to get the DP value at different duration. in order to be measured by viscometer, the sample must...

20 January 2020 2,234 3 View

What is the equation to explain how one possible organic side product is formed in the synthesis of 1-bromobutane?

And show the chemical properties window of this side product. Explain how this product can be separated from the desired product. I have already identified that the possible organic side products...

29 December 2019 6,170 4 View

Validation for Intracerebroventricular Microinjection of Streptozotocin in Rats?

Hi, I'm planning to induce sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) in male Sprague Dawley rats (3 months old, 270-350g) through bilateral intracerebroventricular microinjection of 3 mg/kg streptozotocin...

25 November 2019 9,723 3 View

What is the meaning of negative activation energy?

I am prepared (Al, Co) co-doped TiO2 thin films by spray pyrolysis technique. The electrical measurement was performed by the four-probe point method, in the range of temperature 3ok (Room...

22 October 2019 526 4 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

Buffer Exchange using column packed with sephadex G-25 effect on protein concentration?

Hello, If i am doing a buffer exchange for an antibody of 1mg/mL, does the elution lose protein in the process of buffer exchange? For example, if i flow through 500 uL of 1mg/mL sample, and...

03 March 2021 6,299 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Why are my bands weird in this Agarose gel?

Can someone please give me some possible things that could go wrong? Here is my recipe: 0.5g Agarose 50 mL of TAE 1x 1 uL ethyl bromide. Gel was run at 100V for 1 hour. The buffer used is also TAE.

01 March 2021 9,952 3 View

What do I do with DLS peaks that are from the buffer?

I'm looking at the aggregation of my protein sample using DLS. Unfortunately, my buffer (20mM HEPES) also results in a set of peaks. These are at approximately 1 and 1000 d.nm. The lowest peak...

01 March 2021 9,015 2 View

Which database would give me this list of chemical components?

Dear colleagues: I would like to know if anyone knows of a database that gives me the parameters pH, K, K, Mg, P, C, N, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd of common foods. I find a lot of information of proteins,...

26 February 2021 5,525 3 View

What is the most suitable resuspension buffer for TCA/acetone precipitated protein?

I need to extract protein from fermented carbon sources for Bradford assay. Most researchers experiencing insolubility of pellet in resuspension buffer. Please assist me to select most suitable...

26 February 2021 7,129 3 View

What urea buffer can i use for biotagged protein extraction from streptavidin beads?

Hi all, I have been doing research on biotagged LDB1 proteins in Mel cells. I purify the proteins using M280 streptavidin beads. The yield is very low so I've been trying to optimize it by...

24 February 2021 5,749 3 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View