Anyone who knows which of the secondary metabolites give the characteristic smell in aromatic plants?

Is the combination of them which gives the characteristic smell or they act separatly. For example coumarin gives the smell of fresh cut grass

09 October 2016 9,302 7 View

Helleborus herbicide properties

can be helleborus extract a new natural herbicide ? which type of chemical substances are responsible of this use?

05 June 2016 2,964 0 View

Methods of testing mosquitoes repellent products?

mosquito repellent based on essential oils in vivo assay

05 June 2016 3,232 1 View

I have a backpressure problem with my hplc column , it has 1000 psi more than normal pressure, any ideas?

i tryied out rince with AcCN-water 95-5 and then 2-propanol but the problem remains. The curious thing is that i had a pre-column while i were using the column

04 May 2016 2,227 7 View

How pH of a sample affects the chromatogram in a HPLC method?

03 April 2016 1,040 2 View

How to calculate Total Flavonoid?

I analyzed flavonoid total spectrophotometry, the procedure as below: 2 ml supernatan added 5 ml dd.H2O, then added 0,15 ml NaNO2 5%, 5 minutes later added 0,15 ml AlCl3 10%, After 6 minutes,...

01 March 2021 6,722 1 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Do you consider undergoing a structure literature review / Meta analysis and getting numerical findings sort of quantitative method?

I am looking for a classification of the research methods included in literature review papers or Meta analysis ones .

22 February 2021 1,131 4 View

Can I do two kinds of mixed method in explanatory research?

Dear distinguish professors and scholars, I have a research in measuring two kinds: think tank capacity and research impact on policy. Can I do two kinds of mixed methods in order to find, "Is...

20 February 2021 6,897 1 View

How to analyse a (perceptual) study using differing/comparable sets of stimuli?

I plan on running an online perceptual experiment that has, let's say, 100 unique video stimuli altogether. Since these are too many to be rated by every participants, I would like to present the...

15 February 2021 7,444 2 View

How to analyse a split-plot design in stata ?

I have run an split-plot design experiment evaluating the efficacy of a treatment (with 3 whole plots and 4 sub-plots), and I am planning to analyse the collected data in Stata. However, I do...

14 February 2021 7,800 7 View

Can any suggest me good method of GC MS for the separation of Flavonoids?

I prepared the ethyl acetate, ethanol and butanol fraction from the ethanol extract of seed for isolation of Flavonoids. Amongst them ethanol fraction showing shinoda test positive for polar...

13 February 2021 8,263 3 View

Can I use a likert survey for criterion sampling in a qualitative study or would that make it mixed methods?

I am doing a phenomenographic study on the reading experiences of avid v. Neutral v. Non-Readers. If I use a likert survey to criterion sample for participants, does that make it a mixed method...

09 February 2021 8,594 3 View

Why is there cloudy white solution in flavonoid test tube?

I do flavonoid test for biscuit incorporated with muntingia fruit powder. Sample extracted with metanol (1:10 ,w/v), macerated 24h, sentrifuged and filtered. Supernatan used for analysis. I have...

08 February 2021 6,779 4 View

How to create the context-mechanism-outcome configuration (CMOc) in the realist methodology?

In the realist methodology (especially by Raymond Pawson et al), the CMOc is a common structure to explain what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and why? I'm always asked about the...

08 February 2021 2,792 1 View