Hi i want to ask that in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours) of particular toxin for fish. Should we keep the animals with food or without food?

if we expose the fish after acclimatization to particular toxin in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours).Should we keep the fish off feed or with feed for that duration. Some literature show that...

24 February 2021 357 2 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

How to dilute Toxin-DMSO solution?

I have a concentrated solution of a toxin(50 micromolar) in DMSO 100%. I need to dilute it inorder to dilute both the toxin and DMSO wich can be toxic to cells. Which would you guys recommend to...

19 February 2021 7,447 2 View

Can someone help me to improve the MCF-10A growth?

18 January 2021 7,640 3 View

What is the mechanism of nanomaterials to reduce or detoxification mycotoxins ?

I want to get a clear explanation that it is not adsorption or opening of the lactone ring, for example, nano-magnesium oxide, how it works when it binds or interacts with aflatoxin, what is the...

27 April 2020 2,972 4 View

How to calculate the amount of toxin per gram of wheat?

hello, I am working on the extraction of trichothecenes from the grain of wheat and I would like to ask how is it possible to calculate the concentration of toxin ug per gram of wheat? the...

17 March 2020 7,469 3 View

From a hosts point of view, which comes first, effect of toxins on pathways or identification of toxins?

From a pure biology perspective, when a pathogen affects a host, what comes first, the effect of the toxin (effector protein) on the pathways or identification of the structure of the toxin by the...

10 February 2020 6,925 6 View

From a hosts point of view, which comes first, effect of toxins on pathways or identification of toxins?

From a pure biology perspective, when a pathogen affects a host, what comes first, the effect of the toxin (effector protein) on the pathways or identification of the structure of the toxin by the...

01 February 2020 8,453 6 View

How to determine the amount of chemical used if it is not stated in the paper?

The paper, Surface Modification of Graphene Nanoplatelets by Organic Acids and Ultrasonic Radiation for Enhance Uremic Toxins Adsorption, only stated the ratio of acid but not the amount, how do I...

17 November 2019 3,396 3 View

Which statistical test to perform my MTT dataperformed for different time intervals with different concentrations of a bacterial toxin?

I have treated THP1 and AGS cells for 12, 24 and 48 hours with a bacterial toxin concentrations 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 ug/ml. Now I want to prove my results with statistical methods but I'm...

10 November 2019 6,437 6 View