How to express fungal spore concentration when the number of colony is in between 0-5

I am analyzing a treatment on fungal spores to observe the killing effect of the treatment on the pathogen. For the treatment I spread 1 million fungal spores on media plate, treat the plates for...

08 June 2017 6,973 22 View

Can anyone tell me how to hydrolyze protein for atomic absorption assay (AAS)?

I want to analyze the metal binding capacity of my protein through AAS.

10 October 2012 4,610 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

How can plant phytochemistry be included in discussions about whole plant traits?

I am using the concept of plant functional traits (Cornellisen et al., 2003) in a paper. Considering descriptions for whole plant traits (life history; life form; growth form; plant height;...

24 February 2021 6,831 5 View

What is the biochemistry of acidic solvents for phenolics extraction in strawberry?

I am using the Folin-Ciocalteu method for analysis of total phenolic content in ripe strawberries. I've read several protocol that suggest a methanol/H2O/formic acid (80:19:1) extraction solution....

22 February 2021 6,560 3 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View

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The Folin-Ciocalteu method is an electron transfer based assay, and gives reducing capacity, which is usually expressed as phenolic content. Can anyone share any reference paper where total...

13 February 2021 3,782 3 View

What is the best visualisation solvent for xylooligosaccharides using TLC?

I am interested in using TLC to detect non-linear xylooligosaccharides. What would be the best visualisation solvent? Would aniline phthalate solution be suitable? I have also seen people...

02 February 2021 7,748 3 View

Are any database collected cell penetrating anticancer peptides ?

Dear researchers, Anticancer peptides(ACPs) with cell-penetrating properties can enter to cytoplasmic space of cancer cells and induce cell death. but, I could not find the database that...

29 January 2021 707 3 View

How to calculate Total Phenolic Content and express it in mg GAE/kg?

26 January 2021 3,847 7 View

Can anyone help me to separate my phenolic compound in TLC with any new solvent system ?

My Compound is Leaf powdered Methanolic extract which is showing good phenolic compounds upon dipping in FeCl3. -My problem is phenolic compounds are not eluting with any common solvent system.

22 January 2021 4,693 7 View

What could be the reason behind decrease in transmission (around 1200 cm^-1 ) in the FTIR spectrum of gas phase organic compound ?

Hi, I have been analysing gas phase organic solvents with the help of FTIR. The spectrum looks a bit weird around 1200 cm^-1 (see attached image). I noticed a similar behaviour when the gas cell...

12 January 2021 3,286 8 View