What is the fair price to publish a paper in open access journal (OAJ)?

Until when we will pay exorbitant prices to publish our papers in open access journals? Together, volunteer researchers and websites of nonprofit organizations (WHO, Public universities,...

08 September 2016 8,738 0 View

Can anyone help me to calculate the total amount of ethanol formed from fructose fermentation, satisfying the below-mentioned conditions?

08 September 2016 2,360 2 View

How to calculate the amount of substrate degraded by an enzyme?

07 August 2016 2,163 7 View

How do I calculate the maximum number of molecules of the substrate that an enzyme can convert per time unit?

A genomic study has shown that an enzyme was about 40 times upregulated in the liver. How to estimate the maximum amount of substrate, knowing the its molecular mass?

10 November 2015 329 11 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Are there any known solvothermal methods to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets using solvents other than water (like ethanol/ethanol-water mixture) ?

I need to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets by alternate methods without pure water as a solvent.

22 February 2021 9,246 1 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 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

Can ethanol be used as an analgesic?

If ethanol has analgesic properties, why isn't it used for clinical purposes?

18 February 2021 8,227 4 View

What is the best way to isolate Hydrolysable tannins on Sephadex column?

I am currently preparing to isolate polyphenolics (Hydrolysable tannins) from aqueous extract of a plant. I want to set up a small sephadex column to guide the major isolation on a laerge...

18 February 2021 1,455 3 View

How many of absolute errors (in kcal) do you believe affect the prescription of the diet when estimating the energy required for an elite athlete?

Dear colleagues, I am writing an article that compares the measured and predicted resting metabolic rate in elite athletes. However, to define a cutoff point to determine which equation is more...

16 February 2021 4,515 3 View