We developed a new screening method for potential wood preservatives based on decolorization of the dye Remazol Brilliant Blue R by extracellular oxidative agents produced by wood decay fungi. Oxidative biodegradation of lignin yielded decolorized zones around and under fungal cultures on a dyed agar medium. Inhibitory effects were detected by direct observation and measurement of the decoloriz...

In this study, the potential of PTMC and mPEG-PTMC microparticles for controlled delivery of hydrophilic drugs was investigated. PTMC and mPEG-PTMC microparticles, loaded with hydrophilic model compounds (BSA, lysozyme and CoomassieR Brilliant Blue G) were prepared by the double emulsion method. High loading efficiencies can be achieved, and first order release profiles during 60 days were obse...

Intracellular forms of Trypanosoma cruzi were destroyed in infected mouse macrophage cultures treated for 24 h with micromolar concentrations of phenazine methosulfate, brilliant cresyl blue, or crystal violet. Parasites were not killed in macrophages which were only treated with the dyes before infection, indicating that the drugs did not induce a protracted state of macrophage trypanocidal ac...

 Background: Candida species are among the most common causes of opportunistic fungal diseases. Among Candida species, Candida albicans is responsible for most infections. Having many strains, C. albicans is very polymorph. C. dubliniensis is very similar to albicans species both morphologically and physiologically. For an infection to occur, cell wall proteins play an important role as they en...

IMPORTANCE Surgical skin markers are used off-label to mark human saphenous veins (HSVs) to maintain orientation before implantation as aortocoronary or peripheral arterial bypass grafts. These surgical skin markers impair functional responses of the HSV tissue. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of brilliant blue dye 1 (brilliant blue FCF [for food coloring]; hereinafter, FCF) as a nontoxi...