Ultrasound and poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) have each separately been shown to increase DNA transfection efficiency. This study tested the hypothesis that the combination of ultrasound and PEI can have a synergistic effect to increase DNA transfection. This in vitro study assessed transfection efficiency of two different DNA plasmids encoding green fluorescent protein and firefly luciferase in two ...

The overall prognosis for malignant glioma is extremely poor, and treatment options are limited in part because of multidrug resistant proteins. Our previous findings suggest low intensity ultrasound (LIUS) can induce apoptosis of glioma cells. Given this finding, we were interested in determining if LIUS could help treat glioma by inhibiting multidrug resistant proteins, and if so, which pathw...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Meloxicam, a widely recommended AINS, presents poor water solubility, which limits its bioavailability and effect onset. The objective of this study is the investigation of the most important factors that influence the efficiency of sonication in the preparation of meloxicam nanocrystals. METHODS The effects of crucial technological sonication parameters (amplitude, time a...

The effects of sonication, potassium ferrate (K2FeO4) oxidation and their simultaneous combination (called “sono-oxidative pre-treatment”) on chemical properties and anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS) were investigated and compared comprehensively. Based on chemical parameters, the optimum operating conditions were found to be 0.3 g K2FeO4/g total solids (TS) dosage for 2-h ind...

Antioxidant activity, total phenolic, total flavonoid compounds and cytotoxicity to cancer cell lines of propolis extracts from two extraction methods were investigated in this study. Propolis was collected from Phayao province and extracted with 70% ethanol using maceration and sonication techniques. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by DPPH assay. Total phenolic and flavonoid compounds w...

Abstract Controlled tablet disintegration is useful for chemical consistency checks. This study monitored the swelling of 54 analgesia tablets from two different batches, during 13–6-MHz brightness-mode sonication and simultaneous video recording. The were placed on an acoustic reflector inside a container sonicated top. Sonication shortened displacement half-life by 17%–27%. During swelling, t...

A dispersion of individualised carbon nanotubes is commonly obtained by means of sonication. Under sonication bundles of nanotubes are debundled, a process known as exfoliation. During sonication small bubbles within a liquid are brought into oscillation by an acoustic field. Under certain conditions these oscillations can end in the violent collapse of the bubble. This disruptive process dispe...