The burgeoning field of bioremediation relies on the natural abilities of plants and fungi to accumulate certain toxic heavy metals. In heavy metal detoxification, plant and yeast vacuoles are responsible for the sequestration of toxins away from the cytoplasm. A yet-unpublished study done by the Rea group analyzed the protein profile of the vacuolar lumen in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cer...

A spectrophotometric assay procedure is described for individually measuring theophylline-7-acetic acid and theophylline in 2.0 ml of serum. Absorbance is a linear function of concentration over a range of 0.5-40 mg/liter for theophylline-7-acetic acid and 0.5-40 mg/liter for theophylline. No endogenous or exogenous compounds were found that interfere with theophylline-7-acetic acid determinati...

Three rapid, simple and accurate analytical methods for the determination of citalopram in tablets were developed. The capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method was carried out using fused silica capillary with 67 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.0 as the background electrolyte, 30 kV of separation voltage and UV detection at 239 nm. The direct spectrophotometric method was performed by measuring the...

The nature of caffeine reveals that it is a bitter white crystalline alkaloid. It is a common ingredient in a variety of drinks (soft and energy drinks) and is also used in combination with various medicines. In order to maintain the optimum level of caffeine, various spectrophotometric methods have been developed. The monitoring of caffeine is very important aspect because of its consumption i...

The reaction of aluminium(III) with Hydroxynaphtol Blue (HNB) in aqueous media at apparent pH 5.5 results in a red complex that is stable for at least 4 hr. Beer's Law is obeyed up to 1.6 microg/ml of aluminium(III) with an apparent molar absorptivity of 1.66 x 10(4) l.mol(-1). cm(-1) at 569 nm. This paper proposes procedures for aluminium(III) determination by ordinary and first-derivative spe...

Determination of Iron in Natural samples was carried out using the Spectrophotometric methods. For each Natural Samples (determined in duplicate) ash solution was prepared and its aliquot for analysis by Spectrophotometric methods has been done. Mean value for duplicate analysis of each sample determined by the method was tabulated according to Natural sample. The describe method is very simple...

A detailed study of precipitation reaction of perchlorate ion with tetraphenylarsonium chloride is reported. Optimum conditions for quantitative precipitation of perchlorate ion were determined. A gravimetric and a spectrophotometric method for perchlorate ion are proposed. The spectrophotometric method is based upon dissolution of ( C.H.),AsClO. in acetonitrile and subsequent measurement of ab...

In this study we have reported a new, fast and extraction free spectrophotometric procedure for the assessment of caroverine in pharmaceutical raw and tablet dosage forms. In the reported visible spectrophotometric procedure tungstate in Folin-Ciocalteu phenol reagent is reduced in alkaline medium and produces the blue colored chromogen that shows Λmax at 740nm with the calibration range of 2-2...

This study reports an improved spectrophotometric method for studying bacterial (Pseudomonas fluorescens UPER-1) transport and attachment in saturated porous media (silica sand). While studying the effect of ionic strength by the traditional packed-column spectrophotometric method, we encountered an artifact. The absorbance of a well-stirred bacterial suspension was found to decrease with time ...