Sustainability is the joint responsibility of government, producers and consumers. Consumers may adopt sustainability practices in their day-to-day life by showing preference towards eco-friendly products. The research revealed that green consumers are environmentally conscious but exhibited restrained behaviour when it came to actual purchase commodities. This situation poses high challenges m...

Ethephon (ETF), one of the plant growth regulators, is used in agricultural systems as a valuable tool due to its property of regulating fruit maturation. Here, we aimed to investigate the toxic effects of ETF on the hemolymph metabolites of the greater wax moth, G. mellonella which is an experimental animal and a serious pest in wax. Different doses of ETF (250–390 μg/5 μl) were injected with ...

Article history: Received March 27, 2013 Received in Revised form August 27, 2013 Accepted 14 September 2013 Available online 14 September 2013 A green and efficient method for the synthesis of (4 or 5)-aryl-2-aryloyl-(1H)-imidazoles via self-condensation reaction of arylglyoxal hydrates in the presence of ammonium acetate using water as solvent under ultrasonic irradiation was reported. The re...

Today's consumer electronics, such as cell phones, tablets and other portable electronic devices, are typically made of non-renewable, non-biodegradable, and sometimes potentially toxic (for example, gallium arsenide) materials. These consumer electronics are frequently upgraded or discarded, leading to serious environmental contamination. Thus, electronic systems consisting of renewable and bi...

In order to use a simple and ecofriendly method to prepare porous silk scaffolds, aqueous silk fibroin solution (ASF) was extracted from silk gland of 7-day-old fifth instar larvae of Bombyx mori (B. mori). SDS-page analysis indicated that the obtained fibroin had a molecular weight higher than 200 kDa. The fabrication of porous scaffolds from ASF was achieved by using the freeze-drying method....

Using biological medium, such as plant extract for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles is an ecofriendly and emerging scientific trend. On this back drop the present study focused on the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Cissus quadrangularis and evaluation of its antimicrobial and anticancer potentials. The biosynthesized nanoparticle was characterized by UV-VIS spectroscopy, EDAX and T...

The present concept of being globally “green” puts additional demands on lubricants. They are to be biodegradable and ecofriendly. Therefore, in a search for alternate lubricants meeting the above demands, we have synthesized biodegradable new generation esters using alcohols such as 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propane diol and 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propane diol and fatty acids like caproic and 2-ethyl caproic ...

Objective: To develop a reliable, ecofriendly procedure for bioreduction of silver nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus. Methods: Characterization was done by using UV-VIS spectrophotometry, Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction. Results: IR spectroscopy showed the potential biomolecule responsible for the reduction of silver nanoparticles and stability of the bioreduced silver nan...

Increasing urbanization, industrialization and over population is one of the leading causes of environmental degradation and pollution. Heavy metals such as Pb, Zn, Cd, As etc. are one of the most toxic pollutants which show hazardous effects on all living livings. Lead is one such pollutants which disrupts the food chain and is lethal even at low concentrations. The prevailing purification tec...