The effects of eucalyptol were evaluated against the house fly, Musca domestica L., and blow fly, Chrysomya megacephala (F.). The bioassay of adults, using topical application, indicated that M. domestica males were more susceptible than females, with the LD50 being 118 and 177 microg/fly, respectively. A higher LD50 of C. megacephala was obtained; 197 microg/fly for males and 221 microg/fly fo...

BACKGROUND Variation in response to insecticidal proteins is common upon repetition of insect bioassays. Understanding this variation is a prerequisite to detecting biologically important differences. We tracked neonate Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) susceptibility to Vip3Aa19 over 17 generations using standardized bioassay methods. Five larval pretreatment conditions and one bioassay condi...

Because of their flexibility, much attention has been given to the study of generalized models in recent times. In particular, many authors have investigated the properties of the generalized logistic distribution and its application in analysing bioassay and quantal response data. Recently, Wu Jong-Wuu et al (2000) developed a method which was used to obtain the density function of a five-para...

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a cell-to-cell signaling molecule which is thought to be utilized for quorum sensing processes by a variety of prokaryotic species. This molecule is usually detected using a so-called autoinducer bioassay, which relies on the ability of a Vibrio harveyi reporter strain to produce light in response to AI-2. However, as previously reported, the presence of glucose in the s...

Bioassay by end-point dilution has been used for decades for routine determination of prion infectivity titre. Here we show that the new protein misfolding cyclic amplification with beads (PMCAb) technique can be used to estimate titres of the infection-specific forms of the prion protein with a higher level of precision and in 3-6 days as opposed to 2 years, when compared with the bioassay. Fo...

Purpose: The current work validated a high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (HPLC-MS/MS) bioassay method developed in-house for the quantitation of solifenacin in human plasma. Methods: Solifenacin was extracted from plasma by a liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) technique using tertbutyl methyl ether. The dry extract was then reconstituted with 200 μL of the mobile phase...