and it loses oxygen rapidly in oxidizing organic matters. Moreover, it is costly to use. But it has got an important advantage and that is, it is a stable compound. Potassium permanganate is generally used by adding the chemical to the water in such an amount which will produce some pink colour. But the practical details of its use are different in different places in India. For example, in the...

In a series of five tests, liquid polyphosphate fertilizer solution was used to treat liquid dairy and swine manure to control odors. Potassium permanganate, a pesticide-wetting agent, nitrogen-zinc liquid fertilizer solution and a digestive deodorant were also used in several of the tests. All tests were evaluated by an odor panel for odor strength and odor quality. The polyphosphates did not ...

A simple, rapid and highly sensitive spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of risperidone in tablet formulation. The method is based on the oxidation of drug using potassium permanganate in alkaline medium and excess potassium permanganate oxidizes 1,10-phenanthroline Fe(II). The measurement of decrease in absorbance of 1,10-phenanthroline Fe (II) was done at 415 nm. The ...

Potassium permanganate has become an established fixative in electron microscopy (Luft, 1956) and has special value in the study of cell membranes. During an investigation of methods of increasing the contrast in the electron microscope of tissues embedded in epoxy resin, t a solution of potassium permanganate was used to treat the sections, using a technique similar to that of Watson (1958). P...

An experiment was performed to evaluate the efficacy of potassium permanganate (KMnO4) as a prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of an experimental subacute infection of Flavobacterium columnare in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Fish were cutaneously abraded and divided into five treatment groups: (i) challenged by waterborne exposure to F. columnare and not treated with KMnO4 (positiv...

Introduction The terms sewage, sludge, municipal wastewater, and others related to the collection and disposal of human and industrial wastes almost automatically “trigger” a negative reaction by the general public, due primarily to the odors that are coincidental to the transport and treatment of wastewater. I t is probably true that every sewage collection system and treatment plant has encou...

The permanganate method was applied to tissues from 35 cases of amyloidosis seen at the University Hospital. Kuala Lumpur. This method is based on the difference in affinity of various chemical types of amyloid for Congo red dye after treatment with potassium permanganate. Our findings agree with the concept that amyloid of largely immunoglobulin light chain composition (primary and myeloma amy...

abstract the effect of different levels of potassium permangenate (kmno4) on quality of mango fruits were studied over a period of 21 days. a factorial trial in the form of complete randomized design as three levels of kmno4 (0, 5 or 10 g. kg-1 fruit) and three time period (7, 14 or 21 days) was used. means were compared using duncan’s test (p< 0.05). compositional parameters (ph, acidity, tota...

ethylene affects the ripening of fruits and is naturally produced in most plant tissues. its production and accumulation during storage can cause serious damage to stored fruits such as black sweet cherries (cv: takdaneh mashhad). it affects shelf-life and can cause a marked increase in respiration rates, increasing ripening and senescence. in some commodities, accelerated aging and the initiat...