Micropropagation of banana (Musa paradisiaca Linn.) var Grand naine was carried out with media sterilized by microwave radiation. Microwave oven was effectively used to sterilize the media for in vitro shoot-multiplication of banana against autoclave. Sterilization of media in microwave oven was successfully achieved at 900W/200 ml media (4 min). In vitro shoot-multiplication was higher in the ...

An interdigitated microwave sensor was used to detect the adsorption of cytochrome c on hydroxyapatite thick films. Changes in the microwave spectral response were indicative of the presence of adsorbed cytochrome c. The sensitivity of the system was also evaluated using different protein loadings on the e films. The results suggest that the microwave sensor can be utilized to detect protein. K...

The concept of nonthermal microwave effects has received considerable attention in recent years and is the subject of intense debate in the scientific community. Nonthermal microwave effects have been postulated to result from a direct stabilizing interaction of the electric field with specific (polar) molecules in the reaction medium that is not related to a macroscopic temperature effect. In ...

background: antibiotic residue in food is a major concern from a health point of view. post-slaughter and pre-consumption processing such as cooking could affect residue. objectives: the purpose of this study is to survey the effect of boiling and microwave on tilmicosin in chicken. methods: chicken samples containing different tilmicosin amounts cooked in boiling water and in the microwave. af...

background: pentachlorophenol (pcp) is one of the most fungicides and pesticides. acute and chronic poisoning from pcp may be occurred by dermal absorption, and respiration or ingestion. with respect to health and environmental effects of pcp, many methods were considered regarding its removal. microwave assisted other methods are environmental friendly, safety, and economical method, consequen...

background and aims. although microwave irradiation has been used for disinfection of dental stone casts, there are concerns regarding mechanical damage to casts during the process. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of microwave irradiation on the compressive strength (cs) and diametral tensile strength (dts) of stone casts. materials and methods. in this in vitro study, 80 cylin...

background: local ablative treatments play an important role for patients who cannot be treated surgically. radiofrequency ablation is a well-established alternative to surgical treatment of thyroid nodules, however it also has disadvantages. microwave ablation (mwa) is a new minimally invasive treatment promising several improvements. the aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the eff...

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) is widely employed in the analysis and the extraction of active compounds from plants. This review summarizes the research done during the last decade on the MAE of active ingredients from plants. Advances and modifications to improve the performance of MAE are presented and discussed in detail. Modified MAE such as vacuum microwave-assisted extraction (VMAE)...

A calcium sennoside was extracted by developed microwave assisted extraction technique from Senna leaves. Microwave extraction was carried out at 250 W for 20 minutes, 350 W for 15 minutes and 450 W for 10 min heating period, these produced increase yields of calcium sennosides when compared to conventional heating. The yield of calcium sennosides obtained by microwave extraction was found to b...

A hybrid calorimeter is described whereby the test specimen may be heated using either hot air and/or microwave radiation. Thus it is possible to study phase transitions of materials under conditions ranging from purely conventional heating to pure microwave heating or mixtures thereof. Measurements using silver iodide showed that its phase change from the low temperature β-phase to the high te...