Publications by authors named "M Pezhman"
Purification and economic analysis of nanoclay from bentonite.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
March 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study emphasizes the significance of purifying montmorillonite from raw bentonite, which consists of over 76% montmorillonite essential for various industrial applications.
- The extraction method utilized centrifugal force to isolate nanosized montmorillonite, characterized by specific structural and compositional analyses including FE-SEM, XRD, FT-IR, and BET.
- The economic analysis suggests that this purification method is an effective and cost-efficient way to produce high-purity montmorillonite for future uses.
Biocides are essential for crop protection, packaging and several other biosystem applications. Therein, properties such as tailored and controlled release are paramount in the development of sustainable biocide delivery systems. We explore the self-similar nano-organized architecture of biogenic silica particles to achieve high biocide payload.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cathepsin B is a lysosomal cysteine protease involved in apoptosis and oocytes which have lower developmental competence show higher expression of Cathepsin B. Furthermore, expression of Cathepsin B show a decreasing trend from oocyte toward blastocyst stage.
Results: Present study assessed the effect of cathepsin B inhibitor, E-64, on developmental competency and cryo-survival of pre-implantation ovine IVF derived embryos.
Vitamin K2 (VK2), acts as an electron carrier in mitochondria and thereby effects reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ATP production. This study evaluates role of VK2 on in vitro developmental competency and cryo-survival of pre-implantation ovine embryos. Initially the optimal and beneficial concentration of VK2 on compaction and blastocyst formation rates was defined (0.
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