Synthesizing selenium- and silver-substituted hydroxyapatite-based bone grafts and their effects on antibacterial efficiency and cell viability.

Hydroxyapatite (HA)-based biografts with selenium (Se) and silver (Ag) substitutions were synthesized using the sol-gel method. The synthesized HA-based biografts at various Se and Ag quantity ratios (wt%) were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-Ray spectroscopy (EDX). Escherichia coli (JM103) and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC29293) bacteria were used for the cell viability tests by performing the MTT assay.

Clinical importance of toxin concentration in Amanita verna mushroom.

Poisoning from Amanita group of mushrooms comprises approximately 3% of all poisonings in our country and their being responsible for nearly the entire fatal mushroom poisonings makes them important. These mushrooms contain primarily two types of toxins, amatoxins and phallotoxins. Phallotoxins have a more limited toxicity potential and they primarily consist of phalloidin (PHN) and phallacidin (PCN).

Amanitin and phallotoxin concentration in Amanita phalloides var. alba mushroom.

Although rarely seen, Amanita phalloides var. alba, a variety of A. phalloides type mushrooms, causes mushroom poisoning resulting in death.

Preparation and characterization of stable cross-linked enzyme aggregates of novel laccase enzyme from Shewanella putrefaciens and using malachite green decolorization.

A novel type laccase from Shewanella putrefaciens was identified, expressed in Escherichia coli, characterized, prepared in cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEA) for industrial applications and investigated of decolorization activity on malchite green dye. Enzyme characterization was investigated by enzyme assay, SDS-PAGE and other biochemical reactions. Moreover, cross-linked enzyme aggregates were prepared and characterized.