Fluorescent dyes and their supramolecular host/guest complexes with macrocycles in aqueous solution

RN Dsouza, U Pischel, WM Nau - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
The fluorescence of organic molecules depends sensitively on their environment.
Fluorescent dyes have accordingly become popular molecular probes not only to determine …

Organic photocatalysts for the oxidation of pollutants and model compounds

ML Marin, L Santos-Juanes, A Arques, AM Amat… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Water constitutes a key resource for life on Earth; as a consequence, development of
civilizations throughout history has been directly related to the availability of sufficient …

Novel hybridization indicator methylene blue for the electrochemical detection of short DNA sequences related to the hepatitis B virus

A Erdem, K Kerman, B Meric, US Akarca, M Ozsoz - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2000 - Elsevier
A novel assay for the voltammetric detection of DNA sequences related to the hepatitis B
virus (HBV), using MB as the hybridization indicator was performed. The voltammetric …

Methylene blue and serotonin toxicity: inhibition of monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) confirms a theoretical prediction

RR Ramsay, C Dunford… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) are known to cause
serotonin toxicity (ST) when administered with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) …

A novel electrochemical detection method for aptamer biosensors

GS Bang, S Cho, BG Kim - Biosensors and bioelectronics, 2005 - Elsevier
A beacon aptamer-based biosensor for the detection of thrombin was developed using
electrochemical transduction method. Gold surface was modified with a beacon aptamer …

Methylene blue as a novel electrochemical hybridization indicator

A Erdem, K Kerman, B Meric… - … : An International Journal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction of double stranded DNA (dsDNA) and single stranded DNA (ssDNA) with Ru
(II) complex with 2, 2′‐bipyridine ligand (Ru (bpy) 3] 2+) and methylene blue (MB) were …

Noise-equivalent sensitivity of photoacoustics

AM Winkler, K Maslov, LV Wang - Journal of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The fundamental limitations of photoacoustic microscopy for detecting optically absorbing
molecules are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. We experimentally …

Label-free electrochemical IgE aptasensor based on covalent attachment of aptamer onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes/ionic liquid/chitosan nanocomposite modified …

S Khezrian, A Salimi, H Teymourian, R Hallaj - Biosensors and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A simple, sensitive and label-free aptamer-based biosensor for the detection of human
immunoglobulin E (IgE) is developed using the electrochemical transduction method. A …

Voltammetric studies of the interaction of methylene blue with DNA by means of β-cyclodextrin

GC Zhao, JJ Zhu, JJ Zhang, HY Chen - Analytica chimica acta, 1999 - Elsevier
The formation of an inclusion complex of methylene blue with β-cyclodextrin is testified by
voltammetry and spectroscopy and its stable constant is determined to be 4.4× 103M− 1 …

[HTML][HTML] The binding properties of photosensitizer methylene blue to herring sperm DNA: a spectroscopic study

LZ Zhang, GQ Tang - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2004 - Elsevier
Methylene blue (MB) is a phenothiazinium photosensitizer with promising applications in the
photodynamic therapy (PDT) for anticancer treatment. The binding properties of MB to …