Bioeffects of microwave––a brief review

Banik, S.; Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Ganguly, Subha

doi:10.1016/s0960-8524(02)00169-4

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“…Microwaving causes minute vibrations more than 2.4 billion times/s, 19 which increases the probability of meeting of antibodies with specific antigens. At the same time, antibodies are easily dislodged from nonspecific binding sites by the motion.…”

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Improved 1-h rapid immunostaining method using intermittent microwave irradiation: practicability based on 5 years application in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

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Immunostaining depending on antigen-antibody specificity is the commonest approach for determining the localization of specific antigens in tissue sections. This procedure is applicable not only with frozen or specially fixed samples, but also has proved reliable with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections through improvement of antigen-retrieval. Immunostaining is thus firmly established as a tool for diagnostic pathology and in our institute multiple antibodies are applied for 13-15% of the cases examined, as well as H&E staining. With the standard approach, approximately 3 h is necessary from the beginning of deparaffinization till covering sections with the Envision system. We utilized intermittent microwave irradiation for 10 min during hybridization with primary and secondary antibodies in a special moist-chamber, to achieve all immunostaining steps within 1 h in 178 primary antibodies frequently used for diagnostic pathology. According to our 5 years experience, such microwave irradiation not only obtained significant specific staining for enhancing the specificity of antigen-antibody reactions, but also inhibited nonspecific binding. We present herein the details of the methodology and recommendations for its application with particular primary antibodies. This method can contribute to savings in time and energy, allowing pathologists to rapidly obtain diagnostic information.

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Improved 1-h rapid immunostaining method using intermittent microwave irradiation: practicability based on 5 years application in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

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“…Eggs and young larvae of the R. dominica were found most susceptible to microwave energy than the pupae. Banik et al (2003) compared death rate of E. coli exposed to microwave radiation and conventional heat sterilization at the equal temperature and observed higher rate for microwave radiation. The effect of microwave radiation with cold storage on different age groups of Indian meal moth eggs was studied by Nasab et al 2009 (Table 1).…”

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Microwave technology for disinfestation of cereals and pulses: An overview

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Contamination of stored grain with insects, insect fragments, fungi, and mycotoxins is a major concern of the grain industry. The stored-grain insects affect the grains not only quantitatively but also qualitatively. Disinfestation of grains can be achieved by physical, chemical and thermal methods. Microwaves may be an alternate to chemical methods of killing insects in grain as their application do not leave any undesirable residues and thus might be very effective for controlling insect infestation compared to other available methods. Microwave disinfestation can provide a continuous process to allow large quantities of products to pass in a shorter period of time. Microwave disinfestation is considered safe and competitive alternative method to fumigation as it avoids environmental pollution. The aim of this review is to examine how the use of microwave treatment benefits grain producers, handlers, and processors seeking to use non-chemical methods for preventing and controlling insect infestation and fungal growth during storage.

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“…Now this problem attracts keen public interest in connection to increase of "electromagnetic pollution" of environment. In this century by Banik S, Bandyopadhyay S, Ganguly S; Vorst AV, Rosen A, Kotsuka Y; Barnes FS, Greenebaum B; Furse C, Christensen DA, Durney CH are reviewed the main facts of EMFs effects on cells [1][2][3][4]. Th e medical applications of EMFs are reviewed by Rosch PJ, Markov MS; Andrä W, Nowak H; Markov MS [5][6][7].…”

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The Main Approaches of Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Artificial Electromagnetic Fields on Cell

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2014

J Elec Electron Syst

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Bioeffects of microwave––a brief review

Cited by 417 publications

References 24 publications

Improved 1-h rapid immunostaining method using intermittent microwave irradiation: practicability based on 5 years application in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

Improved 1-h rapid immunostaining method using intermittent microwave irradiation: practicability based on 5 years application in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

Microwave technology for disinfestation of cereals and pulses: An overview

The Main Approaches of Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Artificial Electromagnetic Fields on Cell

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