Liposomal Microencapsulation of Rodent-repelling Agents onto Jute Burlaps: Assessment of Cytotoxicity and Rat Behavioral Test

Abstract

In Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, about 7 to 10 percent of stored grains are damaged because of poor conditions of storage. Rodent invasion is considered as one of the main reasons that caused wheat grain damage. With respect of food safety, this work aims to treat the grain burlaps (containers) to rodent repellent. The rodent repellent agents was extracted from natural local resources. For the rodent repellent effectiveness, wheat burlaps are treated with rodent repelling agents using eco-friendly components. There are prepared using camphor oil, mint oil, and capsaicinoids (extracted from hot red pepper) as local resources to develop low cost and high-performance final product. The plan of work relies on two main axes; first, the experimental part in which burlap was treated for rodent repellent; second, testing and characterizing the treated samples for cytotoxicity and animal behavior test. The treatment was taking place by conventional pad-dry-cure technique.

Stimuli-Free and Biocompatible Hydrogel via Hydrazone Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioassessment

“…After the extraction, the hydrogels and extracts were separated. Subsequently, the extracts were added to the cells in quadruplicates ( n = 4) and incubated for 24 h. The amount of living cells was determined by the MTT assay …”

A review on the Development of Innovative Capabilities in the Textile Finishing of Natural Fibers

“…Nanotechnology application can economically cover the properties and values of textile processing and products. The use of nanotechnology allows textiles come to be multifunctional and crop fabrics with special functions, including antibacterial, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] animal retardant, [20] UV protection, [21][22][23] dyeing and printing, [24,25] easy-clean, [26][27][28][29][30][31] water and stain repellent, [32][33][34][35] flame retardant, [36,37] thermo-regulating, [38][39][40][41][42][43] odor and gloss properties, [44][45][46] adsorption of metals and air pollutions, [47][48][49][50]…”

Multifunctional Smart Nanocolorants for Simultaneous Printing and Antibacterial Finishing of Cotton Fabrics

“…Susceptibility test microorganisms were determined after 24 h by measuring the axial (crude sample piece ax was about 13 mm) zone of inhibition around each sample pieces imbedded on the inoculated agar surface at 30 ⁰C to the nearest mm. [25,26] Colour measurements [22,23,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Measurements of the colour strength of the dyed fabrics (expressed as K/S) have been done using the Hunter Lab Ultra-Scan Pro, at the National Research Center, Egypt. K/S value of the fabrics were evaluated by reflectance technique according to the Kubalka-Munk equation [34] given below:…”