X-Nico

unusual facts about aqueous solution



Comparative genomic hybridization

Standard phenol extraction is used to obtain DNA from test or reference (karyotypically normal individual) tissue, which involves the combination of Tris-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and phenol with aqueous DNA in equal amounts.

Pterocarpus marsupium

Kannada people in India make a wooden glass (tumbler) from the heartwood of this herb (tree) and its aqueous solution is used to cure diabetes.


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Beta hairpin

Researchers such as Francisco Blanco et al. have used protein NMR to show that beta-hairpins can be formed from isolated short peptides in aqueous solution, suggesting that hairpins could form nucleation sites for protein folding.

Romanowsky stain

The demethylation of Methylene Blue in aqueous solution using heat and alkali produces a mixture of Azure A, Azure B, Methylene Violet and Methylene Blue.

Sturge–Weber syndrome

Latanoprost is commercially formulated as an aqueous solution in a concentration of 0.005% preserved with 0.02% benzalkonium chloride (BAC).