One of the colorants with the greatest number of commercial uses is obtained from the haemolymph of the insect known as carmine cochineal Dactylopius coccus Costa. The insect, originally from Mexico ...

Aldo Tovar, Marisela Pando-Moreno, Celina Garza, Evaluation of Three Varieties of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller as Hosts of the Cochineal Insect Dactylopius coccus Costa (Homoptera: Dactylopiidae) ...

Dactylopius coccus was the source of a red dye used by Aztecs and Mexican Indians for centuries before the arrival of the Spaniards. Those indigenous peoples would collect cochineal insects ...

Coliform, green suppuration bacillus, golden grape coccus, mildew, suppuration fungus, and other bacteria are examples of targets that TiO2 can kill. For example, studies have demonstrated the ...

Object Details maker Lloyd Brothers Description This specimen is one of approximately 187 specimens of materia medica (crude drug material) representing plants introduced and employed by physicians of ...