Melamine is a nitrogenous chemical substance used principally as a starting material for the manufacture of synthetic resins. Due to its very high proportion of nitrogen melamine has been added illegitimately to foods and feeds to increase the measured protein
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 395(3), 729-735 (2009-08-12)
In the summer of 2008, serious illnesses and deaths of babies in China were linked to melamine-tainted powdered infant formula. Melamine contains several metabolites, such as ammeline, ammelide, and cyanuric acid, and has been used for the adulteration of foods
Silver nanoparticles coated amino modified polystyrene microspheres (PS-NH2/Ag NPs) with extremely high surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity and uniform surface morphology were created by precise controlling of deposition time. Nanojets that were formed underneath the individual microspheres could be
Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy allows label-free chemical imaging based on vibrational spectroscopy. Narrowband excitation with picosecond lasers creates the highest signal levels and enables imaging speeds up to video-rate, but it sacrifices chemical specificity in samples with overlapping bands
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 20(2), 245-250 (2009-02-06)
The toxicity of melamine caught the attention of physicians as a result of a recent spate of renal injury after exposure to melamine-tainted milk in China. Melamine is an organic nitrogenous compound used in the production of plastics, dyes, fertilizers