The history of the medicinal use of pectin goes back for several centuries. A printed recommendation for its use in the form of scraped apple appeared in an English book in 1775 as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentry [Kertesz, 1951]. This is still its most important medicinal application and, combined with kaolin, it forms the basis of most antidiarrhoeal preparations. In recent times its range...

Introduction Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) have been used widely as surfactants, lubricants, paper and textile coatings, polishes, food packaging, and fire-retarding foams over the past fifty years. Some of these chemicals, such as perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), are persistent in the environment and have been found in wild animal samples around the wor...

Human red blood cells reach an equilibrium of phosphate distribution at 37 ° much faster with o . I I M or intermediate levels than with o.o2 M and lower phosphate levels. Other divalent anions added to 0.o2 M phosphate solutions have an action similar to that of the extra phosphate. A past observation that phosphate escapes from red cells more slowly than it enters them appears to have arisen ...

Great morphological differences exist among fruits and vegetables. In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we predict pumpkin shape evolution and maximum size based on their material properties. Using time-lapse photography and measurements collected by volunteer farmers, we show that as pumpkins grow, they morph from spherical to pancake shapes, flattening up to 50% in height-towi...

This work describes the application of oxo-derivatives of fullerene C60 and pristine fullerene as a nanocomposite in polymerous nanofibres. In this work we used oxofullerene derivative, of which preparation was presented by the authors of the State office for nuclear safety (Prague) on Nanocon 2009 and on Nanocon 2010 [1, 2]; there was presented its application in vivo as a radioprotective agen...

Abstract. The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate effervescent gastric floating tablets of propranolol HCl. The oral delivery of antihypertensive propranolol HCl was facilitated by preparing an effervescent floating dosage form which could increase its absorption in the stomach by increasing the drug's gastric residence time. In the present work, effervescent floating tablets w...

the present study examined the utilisation of seaweed extract as a source of natural antioxidantsfor retarding lipid oxidation in minced kilka. the kilka mince with two different concentrations(300 ppm and 600 ppm) of water extract obtained by microwave, one control sample with noadded extracts and one control sample with added vitamin c were prepared. the samples werestored at refrigerator (4º...

A new drug delivery system for H2 receptor antagonist Ranitidine hydrochloride, was developed utilizing both the concepts of adhesiveness and of flotation, in order to obtain a unique drug delivery system which could remain in the stomach for a much longer period of tim Floating-Mucoadesive tablets of Ranitidine hydrochloride were developed to prolong its release and improve bioavailability. Ra...

Aryl polyphosphonates (ArPPN) have been demonstrated to function in wide applications as flame retardants for different polymer materials, including thermosets, polycarbonate, polyesters and polyamides, particularly due to their satisfactory thermal stability compared to aliphatic flame retardants, and to their desirable flow behavior observed during the processing of polymeric materials. This ...