BACKGROUND A comparative analysis by using static headspace (HS) and steam distillation (SD) GC-MS of the volatile and the semi-volatile secondary metabolites from leaves of cultivated Majorana syriaca. METHODS The essential oils endogenous to cultivated thyme were isolated and identified by HS-GC-MS technology and compared to those from SD-GC-MS. RESULTS The HS-GC-MS results showed that th...

In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour via Γ-convergence of some integral functionals Fε which model some multi-dimensional structures and depend explicitly on the linearized strain tensor. The functionals Fε are defined in particular classes of functions with bounded deformation while the limit problem is set in the usual framework of Sobolev spaces or BD(Ω). We also construct an exam...

We study homogenization by Γ-convergence of functionals of type Z Ω W “ x ε ,∇φ(x) ” dx, where Ω ⊂ RN is a bounded open set, φ ∈ W 1,p(Ω; Rm) and p > 1, when the 1-periodic integrand W : RN ×Mm×N → [0, +∞] is not of p-polynomial growth. Our homogenization technique can be applied when m = N and W has a singular behavior of type W (x, ξ) → +∞ as detξ → 0. However, our technique is not consistent...

We study homogenization by Γ-convergence, with respect to the L1-strong convergence, of periodic multiple integrals in W 1,∞ when the integrand can take infinite values outside of a convex bounded open set of matrices.

OBJECTIVES The essential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil) and its components have antimicrobial activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and viruses. The mechanism(s) by which Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 10662 maintains a decreased susceptibility to tea tree oil and components was investigated. RESULTS Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid enhan...

C. cyminum (cumin) and M. communis (myrtle) comprise many biologically active molecules. In this study, cumin seed myrtle leaves were mixed then hydrodistilled analyzed by GC-MS. The main components of the essential oil cuminal (50.71%), 1,8 cineole (8.30%), O-cymene (7.88%), β-pinene (7.62%), α-pinene (7.16%), γ-terpinene (6.09%) α-terpinolene (2.19%). antifungal activity against albicans, par...

Dissolution with suitable solvents is one of the cheapest and more efficient processes for polystyrene waste management. In this work the solubility of polystyrene foams in several solvents benzene, toluene, xylene, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, 1,3-butanediol, 2-butanol, linalool, geraniol, d-limonene, p-cymene, terpinene, phellandrene, terpineol, menthol, eucalyptol, cinnamaldheyde, nitrobenze...