ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE This article presents the results of an anthropological and ethnobotanical study of the vegetable salts used by the Witoto Indians of the Amazon. It thoroughly documents the species used, the processing of the salts, their chemical composition and their anthropological, nutritional and medicinal relevance. MATERIALS AND METHODS Salts from 57 plant species known ...

Background: Food fortification is an effective strategy that has been recommended for improving population calcium inadequate intakes. Increasing concentration of water proposed as a possible to improve intake. The objective this study was determine the sensory threshold different salts added drinking using survival analysis. Methods</ns4:bol...

Carbon tetrachloride, even in very large doses, has been shownby Lamson et al. (1) to produce no acute intoxication in dogs on a well balanced mixed diet. A preliminary note from this labortory (2) reported, however, that similar or even very small doses of the drug caused a severe and usually fatal poisoning in dogs on a diet of lean meat without bones. One radical difference in the two diets ...

The purpose of this study was to synthesize biomaterials from daily dental waste. Since alginate impression material contains silica and calcium salts, we aimed to synthesize calcium silicate cement from alginate impression material. Gypsum-based investment material was also investigated as control. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that although firing the set gypsum-based and modified inves...

Calcium plays two important physiological roles in the avian subject. First, it provides the structural strength of the avian skeleton by the formation of calcium salts. Second, it plays vital roles in many of the biochemical reactions within the body via its concentration in the extracellular fluid. The control of calcium metabolism in birds has developed into a highly efficient homeostatic sy...

OBJECTIVE The most common urinary stones (calcium salts, uric acid) form due to genetic factors and lifestyle. This review describes why, if and how medication and lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of formation. METHODS Previous reports were reviewed to obtain information on three aspects of urolithiasis, i.e. epidemiology, mechanisms linking lifestyle and urolithiasis and lifestyle inter...

Potassium and calcium salts are well known catalysts for the reaction between carbon and O2. Current airport runway deicing agents typically use formulations containing alkali or alkaline-earth metals (see C&E News, 01/01/01, p. 30). Very effective oxidation protection of aircraft brakes is thus of great practical and fundamental interest. Phosphorus and boron compounds are known to inhibit unc...

The effect of various salts such as magnesium nitrate, calcium nitrate, zinc nitrate, and magnesium chloride on vapor−liquid equilibrium (VLE) of the ethyl acetate−ethanol system was studied experimentally in a modified Othmer still at atmospheric pressure. The influence of cation and anion of the salts on the VLE of the ethyl acetate− ethanol system was examined. It was observed that the order...

The quiescence, rounding, sinking of the granules, and paling of the nucleus are similar to the effects seen after the injection of potassium and sodium chloride (11). Since the sodium salts of the anions were used, it might be inferred that the sodium is the active agent in the injected solutions. This is not entirely the case, however, for the effective concentrations of NaCl required are man...