Chrysophyllum cainito L., a traditional herbal medicine, could have the potential for management of hypertension due to presence of polyphenolic compounds. The extracts and fractions of the pulp of plant were evaluated for in vitro (inhibition of angiotensin I converting enzyme/ACE assay), ex vivo (isolated aorta relaxation assay) and in vivo (salt induced hypertensive rat assay). The alcoholic...

The first part of the project is mainly about changing of slag compositions and see it affect on the inclusions in the ladle furnace. The second part of the project is to study the influence of stirring (EMGAS) on the large inclusions in the steel by changing stirring conditions. The project has done at Uddeholm AB, Hagfors. First, the scrap is melted in ARC furnace then moved to the ladle de-s...

BACKGROUND An open abdomen (OA) can result from surgical management of trauma, severe peritonitis, abdominal compartment syndrome, and other abdominal emergencies. Enteroatmospheric fistulae (EAF) occur in 25% of patients with an OA and are associated with high mortality. METHODS We report our experience with topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy in the management of EAF in an OA using the ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Sonchus asper is used extensively as an herbal anti-inflammatory for treatment of bronchitis, asthma, wounds, burns, and cough; however, further investigation is needed in order to understand the underlying mechanism. To determine its mechanism of action, we examined the effects of an ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) of S. asper on nitric oxide (NO) production and prostaglandi...

Although Portland cement is the most widely used binder in the stabilisation/solidification (S/S) processes, slag-based binders have gained significant attention recently due to their economic and environmental merits. In the present study, a novel binder, reactive MgO activated slag, is compared with hydrated lime activated slag in the immobilisation of lead and zinc. A series of lead or zinc-...

In this study, the treatment of fly ash and steel making slag in aqueous ammonia chloride has been conducted. These zero-value wastes have distinctively high concentrations of magnesium, calcium and iron. The ammonium chloride has been employed as the leaching reagent to extract MgO out of fly ash and slag, and the dissolved cations in the leachate were subsequently precipitated by carbonation....

Hedera nepalensis is a ground-creeping evergreen woody plant growing mainly in the Himalayas and Kashmir. This plant is frequently used in folk medicines for the treatment of various ailments. The present research focused on the pharmacological evaluation and phytochemical analysis of crude methanolic extract (CME) and three fractions, n-hexane (nHF), ethyl acetate (EAF) and aqueous (AQF). The ...

The antimutagenic and antioxidant properties of various phenolic fractions obtained from Andean purple corn were examined by the Ames test and the DPPH antiradical assay. An anthocyanin-rich water fraction (WF) and an ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) showed a dose-dependent antimutagenic behavior against the food mutagen Trp-P-1 with IC50 values of 321.7 +/- 21.36 and 95.2 +/- 10.95 microg of chlor...

A comparative technical and environmental evaluation of products arising from the stabilization/solidification of secondary lead metallurgical slag into a cement matrix was performed. Provided samples of an industrial slag generated in the process of recovery of lead from automotive batteries (Engitec CX process), were used in experimental work. Characterization of slag by X-ray Diffraction (XR...

This study investigates the liquid-phase adsorption behavior of phenol form waste water by using slag, which is one of the solid wastes from steel refining process. This adsorption technique is one green process based on using the slag waste as adsorber for removing organic contaminants from waste water. First, the raw slag was chemically treated by different concentrations of sulfuric acid, an...