BACKGROUND Waxes are esters of long-chain fatty acids and long-chain alcohols. Their principal natural sources are animals (sperm whale oil) and vegetables (jojoba) which are expensive and not easily available. Wax esters synthesized by enzymatic transesterification, using palm stearin as raw material, can be considered as an alternative to natural ones. RESULTS Palm stearin is a solid fracti...

Experiments were carried out against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) (RPW in a private orchard containing varieties of Samani (domestic) and Ikhlas (imported) infested with weevil (RPW) El-Marg area, Cairo Governorate, Egypt, using Petroleum oil, Jojoba Inorganic salts, singly mixed each insecticides (Acetamiprid, Profenofos, Dimethoate) by injection spraying trunks, as w...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was the comparative effects on fatigue and sleep of aroma hand massage vs. hand massage among hospice patients in a hospital. Methods: The design of this study was a nonequivalent comparison group pretest-posttest design. This study was performed from May to December 2012 in a hospice ward. A total of 30 hospice patients in a hospice ward participated in the s...

Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) was used as solvent to synthesize oleyl oleate as an analog of Jojoba oil from oleic acid and oleyl alcohol with high conversion (100%) of the acid into ester in a short time of 100 min. Utilizing a low cost solid catalyst, p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (PTSA), the esterification reaction was performed, without any prior preparation step...

Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for most bacterial wound infections. Antibiotics are the first-line treatment; however, their indiscriminate use led to emergence of resistance. Alternative therapeutic options beyond antibiotic treatment required. Our study aimed evaluate and compare healing parameters antibacterial activity Jojoba Citrullus colocynthis oil extracts in In-vivo assessment in...

Fungicides are either chemicals or biological agents that inhibit the growth of fungi or fungal spores. Modern fungicides do not kill fungi, they simply inhibit growth for a period of days or weeks. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in critical losses of yield, quality and profit. Fungicides are used both in agriculture and to fight fungal infections in animals. Chemicals...

Simmondsin and its analogues, demethyl-, didemethylsimmondsins (DMS/DDMS) and the 2%and 3%-simmondsin ferulates are components isolable from jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) seed meal. While the parent compound, simmondsin, is reported to exhibit anorexic properties, its demethylated analogues not only lack this behavior, they also have no identifiable market value. To create optimum utilization o...

This study was conducted at Biology Department, Faculty of Science,Taif University, Saudi Arabia to investigate the effect of different salinity concentrations 8.6, 12.9, 17.2, 25.9, 34.5, 51.7, 86.2, 103.4 and 120.7 mM NaCl, beside control treatment (tap water) on growth parameters, leaf measurements and leaf chemical constituents of jojoba (Simmondsiachinensis (Link) Schneider). The results i...