Mastic oil from Pistacia lentiscus var. chia, a natural plant extract traditionally used as a food additive, has been extensively studied for its antimicrobial activity attributed to the combination of its bioactive components. One of them, perillyl alcohol (POH), displays tumor chemopreventive, chemotherapeutic, and antiangiogenic properties. We investigated whether mastic oil would also suppr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the ability of mastic monotherapy to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection from mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The susceptibility of H. pylori SS1 to mastic was assessed by broth dilution determination of the MIC and MBC. Mice were inoculated intragastrically with either a suspension of H. pylori SS1 (n = 70) or brain-heart infusion broth alone (n = 10). Mice were given ...

This study aims to maximize the effects of reducing plastic deformation in heavy traffic intersections urban areas by improving aggregates and binders asphalt mixtures order verify strength effect SMA (Stone Mastic Asphalt) compared with that fluid-resistant mixtures. The authors examine pavement performance conduct an economic analysis for sustainable infrastructure. Additionally, reduce defor...

For gyratory compaction, the concept of locking point was initially developed to identify compactability asphalt mixes and alleviate potential aggregate crushing in mold. Most previous studies on were based specimens’ height change. Recent have indicated that cold mix mixtures could be determined by rotation angle range indicator using SmartRock. However, or change ultimately reflects a volume....

An asphalt mastic has thixotropic characteristics that significantly influence its fatigue and healing performance. Therefore, understanding the thixotropy of an is clearly great importance. However, research in this area still early stages. This study focuses on self-heating as one biasing performances material by analyzing viscosity, stress, hysteresis loops mastics under cyclic shear loading...

Oxidative ageing in field asphalt pavements is a complex process with coupled multiple physics. This parametric study uses Multiphysics modelling approaches to evaluate the effects of material thermal properties, air voids content and distribution, mastic coating thickness, oxygen accessibility binder oxidative kinetics on spatial temporal evolution pavements. Results suggest that increasing co...