The blending effect of poly maleic anhydride-styrene-methyl methacrylate (MA-St-MMA) terpolymer on non-miscible PVC and Polystyrene was studied depending their thermomechanical properties. Depending the amount synthesized used compatibilizer tensile strength, modulus, properties blends are enhanced. unmodified with small amounts exhibit two-step degradation whereas those containing 6, 8 10 perc...

Epidemiological studies suggest potent anticancer effects of tea catechins. Previously, we have reported (I. Naasani et aL, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 249: 391-396, 1998) that epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major tea catechin, strongly and directly inhibits telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein that maintains telomeres and has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Here, we describe newly synthes...

Abstract A series of polyester prepolymers was synthesized from itaconic acid, phthalic anhydride, propane-1,2-diol and diethylene glycol by condensation polymerization. The use acid as a source unsaturation (instead more common maleic anhydride giving fumarate moieties) enabled to replace styrene reactive diluent methyl methacrylate. Room temperature curing model resin initiated butanone perox...

This study aimed to characterize spatial/temporal variations of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using a community-scale monitoring approach and identify the main sources of concern in Paterson, NJ, an urban area with mixed sources of VOCs. VOC samples were simultaneously collected from three local source-dominated (i.e., commercial, industrial, and mobile) sites in Paterson and one ba...

Styrene causes both liver and lung damage in non-Swiss albino, CD-1, and other strains of mice. This is considered to be due to the bioactivation of styrene to styrene oxide by cytochromes P450, principally CYP2E1 and CYP2F2. If so, one would expect CYP2E1 knockout mice to be less susceptible to styrene-induced toxicity than wild-type mice. However, previous in vitro and in vivo studies demonst...