of SLS in marketed toothpastes would alter the morphology and biochemical properties (viability and inflammatory cytokine release) of human 3D cell cultures. Since tissue cell cultures are generally recognised in the literature as being a sensitive method of assaying the cytotoxic potential of test materials [16-18], the objective of this experiment was to measure the toxicity of 5 marketed too...

The skin irritability of 38 volunteers (23 males, 15 females), of different ethnic groups, to sodium lauryl sulphate, 2% aqueous, was studied by measurement of skin water vapour loss (SVL). The mean SVL values of unirritated skin of females (2.9 g water/m/h) was significantly lower than males (5.5 g water/m2/h) (P-<0.001); the mean values between the different ethnic groups were not significant...

Oral hygiene, an integral part of the body’s general well-being, it is practice keeping mouth clean and disease free by using tooth paste, wash etc. Plants have been a great source medical agents for many years even be considered origin modern medicine. Phytochemicals secondary metabolites plants are active ingredients that possess therapeutic properties as medicine or drug purposes curing dise...

1. N-Acetylgalactosamine 6-sulphate sulphatase was purified about 20000-fold from the soluble extract of human placenta with N-acetylgalactosamine 6-sulphate-glucuronic acid-N-acetyl[1-(3)H]galactosaminitol 6-sulphate as substrate in the activity assay. The enzyme appears to be a glycoprotein with a mol.wt. of about 100000 as determined by gel filtration. On gel electrophoresis in the presence ...

Two bio salt minerals, potassium sulphate, sodium sulphate and a mixture of both bio salts at the effective concentration of 1% which were added to the mulberry leaves of silkworm B. mori L., to evaluate their effect on the differential haemocyte counts (DHC) and absolute differential haemocyte counts (ADHC). Daily changes of five haemocyte types were investigated as, prohaemocytes, plasmatocyt...

Atorvastatin calcium, the lipid lowering agent, is taken as a model drug characterized by poor water solubility and bioavailability. In this study an attempt was made for preparation of nanocrystals using high pressure homogenization. A number of stabilizers were included as well as polymers at different concentrations, and the formulations were homogenized for ten cycles at a pressure of 1000 ...