Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene and Xylene are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with approximately similar physical and chemical characteristics. Benzene and Ethyl-benzene are known carcinogen as well as they affect the circulatory, nervous, and reproductive and respiratory systems. Toluene and Xylene also damage the nervous and reproductive systems. The main purpose of this study is to determ...

Previous studies have shown that toluene, which is commonly abused, depresses neuronal activity and causes behavioral effects in both animals and man similar to those observed for ethanol. In this study, the oocyte expression system was used to test the hypothesis that toluene, like ethanol, inhibits the function of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Oocytes were injected with mRNA for specific N-...

We demonstrate two simple methods to fabricate QD-stabilized toluene microdroplets in water as whispering gallery mode microscale resonators in an all-liquid phase. The toluene microdroplets show size-dependently high Q-factors up to 5100 resulting from the stable QD-loaded microdroplets. The highly QD-stabilized toluene microdroplet resonators in the all-liquid phase would be promising for mul...

The effects of experimental exposure to toluene (100 ppm), xylene (100 ppm) and their mixture (50 ppm of toluene and 50 ppm of xylene) on CNS functions were studied in 10 male volunteers aged 22-35. Changes in CNS functions were measured by means of nine psychological tests. Acute exposure to xylene produced the most adverse effect on simple reaction time SRT and choice reaction time ChRT. Expo...

We developed a cognitive-pharmacokinetic computational (CPC) model to understand how pharmacoactive substances, such as caffeine and toluene, modulate cognition. In this integrated model, dynamic physiological mechanisms are simulated to predict concentrations of the solvent toluene in the brain, which modulates specific cognitive systems in a doseresponse fashion over multiple hours. We used o...

background: there is unprecedented increase in the processing and packaging of many plant materials into food supplements, herbal medicine, skincare and cosmetic products for human needs. baphia nitida is used for topical skincare products. toluene, a toxic aromatic solvent, is increasingly being used in the production of these skincare and cosmetic products in many industries. this study asses...

the aim of this study was to investigate the removal of toluene from air through nano-graphene modified by ionic liquid (ng-il). the batch adsorption experiments in glass bottle of gas chromatography equipped with flame ionization detector (gc-fid) were used. graphene ultrahigh-quality synthesized by substrate-free gas-phase method in a single step and graphene sheets were deposited with ionic-...