Nosocomial infections caused by fungi have increased greatly in recent years, mainly due to the rising number of immunocompromised patients. However, the available antifungal therapeutic arsenal is limited, and the development of new drugs has been slow. Therefore, the search for alternative drugs with low resistance rates and fewer side effects remains a major challenge. Plants produce a varie...

Many essential oils are extracted, analysed and their main components are identified, characterised and then published without any biological testing whatsoever. Their useful biological activities can remain unknown for years. Yet, the search for these activities often increases our knowledge of the potential use of oils in therapeutics. Therefore, there is a real need for a simple, reliable an...

  Aims of the Study: The aim of this study was to determine the amount of lignin degradation and biodegradation of organic matter and change of biomass under compost and vermicomposting of sewage sludge. Materials & Methods: Sawdust was added to sewage sludge at 1:3 weight bases to Carbon to Nitrogen ratio of 25:1 for composting or vermicomposting. Lignin and volatile solids were deter...

Faecal volatile fatty acids represent the end products of the metabolism of the anaerobic flora of the large bowel. The excretion of these volatile acids has been investigated in five leukaemic patients maintained in plastic ;germ-free' isolators. Under ;isolator' conditions there is a pronounced fall in volatile fatty acid excretion. The possibility that the measurement of these acids may be u...

The total volatile organic compound (VOC) content and VOC composition of 12 consumer products is determined using the headspace method chamber testing. Several hazardous or toxic VOC’s are present in abundance. Some from same category vary significantly terms species. Spray adhesive for this study have high contents. results show that three spray adhesives low moisture (0-35.87 wt.%) a (63.41-9...

During the standard heat sterilization process of the lactate–buffered peritoneal dialysis solutions, glucose (an osmotic active substance) degrades to form compounds called glucose degradation products which are cytotoxic and affect the survival of the peritoneal membrane. This case presentation is based on an observation of 224 aseptic peritonitis cases of unknown etiology. For the purpose of...

The formation of volatile radioactive species is a major concern in severe nuclear reactor accident scenarios. Release material to the environment highly governed by volatility and therefore it its crucial understand behavior any such during days weeks following. One volatile, yet understudied fission products tellurium. Although tellurium has been released significant amounts accidents that ha...

One of the biggest problems related to mandatory tanks oil and derivatives are evaporative losses in tanks. It is well known that storage, manipulation transport results evaporation liquid. In case where commodity reserves stored for a long period time, most pronounced "breathing" degradation quality petroleum products. Many these volatile organic compounds also have strong negative impact harm...

The present study aims at phytoremediation of Lemna gibba L. in aqueous solutions with different concentrations of TC and Degradation Products (DPs). It also tries to determine whether there are differences in TC, ETC, EATC, and ATC levels, accumulated by Lemna gibba L. Exposure concentrations of 50, 100, and 300 ppb have been selected for TC and DPs, showing that the highest TC50, TC100, and T...