Production and properties of charcoal from four years old Acacia assak, A. negrii, A. seyal, A. karroo, A. ampliceps, A. stenophylla and A. salicina grown in the Experiments and Research Station, College of Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were studied. The first three species are indigenous while the others are exotic. 21 trees were felled and disks of 20 cm each from th...

The present study monitors BTEX concentration in outdoor and indoor air of eight different microenvironments during summer 2017 and winter 2018 at Asaloyeh city, Iran's energy capital. It samples BTEX compounds by charcoal tubes, analyzing the samples by means of a gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector. According to the obtained results, outdoor concentrations of BTEX have been hig...

A 29-year-old woman presents shortly after a massive overdose of carbamazepine controlled-release tablets. In anticipation of coma, she is electively intubated to safely enable gastrointestinal decontamination with nasogastric activated charcoal. She is admitted to the intensive care unit for ongoing supportive care, and further doses of activated charcoal are prescribed to enhance elimination ...

We studied the effectiveness with which various charcoal preparations separate free [3H]pteroylglutamate from that complexed with milk folate binder. We tested, in various concentrations, uncoated charcoals and charcoals coated with dextrans of various molecular weights, or with albumin, hemoglubin, or polyvinylpyrrolidone with an average molecular weight of 40 000. Althouth there was some dist...

outpatient department because of anal bleeding. She had been diagnosedwith ulcerative proctitis about 1 year previously and had experienced intermittent anal bleeding during treatment at a local clinic. She had no significant medication history and in particular had not used laxatives or oral iron. The initial colonoscopy revealed numerous variable-sized areas of black pigmentation in the mucos...

objective: n present study effect of various factors including sucrose, agar, peg, agno3, activated charcoal on somatic embryo induction and its subsequent regeneration was investigated using varieties dom siah and nemat. methods: 330 explant (mature embryos) of each varieties were cultured, 33/plate (100 x 15 mm), on callus induction murashige and skoog (ms) medium (murashige and skoog 1962) s...

BACKGROUND Activated charcoal (AC) is commonly used for the routine management of oral drug overdose. AIM To determine whether the routine use of activated charcoal has an effect on patient outcomes. DESIGN Randomized controlled unblinded trial. METHODS We recruited all adult patients presenting with an oral overdose at The Canberra Hospital, excluding only transfers, late presenters, tho...