Continuously increasing life expectancy results in a rising number of bone diseases and fractures. Replacements from natural sources are not only limited in their availability, they also have some serious disadvantages such as possible immunological reactions or transmission of diseases. New synthetic biodegradable materials based on photopolymers could be an alternative solution. In these inve...

An aqueous diluent containing Tween 60 and Arlacel 80 gave greater recovery of microorganisms when compared with two common diluents as determined by aerobic plate count of inoculated anhydrous cosmetics. The greater recovery was caused by better dispersion of the anhydrous cosmetics in the diluents.

The present study was conducted to determine the chemotactic effects of different leukocyte diluents, dextrose concentrations associated with or without recombinant human interleukin-8 (rhIL-8), lysed leukocyte concentration, and blood plasma source and concentration (homologous vs. heterologous) on fresh equine leukocyte vitality in vitro in addition to testing the effects of two post-thaw ext...

Studies have shown that when compressing drugs with low aqueous solubility, the solubility of diluents selected is very crucial as it influences the disintegration, dissolution and bioavailability of such drugs. Based on these reports, the present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of some commonly used hydrophilic tablet diluents (lactose, sucrose, mannitol and dextrose) on the in ...

Rosin has a comprehensive application in adhesives, printing inks, protective coatings, rubbers and pharmaceutical. In this work, novel dual UV/thermal curable epoxy rosinate was synthesized by esterification reaction between epoxy resin and purified rosin. This product was evaluated by FT-IR spectroscopy techniques and acid number. UV curable resin was formulated for UV curing ability by benzo...

This paper deals with propionic acid extraction by tri-n-butylphosphate (TBP), a phosphorusbonded, oxygen-containing extractant dissolved in inert diluent (decane and kerosene) and a modifier (1decanol) at different temperature in the range of 298 K to 333 K. Active diluents (1-decanol) that enhance the extracting power of amines and phosphorus-bonded, oxygen-containing extractants are more fav...

This paper deals with propionic acid extraction by Aliquat 336, a quaternary amine dissolved in ndodecane and 1-decanol. Chemical equilibrium experiments have been carried out to investigate the effect of modifier, 1-decanol on the extraction efficiency of Aliquat 336 in ndodecane at fixed initial acid concentration of 0.27 gmol/l. Extraction efficiency is determined in terms of distribution co...