An important application of starch grafted with copolymers from unsaturated organic acids is the use as water absorbent. Although much research has been published in recent years, the kinetics of water absorption and the swelling behavior of starch based superabsorbents are relatively unexplored. Also, water retention under mechanical strain is usually not reported. Cassava starch was used sinc...

We determined percutaneous absorption kinetics of 2-butoxyethanol (BE) in volunteers using microdialysis. Four male volunteers were dermally exposed twice to 90% and 50% aqueous solutions (v/v) of BE for 4.5h. To determine percutaneous absorption kinetics the concentration of BE was measured in the dialysate samples collected at 30 min-intervals throughout exposure. The systemic absorption, whi...

We have previously demonstrated that increasing the habitual protein intake widened the gap in nutritional quality between proteins through mechanisms that are not yet fully understood. We hypothesized that the differences in gastrointestinal kinetics between dietary proteins were an important factor affecting their differential response to an increased protein intake. To test this hypothesis, ...

1. A technique is described for the measurement of the extent of 65Zn absorption by different regions of the intestine in the intact rat. Using this technique it was shown that the duodenum contributed 60%, the ileum 30% and the jejunum 10% to the over-all absorption of 65Zn. Negligible absorption of 65Zn occurred from the caecum and colon. 2. Using ligated loops of rat duodenum in situ, 65Zn a...

This paper reports on an experimental study of dermal exposure to neat methanol in human volunteers for the purposes of estimating percutaneous absorption rates, permeation kinetics, baseline (pre-exposure) levels of methanol in blood, and inter- and intrasubject variability. A total of 12 volunteers (seven men and five women) were exposed to methanol via one hand for durations of 0 to 16 min i...

quantum dots of cds with hexagonal phase were prepared at relatively low temperature (60 oc) and short time by micro-emulsion (o/w) under ultrasound. this study was focused on the particle size distribution and the growth kinetics. the particle size distribution obtained from the optical absorption edge. it was relatively symmetrical with sonication time. in addition, an agreement was observed ...