introduction: soil organic matter is influenced strongly by vegetation cover and management, therefore it is proposed as the main indicator of soil quality and health. the changes in soil organic matter status occur much more rapidly in the labile pools than in organic c. thus, labile pools can be used as early indicators of changes in total organic matter that will become more obvious in the l...

UNLABELLED Solar radiation causes damage to human skin, and photoprotection is the main way to prevent these harmful effects. The development of sunscreen formulations containing nanosystems is of great interest in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries because of the many potential benefits. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC) liposomal nanosystem (lipo...

ABSTRACT When Ti(OiPr)4 was reacted with increasing proportions of methacrylic acid (McOH), the compounds Ti2(OiPr)6(OMc)2(iPrOH), Ti6O4(OiPr)8(OMc)8, Ti9O8(OiPr)4(OMc)16, and Ti8O8(OMc)16 were obtained in sequence. This allowed conclusions on the relative ratio of substitution and hydrolysis reactions, the latter being due to ester formation between the acid and cleaved alcohol. This ratio is ...

Although octyl methoxy cinnamates (OMC) is the most used Ultraviolet B (UVB) filter in sunscreen, it has poor light stability in emulsion system. In this study, OMC/SiO₂ nanoparticles were prepared via sol-gel emulsion method. Tetraethoxy silane (TEOS) was used as the silica source to encapsulate OMC. Modification of experimental parameters such as stirring speed of condensation reaction and em...

The organic matter of soils is generally determined by converting it to carbon dioxide by means of moist and dry combustion. The carbon dioxide thus evolved is then calculated to organic matter by the use of a conventional factor, 0.471. It has been found, however, that the percentage of carbon in the organic matter of soils varies widely. Some doubt, therefore, is cast on the accuracy of the c...

Strong infrared circular polarization resulting from dust scattering in reflection nebulae in the Orion OMC-1 star-formation region has been observed. Circular polarization at shorter wavelengths might have been important in inducing chiral asymmetry in interstellar organic molecules that could be subsequently delivered to the early Earth by comets, interplanetary dust particles, or meteors. Th...

Recent marine sediments from two cores, collected on the continental slope of the Nansha Sea, China, have been analyzed for organic matter content, n-alkane and isoprenoid hydrocarbons, fatty acids, n-alkanols and sterols. The organic carbon contents of the two sediment cores average 0.7 and 0.53%, respectively, and are higher than those of other sedimentary environments in this region. The dis...

The productive capacity of soils is directly associated with their organic matter content which is the main reservoir of organic carbon and main source of nutrients for plants (Grandy et al., 2006; Studdert et al. 1997; Sisti et al., 2004; Urquiaga et al., 2004). A sustained increase in the concentration of organic carbon is needed to establish a land management system where the degradation of ...