pistacia vera l., a member of anacardiaceae family, has been used for sedation and analgesia in traditional medicine. in this study, the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects as well as acute toxicity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of p. vera leaves were investigated in mice. the antinociceptive activity was studied using hot plate and writhing tests. the effect of the extracts a...

The effects of experimental exposure to toluene (100 ppm), xylene (100 ppm) and their mixture (50 ppm of toluene and 50 ppm of xylene) on CNS functions were studied in 10 male volunteers aged 22-35. Changes in CNS functions were measured by means of nine psychological tests. Acute exposure to xylene produced the most adverse effect on simple reaction time SRT and choice reaction time ChRT. Expo...

Absorption of m-xylene and excretion of m-methylhippuric acid were investigated under controlled conditions in ten volunteers aged 17-33 years. They were exposed to m-xylene vapours at concentrations of 100, 300, and 600 mg/m3. It was found that m-xylene vapour retained in the lungs tended to decrease at the end of the exposure. An exposure test was devised, based upon the results obtained duri...

OBJECTIVE To report the case of an adult patient who developed auditory complaints following xylene exposure, and to review the literature on the effects of solvent exposure on hearing. CASE REPORT The patient presented with a gradual deterioration in his ability to hear in difficult acoustic environments and also to hear complex sounds such as music, over a 40-year period. His symptoms began...

Aim. To assess the efficacy of dish washing solution and diluted lemon water in deparaffinizing sections during conventional hematoxylin and eosin staining technique. Objective. The objective is to utilize eco-friendly economical substitute for xylene. Materials and Methods. Using twenty paraffin embedded tissue blocks, three sections each were prepared. One section was stained with conventiona...

M. W. Trahan, J. S. Wagner, I. R. Shokair, G. C. Tisone, P. C. Gray Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM 87185 Abstract Intelligent algorithms have been used to estimate the concentrations of individual components in complex mixtures scanned by a multispectral UV laser remote-sensing system. The data was acquired during the Kitfox test series at the 1.4 km site on Frenchman Flats at the...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of gutta-percha solvents on the bond strength of fiberglass post to root canal dentin. Forty bovine incisors were decoronated, prepared, filled, and randomly distributed into four groups (n = 10) according to the gutta-percha solvent used: control, xylene, eucalyptol and orange oil. After root canal treatment, the posts were cemented in...

BACKGROUND People usually spent about 90% of their time indoors, which are probably more polluted than outside the buildings. High levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known as causes of sick building syndrome. The present study was designed to determine the quantitative effects of some plants to improve the quality of the environmental air. RESULTS D. deremensis and O. microdasys ...