Archive for February, 2008

Diet Green Tea - What You Really Should Know

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Green Tea is often sold as the miracle it not really is. Green Tea is a product that fits great into any diet and eventually helps to lose weight, but that is it. This article sheds some light on green tea and how a successful diet could look like.
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Iced Tea - One Of The Most Venerable Of Refreshments

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Tea when served hot is an excellent way to help you relax. However, there is another way to serve tea in a more refreshing manner. Read on to learn more.
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Green Tea - Expensive Scam or Elixir of Longer Life

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Looking to change to a healthier drink? Not sure whether tea green is an expensive marketing scam, or a really healthy replacement for caffeine-riddled black tea or coffee…
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Green chemistry metrics: a comparative evaluation of dimethyl carbonate, methyl iodide, dimethyl sulfate and methanol as methylating agents

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Green chemistry metrics (atom economy and mass index) have been applied to compare a total of 33 procedures for the synthesis of anisole, 2-phenylpropionitrile, and N-methylaniline, carried out with four methylating agents such as dimethyl carbonate, dimethyl sulfate, methyl iodide and methanol. The non toxic DMC proved to be the best reagent among those considered.
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of oligothiophene semiconductors in aqueous media using silica and chitosan supported Pd catalysts

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Highly pure thiophene semiconductors were prepared by an innovative microwave-assisted methodology based on Suzuki coupling, using silica and chitosan supported palladium catalysts in aqueous media.
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Solvent-free synthesis of substituted ureas from CO2 and amines with a functional ionic liquid as the catalyst

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The synthesis of disubstituted ureas from amines and CO2 were carried out using a basic ionic liquid (IL) 1-n-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium hydroxide ([Bmim]OH) as the catalyst.
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Pyramid Tea Bags Give You Quality Tea With No Hassle

Friday, February 29th, 2008

If you’re a serious tea drinker, then you would no doubt want to use tea leaves. Not only are they fresher, but when you put them into the teapot, they have lots of room to swirl and unfold when the boiling water is poured over them.
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Does White Tea Contain Antioxidants?

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Does Tea Assist Weight Loss and lower blood pressure? All teas are said to have a wide range of health benefits, which may be due to their antioxidants, and the fact that teas are all considered to be thermogenic; which means to say that they increase energy expenditure, or metabolism, and that this can help […]

Quick and highly efficient copper-catalyzed cycloaddition of aliphatic and aryl azides with terminal alkynes “on water”

Friday, February 29th, 2008

We have developed a quick and highly efficient method for CuBr/PhSMe-catalyzed cycloaddition of water-insoluble aliphatic/aryl azides and alkynes to synthesize various triazoles “on water” at room temperature.
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Tea Tree - 3 Amazing Variations of This Venerable Tree

Friday, February 29th, 2008

People the world over enjoy tea as a relaxing beverage. However, the tea trees themselves present a fascinating revelation of the themselves. Read on to learn more.
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