Archive for February, 2008

The Bad Side of Tea

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Many believe that a nice hot cup of tea is a good alternative to coffee or those sugar-laced soft drinks. Unfortunately, what most people don’t know is that tea also has a dark side.
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Green Tea Death Knell for Prostate Cancer - True or False

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Concerned at the high incidence of Prostate Cancer in men in the Western world…then you should be looking seriously at Green Tea. Some experts reckon it can even kill the cancerous prostate cells with only a few cups a day…
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The design and synthesis of biodegradable pyridinium ionic liquids

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Ionic liquids with a pyridinium cation bearing an ester side chain moiety were prepared from either pyridine or nicotinic acid and their biodegradability was evaluated using the CO2 Headspace test (ISO 14593). ILs of this type showed exceptionally high levels of biodegradation under aerobic conditions and can be classified as ‘readily biodegradable’.
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Luxury Of A Tea Pot Cozy

Friday, February 29th, 2008

My Mother-in-law never can sit through a meal in the winter. In the summer she has always been able to keep a water pitcher or tea pitcher on the table, and that helps. But she always has gotten up to fill glasses. A tea pot cozy could transform her winters to being more relaxing.
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Tea - An Introduction to the World’s Best Drink

Friday, February 29th, 2008

As a drink dating back to an early Chinese emperor about 2700 B.C., tea has a long and varied history. Not only is tea old, it is a widely consumed drink. While it may not be number one is the U.S., it is the major drink in much of the rest of […]

Choline carboxylate surfactants: biocompatible and highly soluble in water

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

By the replacement of alkali ions in common soaps with choline as a counterion of biological origin, even long chain carboxylate surfactants can be used at ambient temperature, and biocompatibility can be ensured as well.
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Green Tea - Nature’s Own Cancer And Heart Disease Cure

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Does the thought of getting heart disease or cancer put the shivers up your spine - then you should really look more closely at how ordinary Chinese green tea can lower that possibility for you and your family…
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Green Tea - Lose Weight Naturally

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

One of the hottest topics of debate recently is weight loss and it’s no secret that there are dime a dozen products that are targeting those with an intention to lose weight. The weight loss pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry is set to become a 150 billion dollar industry in the coming years.
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Practical oxidation of sulfides to sulfones by H2O2 catalysed by titanium catalyst

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

An efficient and simple protocol for the selective oxidaton of sulfides to sulfones, which can be easily isolated from the reaction mixture in the pure form.
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Super absorbers from renewable feedstock by catalytic oxidation

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

An environmentally benign, catalytic oxidation process applying the three-component system MTO/H2O2/LiBr to prepare biodegradable oxidized starch super absorbers with high water absorption capacity has been developed.
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