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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"Active Ingredient"”.
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Evaluation of Pythium root rot and damping off resistance in the ancestral lines of North American soybean cultivars and chemical control of the active ingredient ethaboxam in seed treatments
… modern soybean breeding programs. Effects of the active ingredient, ethaboxam, in fungicide seed treatments on stand establishment and yield of soybean in Illinois. Seed treatments are a popular management tactic for seedling diseases. The active ingredient, metalaxyl, has been on the market for …
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Evaluation of Screening Techniques for Woody Plant Herbicide Development
… process and decrease amounts of herbicide active ingredient required. Rapid greenhouse screening of woody plant seedlings was performed in less than six months while rapid seed screening was performed in less than twenty days. A traditional field screen, requiring ten months, was performed …
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The Effectiveness of Prophylactic Eye Drops on the Reversal of UV-Light Induced Cataracts
… by veterinarians, containing carnosine as its active ingredient. Topical application of carnosine is reported to be an effective treatment for the prevention and removal of pre-existing cataracts. For this experiment, Sprague- Dawley rats were anesthetized and exposed to ultraviolet radiation, …
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Formulation, characterisation and topical application of oil powders from whey protein stabilised emulsions
… Nine oil powders, with salicylic acid as the active ingredient, were formulated by using the layer-by-layer method. Three different pH values (pH 4, 5 and 6) were used to prepare the formulations, because of the different charges that polymeric emulsifiers may have. The characteristics of the …
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Toxicity of Formulated Insecticide Mixtures to Apis and Non-Apis Bees
… the acute and sub-lethal toxicity of individual active ingredient insecticides to honey bees and to a lesser extent non-Apis bees. However, the contact toxicity of formulated premix insecticides containing multiple active ingredients to bees has not been thoroughly assessed. To address this void, …
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A Computational Analysis of the Gradient Concentration Profile of DEET and the Mosquito Behavioral Response
<p>DEET is a common active ingredient in most spatial repellents. DEET is also a volatile organic compound. DEET prevents mosquitoes from detecting and coming into contact with an human individual. Gas sensing technologies such as metal oxide semiconductor sensors can detect VOCs. The World Health …
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Advertising Media as a Source for Painting Iconography
… the concept that the audience acts as the active ingredient in the confrontation between itself and the art object.
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Woodward Avenue, Detroit : a pedestrian zone for a changing downtown retail street
… the proposed shopping center should be an active ingredient of the streetscape, rather than an introverted entity. The thesis design proposal attempts to integrate the various projects into a system of related improvements which reinforce the street.
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CHARACTERIZING THE PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF MEPHEDRONE AND DETERMINING THE ABUSE LIABILITY MECHANISMS
… Cathinone is a monoamine alkaloid and the active ingredient found in the leaves of the khat plant. The psychoactive form of bath salts may contain a mixture of synthesized cathinones, including, 4-methyl-N-methcathinone (mephedrone), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N- methylcathinone (methylone) and …
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The yeast mediated synthesis of the l-ephedrine precursor, l-phenylacetylcarbinol, in an organic solvent
… and sinus preparations. d-Pseudoephedrine is the active ingredient in "Sudafed". l-Ephedrine is currently synthesised in a three step process. The first step utilises fermenting yeast in water to catalyse the acyloin condensation of benzaldehyde and acetaldehyde to form the l-ephedrine precursor, …
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Pilot study : Investigating the chemical composition of illegal drugs and the associated prevalence of the different drug types in the Bellville and Athlone police districts in the Western Cape, South Africa
… of suspects during criminal procedures. With the active ingredient known, the use of street names e.g. Tik, Choef or Speed (all referring to methamphetamine) can be abandoned and confusion and misconceptions eliminated. This pilot study investigates the arrest data, in combination with the charge …
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Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa : a drug utilisation review
… Lastly, it was perceived that didanosine was the active ingredient with the largest prevalence for all three four-month periods of 2001 and also for the periods January to April and May to August of 2002, whilst efavirenz represented the active ingredient with the largest prevalence for the period …
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Theoretical and experimental investigation of particle interactions in pharmaceutical powder blending
… manufacturing practices, blending of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with excipients is a crucial step in that homogeneity of active ingredient after blending is a key issue for the quality assurance of final products. Inadequate knowledge of the interdependence between raw …
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Aspects of chemical control of the old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
… choice for providing the best penetration of the active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, is an Oil-based carrier for the formulated product Dursban® WT. Dursban® TC, another product containing chlorpyrifos, will penetrate the wood surface better when diluted with water, not with an oil-based carrier such …
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Techniques involved in the use of chemicals in an attempt to establish wildlife clearings
… of water and 2,4,5-T at a rate of 12 lbs. active ingredient per 100 gals. of No. 2 diesel fuel. Frills were filled to overflowing. The granular herbicides were applied in June and July 1958 and the frill treatments were made in August of that year. Two stem counts by species were made on …
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Quantitative Determination of Acetylsalicyclic Acid and Acetaminophen by Q-NMR (Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Technique
… (GC), to determine the quantity of the active ingredient and other material in the drugs. A large effort goes into developing methods using chromatography techniques. The method development and running HPLC and GC are time consuming. Methods need to be updated as the chromatographic …
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Towards understanding the fate of perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) within urban environments: implications for human exposure.
… to derive from the use of EtFOSA as an active ingredient in Sulfluramid, which is an insecticide used for control of ants, cockroaches and termites.
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Preemergence activity of chloroacetamide herbicides on a multiple herbicide-resistant population of waterhemp (amaranthus tuberculatus)
… they are applied either alone, or with other active ingredients in herbicide premixes. Known as ‘Old Chemistries’, their importance is due to the excellent control of annual grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds when applied PRE, and relatively high crop safety. Waterhemp [Amaranthus …
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THE EFFECT OF NALTREXONE ON NICOTINE-INDUCED CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE IN RATS
<p>Nicotine is the central active ingredient in tobacco. The reinforcing effects of nicotine can be studied in animals through self-administration, conditioned place preference, and other approaches that enable researchers to assess nicotine cessation strategies. One strategy involves the use of …
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