There is an increasing interest in the biogeochemistry of metals, like cobalt, fuelled by the growing need for batteries and other high technology products. Bioprocessing of Co has been proposed to improve its recovery ...

Cleaning and disinfection represent the most important activities associated with the elimination of dirt and microorganisms at food processing plants. Improper procedures may lead to cross contamination of food leading ...

Successional dynamics of plants and animals during tropical forest regeneration have been thoroughly studied, while fungal compositional dynamics during tropical forest succession remain unknown, despite the crucial roles ...

Curcuma longa constitutes an important source of secondary metabolites that have been associated with multiple health benefits. For instance, curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxy-curcumin, have been found to perform ...

Response of adults of the West Indian sugarcane weevil,Metamasius hemipterus sericeus, to various semiochemical treatments and physical trap designs was studied in southern Florida in field-grown banana and Canary Island ...

Buturon (ring 14C) was applied to wheat and soil in two successive years (3 kg/ha each year) at outdoor conditions. Residual radioactive substances in the upper soil layer (0-10-cm depth) were measured 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 6.0, ...

Se sintetizó el acetato (E) -3- dodecenilo, atrayente sexual de la polilla de la papa (Scrobipalpopsis solanivora), utilizando dos procedimientos: una ruta acetilénica y mediante la condensación de Knoevenagel.

From the leaves of Tabernaemontana arborea Rose (Apocynaceae) the triterpenoid lupeyl acetate and the indole alkaloids voacangine, 19 epivoacristine, vobasine and 19R-hydroxiconopharingine have been isolated and identified ...