Time release technology (also known as sustained-release [SR], extended-release [ER, XR, XL], controlled-release [CR], and other synonyms) is a mechanism used in pill tablets or capsules to dissolv...
Nucleic acid thermodynamics is the study of how temperature affects the nucleic acid structure of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The melting temperature (Tm) is defined as the temperature at which ha...
Cranberry juice is an abundant food source of proanthocyanidins and flavonols[27] and quercetin.[28][29] which are being studied in vitro.[30][31][32][33][34] However, their effectiveness in humans...
Biomedical uses of amphiphilic macromolecules
Optically transparent nanocomposite materials
Melanoma (Listeni/ˌmɛləˈnoʊmə/; from Greek μέλας melas, "dark")[1] is a type of skin cancer which forms from melanocytes (pigment-containing cells in the skin).[2] In women, the most common site...
Appetite-suppressing compositions
Cancer Listeni/ˈkænsər/, also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm, is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the bo...
Anti-inflammatory or antiinflammatory refers to the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling. Anti-inflammatory drugs make up about half of analgesics, remedying p...
Food is any substance[1] consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as fats, proteins, vitamins, or minera...
A special kind of copolymer is called a "block copolymer". Block copolymers are made up of blocks of different polymerized monomers.[5] For example, PS-b-PMMA is short for polystyrene-b-poly(methyl...
Fluorescent fused-ring triazoles
In electricity, a corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid or gas surrounding a conductor that is electrically charged. Spontaneous corona discharges occu...
Energy production from organic waste treatment
Tyrosinase is an oxidase that is the rate-limiting enzyme for controlling the production of melanin. It is mainly involved in two distinct reactions of melanin synthesis; firstly, the hydroxylation...
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte or a vacuum). The word was coined by William Whewell at the r...
Radial glial cells are bipolar-shaped cells that span the width of the cortex in the developing central nervous system (CNS) and serve as primary progenitors capable of generating neurons, astrocyt...
A protease (also called peptidase or proteinase) is any enzyme that performs proteolysis, that is, begins protein catabolism by hydrolysis of the peptide bonds that link amino acids together in a p...
Hydroxylapatite, also called hydroxyapatite (HA), is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH), but is usually written Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 to denote that the ...
Vaginal infections are composed of three primary conditions: bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and trichomonas.[1] Vaginitis is any condition that causes infection or inflammation of t...
