brought about by microbes that travels through air‚ it is spread by sneezing or coughing from an infected person. (NIAID‚ 2009). Microbes such as bacteria are continually progressing that enables them to easily adapt a new environment. Their presence causes health problems to human and animals because they are multiplying rapidly and they are focusing on the regions that
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EXPERIMENT 4: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to take methyl salicylate (wintergreen oil) and by heating it under reflux with NaOH as a solvent‚ and then cooling the mixture with H2SO4 as another solvent‚ synthesize salicylic acid. The final step involves purify the product to produce as pure a sample of salicylic acid as possible. This process allowed for the successful production of 1.406g salicylic acid‚ an 82.70% yield. The NMR and
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Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil I. Introduction and Purpose Until 1874 commercial salicylic acid was synthesized entirely from natural wintergreen oil. In this experiment the salicylic acid is reproduced using methyl salicylate‚ the major constituent of wintergreen oil and later compared to salicylic acid made from benzene. The purpose of this lab is to determine the difference between salicylic acid made from methyl salicylate and salicylic acid made from benzene comparing the melting
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Oil of oregano is a beneficial preparation. Oregano is an aromatic herb that has antiseptic‚ antibacterial‚ anti-fungal‚ anti-parasitic and antiviral properties. Its scientific name is Oreganum vulgare‚ and its name is Greek in origin‚ meaning "joy of mountains." Oil of oregano is used in cooking‚ as well as for massage. The essential oil of oregano can be extracted from the leaves through distillation‚ yielding the concentrated benefit of the bulk oregano herb for medicinal and therapeutic purposes
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Run Away from Oil – Not even Trump can Save the Oil Industry Millions of people displaced‚ starving‚ and fighting each other to survive. This is the future of humanity in a world ravaged by climate change’s effects. Without taking action‚ powerful storms‚ droughts‚ and food shortages will only grow more severe; experts predict that 250 million will flee their countries by 2050. Sea levels will rise by almost two feet‚ flooding major coastal cities and leaving millions without access to food‚ water
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at numerous things‚ including the effect of essential oils on a person’s level of alertness‚ their mental stress and their odd. In addition‚ research has been conducted to determine if individuals who are suffering from a medical condition‚ such as cancer‚ may benefit from use of these oils. This research suggests the oils may be of benefit to those who are experiencing stress and other adverse psychological conditions. "While essential oils have not been found to cure medical conditions such as
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ABSTRACT Antibacterial activity of medicnal plants has turned out to be a global concern. Medicnal plants are very useful in treating various diseases. Antibiotics are an important class of pharmacological agents used for treating antibacterial infections. Although antibiotics were first isolated from fungi and bacteria but over the years more and more synthetic antibiotics has been synthesized‚ which are in great demand. This present study has been done to determine the antibacterial activity of Cannabis
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International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation Volume 2 Number 4 December 2008 Human Errors and Oil Pollution from Tankers P. Arsenie & R. Hanzu-Pazara Constanta Maritime University‚ Constanta‚ Romania ABSTRACT: The economical development of the world is based on transportation system. More than half of the products transported all over the world are carried by sea. Sea transportation is made with different kind of ships‚ as bulk carriers‚ cargo vessels
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The importance of oil to the modern world is unique in character and incredibly far-reaching in scope. It is a singularly autonomous variable in the world economy‚ just as‚ if not more potent and influential than Federal Reserve decisions‚ the Euro-Dollar exchange rate‚ conditions in the U.S or stock market indexes. Oil availability and price affect the output capacity‚ rate of growth and level of inflation throughout the world. In the modern world‚ oil affects transportation‚ heating‚ production
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SHOULD I JUMP INTO THE BANDWAGON? THE CASE OF FGVH IPO Ruzita Abdul Rahim Mohd Hasimi Yaacob MONEY FALLS FROM THE SKY It was a fine Friday afternoon on June 8‚ 2012 but Afiq Firash was still startled by the 18th birthday gift that he received from his mother last night. It was a saving account book of Tabung Haji showing a balance of RM25‚000 and a brief note “Happy birthday sweetheart. Treat the money well and it might even pay for your degree” written on the birthday card. To Afiq Firash
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