A crystalline lactitol monohydrate having lattice cell constants a = 7.815 +/- 0.008 ANGSTROM , b = 12.682 +/- 0.008 ANGSTROM , and c = 15.927 +/- 0.008 ANGSTROM , and a melting range between 90 and 105 DEG C, and a water content between 4.85 and 5.15%, as well as a process of preparing said crystalline lactitol monohydrate by evaporating the aqueous solution of lactitol to a concentration betw...

Compounds are described of formula (II) (II) and salts thereof, wherein R1 reprsents a methyl, ethyl or isopropyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group OR5 (where OR5 is a hydroxy group or a substituted hydroxyl group having up to 25 carbon atoms) and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached represent a >C=0 group; an...

A toy doll or article comprising a main body, a variable length appendage having a root end attached to the main body and an outer free end, at least one flexible elongate element threaded through the appendage along the length thereof and having a root end attached to the main body and an outer free end, the appendage outwardly of the root end thereof being slidable along the elongate element and...

UN METODO PARA PREPARAR DERIVADOS DE ACIDOS NUCLEICOS, EN EL QUE SE DISUELVEN CANTIDADES PREDETERMINADAS DE POLI C SULFURADO, QUE CONTIENE UN RESTO DE ACIDO 4©TIORIDILICO POR CADA 6 A 39 RESTOS DE ACIDO CITIDILICO EN POLI C Y QUE TIENE UNA LONGITUD DE CADENA, DE 50 A 10.000 EN TERMINOS DE NUMEROS DE BASES, Y POLI I QUE TIENE UNA LONGITUD DE CADENA DE 50 A 10.000, Y SE ASOCIAN ENTRE SI DICHOS COMPO...

The present invention relates to certain substituted purine arabinosides and their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives especially esters and their use in the treatment and prophylaxis of varicella zoster virus and cytomegalovirus infections. The invention also includes pharmaceutical formulations and processes for the preparation of such compounds.

Gastro-resistant and entero-soluble compositions which allow oral administration of stable SAMe salts are described. These salts for oral use have considerable antiphlogistic and analgesic activity. By suitable dose adjustment, they can also be used in the already known therapeutic fields for SAMe salts.

A process for producing an anthracycline derivative represented by the general formula: (I) where R1 is an acyl group, each of X1 and X2 is a hydrogen atom, a methoxy group, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group, each of Y1 and Y2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group, and Z is a hydrogen atom or a protected hydroxyl group, which comprises reacting an...

Tylosin-like macrolides modified at C-20 and C-23.

Circuit arrangement for telecommunications systems, in particular telephone switching systems, with storage devices in which the correctness of stored information portions is checked. Two parallel main memories for information and one secondary memory for parity bits are provided. If the information read out does not correspond owing to an error in one of the main memories or the write or read dev...

The present invention is directed to a process for the production of a mono- and/or polyisocyanate by the phosgenation of a mono- and/or polyamine in a mixer which comprises (a) a casing having at least two inlets and at least one outlet, (b) a rotatable shaft extending through the casing, (c) at least one rotor disc attached to the shaft such that the rotor disc is perpendicular to the shaft, (d)...

The cpd. having hypoxanthine base of the formula (I) is new. (I) is prepd. from cpd. having adenine base of formula (II) that is acted on by adenosine deaminase or a microorganism culture having the same capability and its treated substance or a substance collected from its animal tissue. Pref. the adenosine deaminase comprises; EC3, 5, 4, 4 (RTM) supplied by Sigma Co. Ltd. A substance collected f...

Novel 14-azido-15-hydroxy-milbemycine derivatives and 15-hydroxy- DELTA <1><3><,><1><4>-milbemycine derivatives can be prepared from the corresponding 14,15-epoxy-milbemycine derivatives in an anhydrous phase at -30 DEG C to +10 DEG C, using the complex reagent [HN3]m[Al(ethyl)3]n in which m and n independently of one another are the number 1 or 2 or a value between 1 and 2. They are used as acti...

The present invention relates to certain substituted purine arabinosides and their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives especially esters and their use in the treatment and prophylaxis of varicella zoster virus and cytomegalovirus infections. The invention also includes pharmaceutical formulations and processes for the preparation of such compounds.

A gathering machine wherein a chain conveyor has pushers which advance below a row of platforms receiving sheets from discrete magazines. An orbiting arm in the region of each platform carries an elastic cap which engages a freshly delivered sheet to press it against the upper side of the respective platform and to accelerate such sheet in the direction of movement of the pushers so that the speed...

A measuring head serves for recording high-resolution nuclear resonance measurements in small defined areas of organic tissue of human or animal bodies which are exposed to a homogenous magnetic field. To this end, there is placed upon the body an RF transmitting and receiving device consisting of a helical line 20 with a shielding 23 wherein the shielding (23) is open on at least one end (25) and...

A special arrangement of a module with serial coupling possibility is described. The module is characterized by at least one angular attachment projecting vertically from the front or visible surface and which as a result of its arrangement and shaping serves as a gripping strip, cable guide and fastening aid. The fastening of the module within a casing frame is provided by a clip fastening (20) w...

The door or window (1) has a leaf (3) in multiple sections, suspended on tandem hinges (4). One section can form the frame for the following one, and the hinges of successive sections can be on opposite sides. - A venetian blind or shutter can be incorporated in it. There can be a supporting skid or roller for the free edge from the floor.

A method is provided for upgrading rock, for example building block, aggregate, preexisting stone structures, portland cement and bituminous concrete structures to render such rock more resistant to degradation resulting from environmental exposure. An organic condensation polymer containing rock treating composition in the form of a solution or dispersion is also provided based on the use of an o...

Apparatus for contact-free imaging and measuring of a selected portion of the skin of a patient has a camera which is mounted on a support. The support is mounted on a holder so that it can move in the direction of as well as that it can turn about the optical axis of the camera. An annular light source on the support surrounds the objective of the camera, and the support is connected with an arcu...

A backing for an absorptive device such as a disposable diaper or a sanitary napkin, said backing comprising a combination of two layers. The first layer which does not contact the wearer's skin is preferably comprised of a liquid-impervious layer of polymeric film or the like. The second layer is also preferably comprised of a polymeric film which has been made pervious to liquid by providing a m...