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D.l. Paik, D.S. Ma, D.Y. Park, H.S. Moon, Y.l. Chang, J.B. Kim, Determination of fluorine by PIGE analysis on bovine tooth enamel treated with bamboo salt SMFP toothpaste and fluoride mouth rinsing solution, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 217 (1997) 221-223. 

Back in 1984, Britton called my attention to the existence of a new hallucinogen, unusual because its source is an insect. The extinct Malalis natives of eastern Brazil once regarded the bicho de tacuara (bamboo worm) as a special culinary treat that tasted like sweet cream. The small creatures are found in bamboo stems. 

Sulfur-Sand Treated Bamboo Rod for Reinforcing Structural Concrete... 

Figure 11. Bamboo-concrete interaction (no sulfur-sand treat-...

Figure 13. Sulfur-sand treated Pennsylvania bamboo culms...

Figure 11 shows that the nontreated bamboo has low bond stress and that the voids between bamboo and concrete are visible. However, for the sulfur-sand treated bamboo rod, there are no voids between the bamboo and concrete, and there is a high bond stress (15), as shown in Figure 12. 

Table I. Comparison of Pull Test Performance by Treated and by Nontreated Bamboo Specimens...

Gum arabic prevented tumor takes if animals were treated with gum arabic before tumor implantation.158,157 Bamboo polysaccharide was quite effective in preventing tumor takes when given in-traperitoneally, starting 10 days before s.c. tumor implantation of Ehrlich carcinoma. Starch and degraded starches ( dextrins ) had no inhibitory effect.157... 

Liu, Y. Hu, H. (2008). X-ray Diffraction Study of Bamboo Fibers Treated with NaOH. 

The "Medical Treatments for 52 Diseases" (on the left) were written on silk fabric and in part also on small bamboo strips. With its 9,950 characters, this is the most extensive medical text found in ancient Chinese tombs. -Ge Hong s 16th recipe In part Nr. 3 of his four-volume corpus Zhou hou be Jl fang (on the right) describes the preparation of extracts from qinghao to treat "heat vexation" and (intermittent) "bone-steaming" fevers (nue, Malaria). 

Various commercially available textiles claiming antimicrobial activity were examined (Table 1). Active ingredients of the treated antimicrobial textiles included silvo, quaternary ammonium salts (QACs) and triclosan. The textile substrates for the treated samples were polyester or a polyester/ cotton blend. Fibres claiming antimicrobial properties such as bamboo and soy were also tested. Relevant untreated fobrics were examined as control samples. 

Tissue browning is the major problem of bamboo regeneration. Oxidized phenolic compounds produced from the damaged explants will suppress enzyme activity, darken the culture medium, and lead to the death of the explants. Treated with antioxidants and absorbents such as cysteine and ascorbic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and activated carbon, will alleviate the phenolic oxidation and favor the plant regeneration (Abdelwahd et al., 2008 Sanyal et al., 2005 Toth et al., 1994). 

Qian et al. conducted a study on bamboo particles (BP) that were treated with low-concentrations of alkali solution for various times and used as reinforcements in PLA based composites [35]. Characteristics of BP by composition analysis, scaiming electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett Teller test, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, showed that low-concentration alkali treatment had a significant influence on the microstructure, specific surface area, and chemical groups of BP. PLA/treated-BP and PLA/untreated-BP composites were both produced with 30 wt% BP content. Mechanical measurements showed that tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation at break of PLA/BP composites increased when the alkali treatment time reached... 

Y. Liu, and H. Hu, X-ray diffraction study of bamboo fibers treated with NaOH, Fibers Polym. 9, 735-739 (2008). 

A number of reviews have been studied on the potential of natural fibers such as sisal, kenaf, hemp, flax, bamboo, and jute for the preparation of thermoplastic composites. In this work, however sisal fiber (SF) has been used as reinforcement due to easily availability and comparatively low cost. The xmtreated and treated SF-reinforced RPP composites have been prepared and investigated their thermal, mechanical, morphological, weathering and impact properties. An improved mechanical, thermal, and morphological property has been observed for chemical treated SF as well as clay loaded RPP. The analysis revealed that SF-reinforced RPP composites with enhanced properties can be successfully achieved which warrants to replace the synthetic fillers-based conventional thermoplastic composites. These SF-based RPP composites can be the material of choice in the field of aeronautic, automobiles, civil engineering, etc., due to its low cost, low density, non-toxicity, recyclability, acceptable strength, high specific properties, and minimum waste disposal problems. 

Whether or not the ingestion of silica gel could be beneficial under some circumstances is a matter of debate. Tabasheer, the silica gel found inside bamboo (94), was once believed to be of value in treating asthma and tuberculosis (98), and it is conceivable that there might have been some practical basis for the treatment, as has been the case with other primitive medications. 

True paper was invented in China by a court official, Gai Lun, in the year 105. Cai Lun found that by treating cotton rags in a certain way, the material would break down into a mushy mass of fibers. When more water was added, the mixture could be pressed and dried into a thin, hard sheet that could be used for writing. This true paper became popular because it was much lighter than bamboo mats and less expensive than silk, both of which were used as writing materials at the time. Gai s method of making paper eventually made its way to Europe, where it became the material of choice for use with the printing press in the fifteenth century. Industrialization and mechanization since that time have led to the modern paper industry and to the thousands of types and forms of paper that are a basic commodity of modern society. 

Wang H, Sheng K, Chen J, Mao H, Qian X. Mechanical and thermal properties of sodium silicate treated moso bamboo particles reinforced PVC composites. Sci China... 

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