India gifts

Pomegranate first appeared in Persia (4000 b.c. to 3000 b.c.) and gradually moved toward China, India (100 b.c.), North Africa, Europe, Mexico (1521), and the U.S. (1792). Pomegranate is one of the first fruits cultivated by humans. In Greek mythology, the pomegranate symbolized death and fertility in ancient Chinese culture, it was a symbol of immortality. One of the earliest cultivated fruits, it is also called a gift from God in the Bible and also in the Koran. 

Such lavish gifts were seen by contemporaries as being the result of the pair s success in the laboratory, and upon Flamel s death in March 1417, a mob ransacked the house to find the source of their treasure. They found nothing, but, interestingly, both Flamel s tomb and that of Perenelle were found to be empty when they too were broken open. They were said to have gone to India, where they were seen around the year 1700, and were reported to have been seen at the Paris Opera in 1761. 

Acknowledgements. This research was supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Grants HSC/848/80 and (1 l)4/84-STPII. Fusicoccin was a gift of Dr. Michielli, Montedison, S.p.A., Milan. We thank Ms. Veena for expert technical assistance. 

Sodium lauryl sulfate, Potassium per sulfate, Vinyl acetate, Methaciylic acid, and N, N -methylene bis acrylamide—all chemicals purchased by S. D. Fine chemicals, Mumbai, India. Acebutolol hydrochloride was given as gift sample by Waksman Saleman Pharmaceuticals, Anantapur, India. 

Carvedilol was supplied by Dr. Reddy s Laboratory, Hyderabad, India as a gift sample. Poloxamer F68 and F127 were supplied by Lupin Research Park, Pune, India. All other chemicals used were of analytical grade. 

Fluconazole (FEZ) was obtained from Dr. Reddy s Ltd., India while P-cyclodextrin was a generous gift from DKSH India Pvt. Ltd. and these were used as received. All other reagents were of analytical reagent grade. 

The monomer, butyl acrylate (BA), was purchased from SRL India Ltd and sodium silicate (SS) was a gift of a solid granular sample (CAS 1344-098, Batch No. 2023BB H20-1) from PQ Corporation, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Copper sulfate, glycine and ammonium persulfate (APS) were of analytical grade and used as such. All solutions were prepared using doubly distilled water. 

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