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This series of texts is a result of an initiative by the Committee of Heads of Polytechnic Chemistry Departments in the United Kingdom, A project team based at Thames Polytechnic using funds available from the Manpower Services Commission Open Tech Project has organised and managed the development of the material suitable for use by Distance Learners . The contents of the various units have been identified, planned and written almost exclusively by groups of polytechnic staff, who are both expert in the subject area and are currently teaching in analytical chemistry. 

At the present time, several countries have well-organised and experienced spontaneous reporting systems which contribute the bulk of ADE reports. In particular the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Scandinavian countries have records going back several decades, and can claim to have in their possession data of reasonable quality. The section on p. 438 considers the various methods of causality assessment that are available and the data that are required for their application. 

This concept could be used for self-organised generation-wise growth of dendri-mers by controlled shell-by-shell construction around the core utilising various recognition units. However, the poor solubility of the multiple amide and urea structural elements has so far made isolation of pure oligomeric products difficult. 

At present there are no international Antarctic environmental data bases per se, although many organisations and individuals within the SCAR membership hold relevant data. In addition, environmental data bases are known to be in various stages of development in Argentina, Chile, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States, and possibly in other countries. 

However, in 1942 it was removed from U. S. pharmacopeia because of its severe gastrointestinal toxicity. Currently, it still remains as an effective therapy for treatment of venereal warts [25]. Furthermore, podophyllotoxin and its derivatives have been extensively studied in the last 60 years for their powerful antitumor effects. Podophyllotoxin itself is a powerful microtubule inhibitor. Microtubules are tubular polymers whose protomeric unit (a and 3-tubulin) forms an heterodimer and are the dynamic constituents of the cytoskeleton. The cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells contains a soluble pool of unpolymerised tubulin protomers as well as an organised array of microtubules. Microtubules can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to various stimuli with little or no change in the total amount of tubuline. Cytoplasmatic microtubules are... 

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