Research Advances: Eating Your Greens Could Prove Life-Saving If a Heart Attack Strikes; "Dragon's Blood" Quenches Stomach Ulcer Bacteria

Angela G. King
Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (6), p 764
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p764
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2008

Abstract

Benefits of dietary nitrite. New compounds may explain the use of "Dragon's blood" in medicine.

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      The Journal of Physical Chemistry C2009 113 (19), 8177-8185

      A set of bimetallic Pd−Cu/PVP (PVP = poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)) colloids, with copper proportions ranging from 0 to 50 atom %, has been examined as catalysts in a batch reactor with flowing hydrogen for the reduction of aqueous nitrate and/or nitrite. The ...

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