Givaudan Roure (international) Sa

Ciba-geigy Corporation

Prionics Ag

Givaudn Roure (international) Sa

Bernhard Hostettler

Jean-Pierre Bachmann

Xiaogen Yang

Markus Gautschi

Peter Ackermann

Ulrich Huber

Marius Sutter

Hans Ulrich Gonzenbach

Urs Muller

Christoph Stamm

Yasuchika Yamaguchi

Peter Gygax

Alexander Berner

Andreas Rüegg

Mathias Blaser

Eligio Lardi

Ludwig R Walder

Sampling device for samples containing DNA in particular, with a sample-collecting area provided at the free end of an elongate holding device, wherein the sample-collecting area is designed to be separable from the sampling device.

Sampling device for samples containing DNA in particular

The invention relates to a sample container () for biological sample material (), comprising an upper opening () that can be closed by a lid (), a lateral wall region () and a base () and a hygroscopic substance () contained in the interior of the sample container for drying sample material () in the sample container, wherein the sample container is partitioned into at least two compartments, of which one is a sample compartment (), and the other is a drying compartment () containing the hygroscopic substance, wherein the hygroscopic substance is connected to the interior of the sample container in a steam exchange connection, and wherein the sample compartment extends from an upper end, particularly equipped with an opening (), in the longitudinal direction to the opening in a flush manner to the base () of the sample container.

Container for the preparation, preservation and storage of biological samples using a drying agent

The invention is related to a flavorant composition containing 1&prime;-acetoxychavicol acetate and 1&prime;-acetoxyeugenol acetate derivatives thereof as well as a flavorant acceptable carrier. The flavorant composition may be used for flavoring foods, beverages or healthcare products with warm/hot, spicy and pungent sensations related to Galangal.

Flavorant compositions

Photostable, cosmetic light-screening compositions for the protection of the human epidermis and the hairs against the ultraviolet rays of wavelengths between 320 and 400 nm, and between 320 and 400 nm respectively, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle containing at least one fatty phase, about 0.75 to about 5%, in particular about 1 to about 4% by weight, of a dibenzoylmethane type UV-A screening agent and at least about 0.5% to about 2%, in particular about 0.5 to about 1% by weight, of a benzylidene type stabilizer of the general formula ##STR1## represents a bridged cyclic compound having the camphor (1,7,7-trimethyl-bicyclo�2.2.1!heptan-2-one), norcamphor (bicyclo�2.2.1!heptan-2-one), nopinone (6,6-dimethyl-bicyclo�3.1.1!heptan-2-one), pinocamphone (4,6,6-trimethyl-bicyclo�3.1.1!heptan-3-one), verbanone (4,6,6-trimethyl-bicyclo�3.1.1!heptan-2-one, thujone (1-isopropyl-4-methyl-bicyclo�3.1.0!hexan-3-one) or the 4,7-methano-octahydro-inden-5-one structure, and wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 independently signify hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, or 2 adjacent radicals represent methylene-dioxy, and where, in case of the camphor derivatives, the ratio of the UV-A filter to the stabilizer is greater than ca. 1.5:1, preferably ca. 2 to ca. 6:1, and where 4-methylbenzylidene camphor is excluded from the scope of formula I, and, optionally, at least one conventional UV-B filter.

Light screening compositions

Benzotriazolesulfonic acid derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.3 =R.sub.4 X and R.sub.4 is an unsaturated 6-membered heterocycle having a maximum of 2 nitrogen atoms, it being possible for the heterocycle to be substituted, and X is oxygen or sulfur, while R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined herein, are valuable microbicides. They can be used in plant protection in the form of suitable compositions, for example for controlling fungal diseases.

Benzotriazolesulfonic acid derivatives as microbicides

Herbicides are described which comprise herbicidally active compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the meanings indicated in the description, their N-oxides and the acid addition salts of the compounds I or their N-oxides, and the use of these substances and of the compositions are described. Certain novel compounds of the formula I, N-oxides and acid addition salts and their preparation are also described.

Heterocyclic compounds

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