Abstract: An aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic hair-cosmetic formulation comprising as film former copolymers based on (meth)acrylate which have a K value of 20-150 are obtainable by free-radical polymerization of(a) 40-65% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid,(b) 14-60% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate, and(c) 0-50% by weight of a further free-radically polymerizable monomer or a mixture thereof;20-100% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer being neutralized.

Abstract: A solid oral dosage form comprising diltiazem (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) in controlled release form and hydrochlorothiazide in immediate release form. Preferably, the controlled release component comprises a plurality of spheroids comprising diltiazem and a spheronizing agent.

Abstract: An improved method is proposed for the preparation of a sex pheromone dispenser used in the elimination of pest insects from the field by the disruption of mating of the insects by distributing sustained-release dispensers containing the sex pheromone compound of the insect over the field. According to the invention, pheromone dispensers made from a polyolefin-based resin and filled with the liquid pheromone are subjected, prior to distribution over the field at a relatively low temperature in early spring, to a pretreatment of keeping them at 35.degree. to 60.degree. C. until the dispenser walls of the polyolefin resin absorb 2 to 10% by weight of the pheromone. When the dispensers after the pre-treatment are distributed, a relatively high rate of pheromone release can be obtained at the low temperature as compared with untreated dispensers so that the rate of pheromone release can be relatively uniform over the whole period of the season in which the pheromone dispensers are kept over the field.

Abstract: Various liquid or low melting pesticide and herbicide formulations, previously formulated with organic solvents, are combined with a polymer in solution and co-precipitated to form a polymer complex which captures the pesticide or herbicide yet exists as a solid at ambient conditions. By preparing the pesticide or herbicide formulation as a solid complex, storage and handling of the formulation is possible without the potential for organic solvent emission. When the solid polymer complex is placed in water, a stable aqueous dispersion of the pesticide or herbicide is achieved as the polymer inhibits flocculation, with approximately 100% recovery of the pesticide or herbicide.

Abstract: Polyamino acids of the formulae (I) and (II):poly (X).sub.n poly (Y).sub.m (I)whereeach X independently is aspartic acid, glutamic acid, phosphoserine, phosphohomoserine, phosphotyrosine, or phosphothreonine,each Y independently is alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, glycine or other nonpolar, amino acid residues,n is 2 to 60,m is 2 to 60, andn+m is .gtoreq.5,and whereinpoly (X).sub.n may contain up to 10% of the Y residues and poly (Y).sub.m may contain up to 10% of the X residues, and salts thereof; andpoly (X').sub.a poly (Y').sub.b (II)whereeach X' independently is aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, asparagine, or anionic derivatives of these amino acids, or phosphoserine,each Y' independently is a phosphorylated amino acid such as phosphoserine, phosphohomoserine, phosphotyrosine, phosphothreonine, phosphoglutamine, phosphoasparagine or mixtures of these residues,a is 2 to 150,b is 1 to 3, anda+b is .gtoreq.

Abstract: A stabilized water dilutable pesticidal composition prepared by forming a solution of a pesticidal substance in a water-immiscible solvent, and combining the solution with an emulsifier and a polymer latex to form a dispersion in water of particles comprising the pesticidal substance wherein the pesticidal substance and the water-immiscible solvent together comprise at least 10 percent by weight of the composition.

Abstract: A method for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders associated with Helicobacter pylori infections which comprises administering to a patient an orally effective amount of triclosan is disclosed. The triclosan may be administered in the form of powders, granules, spheroids or liquids, or in unit dosage form as capsules or tablets containing 1 to 100 mg, preferably 10 to 60 mg, of triclosan. The triclosan may also be administered in gastric sustained release medicaments either as raft forming tablets or liquids, optionally to be co-administered with a solid pharmaceutically acceptable carboxylic acid or acid salt, or as mucoadherent-coated granules or spheroids.

Abstract: The invention discloses a process of conditioning hair and skin which comprises contacting the skin or hair with an effective conditioning amount of a series of novel fatty carboxylic acid salt of organofunctional silicone amine. The amino pendant functionality is present within the polymer. Compounds of the invention by virtue of their being salts, deposit on the surface of various substrates. Thereby altering the substrate's surface physical properties. The desirable durable properties which can be given to substrates include; softness, lubrication and hydrophobicity. The compounds of the present invention are prepared by the neutralization of a silicone amine with a fatty carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser incorporating an oligodynamically germicidally active substance for maintaining the dispensation of germ-free fluid, particularly eye drops. The delivery passage from a supply container associated with the fluid dispenser of the invention contains an oligodynamically germicidally active substance that is soluble in the fluid to be dispensed. The device does not require air pressure within the container, thus eliminating one avenue for the introduction of germs into the fluid. The device includes a metering pump and inlet and outlet valves. The above-mentioned fluid soluble oligodynamically germicidally active substance is situated in the region of the inlet valve or the inlet thereto and/or the outlet therefrom.

Abstract: A microencapsulated pesticide formulation comprises non-encapsulated pesticide as well as encapsulated pesticide. The two pesticides may be the same or different, and typically a formulation of 25% permethrin has 20% permethrin inside the capsules and 5% outside.

Abstract: Crosslinked plasticized or unplasticized PVC products having gradient crosslinking density, with a high crosslinking density on the outer surface and a low or none crosslinking density at the bulk of the product, are prepared by immersing the PVC product in a hot water solution of a crosslinking material and a phase transfer catalyst. The products obtained provide controlled release of substances occluded within the PVC matrix, thus preventing leakage of plasticizers, stabilizers and other additives, and permitting controlled slow release of substances like pesticides, fertilizers, drugs and the like, into the surrounding environment.

Abstract: Pressing containing homo- and/or copolymers of D(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid, at least one solid disintegrant and at least one solid pharmaceutical active compound, process for its production and the use of homo- and/or copolymers of D(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid for the production of such a pressing.