Abstract: A laundry washing machine comprising: a cabinet, a washing tub housed inside the cabinet, a tubular mantle rotatably housed inside the cabinet, an electric additive treating device mounted in/on the tubular mantle and configured for treating a washing and/or rinsing additive loaded within the tubular mantle in such a way to generate within the tubular mantle a solution of washing and/or rinsing additive water.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with flavonoids. The methods may include (a) providing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of flavonoid, and (b) administering the composition to a human patient, wherein the flavonoid comprises an isoflav-4-one with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 2?, 3?, 4?, 5?, or 6? modified by an alcohol group. Alternatively, the flavonoid may comprise (1) a flavan-3-ol with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2?, 3?, 4?, 5?, or 6? modified by an alcohol group, or (2) a Free-B-Ring flavone with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by an alcohol group and with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by a glycoside group.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with flavonoids. The methods may include (a) providing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of flavonoid, and (b) administering the composition to a human patient, wherein the flavonoid comprises an isoflav-4-one with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 2?, 3?, 4?, 5?, or 6? modified by an alcohol group. Alternatively, the flavonoid may comprise (1) a flavan-3-ol with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2?, 3?, 4?, 5?, or 6? modified by an alcohol group, or (2) a Free-B-Ring flavone with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by an alcohol group and with at least one of the carbons located at positions 8, 7, 6, 5 or 3 modified by a glycoside group.

Abstract: Derivatives of mercapthansulphonic acid are active in the therapy of the bladder carcinoma and in the therapy and prevention of the cistinic kidney calculi. The saline derivatives with basic aminoacids and their alkyl esters are moreover devoid of side effects. The saline derivatives are prepared by reacting, in aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic medium, equimolar amounts of mercaptoethansulphonic acid, just prepared from an organic or inorganic salt thereof, and of the desired aminoacid.