Abstract: Polyamides according to formula (I): HO—[OC—(CH2)7—CH?CH—(CH2)7—CONH—(CH2)mNH]nH, where m is an integral number from 4 to 20, and n is an integral number from 30-10,000; formula (II): HO—[OC—(CxH2x-2y)—CONH—(CaH2a-2b)NH]nH where n is an integral number from 30-10,000, a and x each represent a value from 6-32, and b and y each represent a value from 0-12; formula (III): HO—{[OC—(CH2)16—CONH—(CH2)6NH]x—[CO—C6H4—CONH—(CH2)6NH]y}a+b—H, where a+b=n; a, b, n are integral numbers; and n represents a number from 30-10,000; and formula (IV): HO—{[OC—R1—CONH—R3—NH]x—[CO—R2—CONH—R4?—NH]y—[OC—R1—CONH—R4—NH]c—[CO—R2—CONH—R3?—NH]d}—H, where R1 and R3 are aliphatic with 4-22 carbon atoms; R2 and R4 are aromatic with 6-20 carbon atoms; a, b, m, n, and c, d, x, and y are integral numbers, c+d+x+y=a+b=m+n and equals 30 to 10,000 are provided. Methods for making the polyamides are also provided.

Abstract: A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.

Abstract: A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.

Abstract: A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.

Abstract: A food additive useful for lowering serum cholesterol in humans contains a sterol or stanol ester of a fatty acid or a dicarboxylic acid ester of a sterol or stanol made by reacting a sterol, stanol and a carboxylic acid in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, a calcium salt of a carboxylic acid, magnesium hydroxide and combinations thereof described herein below.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to pesticidal formulations utilizing novel alkylpolyglycoside amines as adjuvants. The pesticidal formulation need not, but may, include an additional eye irritation-reducing complex. The adjuvant is particularly useful with glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) compositions. Methods for using these pesticidal formulations are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.

Abstract: A food additive useful for lowering serum cholesterol in humans contains a sterol or stanol ester of a fatty acid or a dicarboxylic acid ester of a sterol or stanol made by reacting a sterol, stanol and a carboxylic acid in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, a calcium salt of a carboxylic acid, magnesium hydroxide and combinations thereof described herein below.

Abstract: A food additive useful for lowering serum cholesterol in humans contains a sterol or stanol ester of a fatty acid or a dicarboxylic acid ester of a sterol or stanol made by reacting a sterol, stanol and a carboxylic acid in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, a calcium salt of a carboxylic acid, magnesium hydroxide and combinations thereof described herein below.

Abstract: A food additive useful for lowering serum cholesterol in humans contains a sterol or stanol ester of a fatty acid or a dicarboxylic acid ester of a sterol or stanol made by reacting a sterol, stanol and a carboxylic acid in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, a calcium salt of a carboxylic acid, magnesium hydroxide and combinations thereof described herein below.

Abstract: A food additive useful for lowering serum cholesterol in humans contains a sterol or stanol ester of a fatty acid or a dicarboxylic acid ester of a sterol or stanol made by reacting a sterol, stanol and a carboxylic acid in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, a calcium salt of a carboxylic acid, magnesium hydroxide and combinations thereof described herein below.

Abstract: A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of nanoscale sterols and/or sterol esters with particle diameters of 10 to 300 nm as food additives and as active substances for the production of hypocholesterolemic agents. The particular fineness of the particles promotes more rapid absorption by the blood serum after oral ingestion by comparison with conventional sterols and sterol esters.

Abstract: A composition containing: (a) a gemini surfactant selected from the group consisting of a dimer alcohol-bis-sulfate, a dimer alcohol-bis-ether sulfate, a trimer alcohol-tris-sulfate, a trimer alcohol-tris-ether sulfate, and mixtures thereof; (b) aluminum chlorohydrate; and (c) a component selected from the group consisting of an esterase inhibitor, a bactericidal agent, a bacteriostatic agent, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The aliphatic primary alcohols are reacted with a glycose, more especially glucose, in the presence of an acidic catalyst in certain process steps so that particularly light-colored and alkali-stable alkyl glucosides are obtained after a subsequent, compulsory bleaching step, which represents an improvement over known direct synthesis processes. The process may be carried out both on a laboratory scale and also on an industrial production scale.

Abstract: Quaternary ammonium salts of fatty acid hydroxyalkanesulfonic acids are made by reacting a hydroxyalkanesulfonic acid of the formula (I):HO--(C.sub.n H.sub.2n)--SO.sub.3 H (I):wherein n=2 to 4 with a fatty acid having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms at a temperature range of from about 60.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C. and at a reduced pressure followed b reaction with an amine in an organic solvent.

Abstract: Detergent mixtures with improved processability contain 70 to 95% by weight of fatty acid isethionate salts, 5 to 30% by weight of fatty alcohols, 0 to 15% by weight of fatty acids, 0 to 15% by weight of alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycosides and 0 to 15% by weight of fatty acid N-alkyl polyhydroxyalkylamides, providing that the quantities add up to 100% by weight. The optionally self-emulsifying mixtures are suitable, for example, for the production of solid or liquid soaps.

Abstract: The intention is a process for removing inorganic salts from aqueous mixtures of organic compositions capable of forming micelles. The aqueous mixture is subjected to ultrafiltration to remove the inorganic salts and recover the organic compositions in the retentate.

Abstract: A process for the production of surface-active alkyl glycosides which is carried out by the transacetalization method with butanol, leads to a new alkyl glycoside as end product which is characterized by high color-stability in alkaline medium; besides a high proportion of alkyl monoglycoside, the product also contains polyglycoside on polyglycose and butyl glucoside.

Abstract: Surface active alkylglucosides are prepared in a 2-step process from starch or starch degradation products such as polyglucose or glucose syrup, the first step consisting of reaction with a short chained alcohol, particularly butanol, while the second step comprises transacetalization with the longer chained C.sub.8-22, more particularly C.sub.12-18, alcohol, with fatty alcohols of natural origin preferably being used.