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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5250722 | Taxane derivatives, their preparation and use in oncology The preparation of new 3,11-cyclotaxanes having the general formula 1. Cyclotaxane 1a (1, R'.dbd.R".dbd.H) may be isolated from plants of the genus Taxus. New cyclotaxanes 1 have antiblastic activity.... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5202313 | Bilobalide derivatives, their applications and formulations containing them Complexes between natural or synthetic phospholipids and bilobalide, a sesquiterpene extracted from the leaves of Gingko biloba, are disclosed, as well as the preparation thereof and their therapeutic application as antiinflammatory agents and as agents f... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5176919 | Pharmaceutical compositions having activity on the cutaneous microcirculation Pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising extracts of Ammi visnaga and Ammi majus or the vasoactive agents contained therein are described.... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5166139 | Complexes of saponins and their aglycons with phospholipids and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing them Complexes of saponins from Centella asiatica, terminalia sp. and Terminalia sericea and relevant aglycons with phospholipids are described. The saponins may be asiaticoside, madecassicoside and sericoside. The molar ratio of phospholipids to saponins is f... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5147859 | Complexes of glycerrhetinic acid with phospholipids and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing them Complexes of glycyrrhetinic acid with phospholipids are described in which the molar ratio of phospholipids to glycyrrhetinic acid is from 0.5 to 2. The phospholipids are selected from the group consisting of soy lecithins, phospholipids from bovine or sw... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5104655 | Polyunsaturated acids having vasokinetic action and pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations containing them Some polyunsaturated acids (ximeninic acid, γ-homo-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid), suitably formulated and administered by the topical route, possibly in form of glicerids or of complexes with phospholipids, have vasokinetic and vasodilative prop... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5043323 | Complex compounds of bioflavonoids with phospholipids, their preparation and use, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing them Complex compounds of flavonoids with phospholipids, characterized by high lipophilia and improved bio-availability and therapeutic properties as compared with free, not complexed flavonoids. The complex compounds of the invention are suitable for use as t... | 08/27/1991 |
