Microencapsulation of essential oil with the optimized CaCl crosslinker and its antibacterial study for cosmetic textiles.

A functional fabric immobilized by the microcapsules of lime essential oil (LO) was prepared and characterized. A varied amount of CaCl crosslinker was optimized to coacervate LO using alginate-gelatin biopolymers and Tween 80 emulsifier. A further evaluation of the immobilized LO microcapsules for the antibacterial effect against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria was conducted.

Paraganglioma of the carotid body: case report.

With an incidence of 0.03% of all tumors, carotid body tumors (CBTs) are extremely rare. We present the case of a 63 year old female patient with an asymptomatic right sided neck mass of 3 cm diameter.