Factors Influencing the Initiation of Strong Opioids in Cancer Patients on Palliative Care: An Audit from a Tertiary Cancer Center in India.

Aim: This audit was done to analyze the factors influencing the use of strong opioids in cancer patients receiving comprehensive palliative care from a tertiary institute.

Materials And Methods: Case records of patients registered for palliative care at our center in 3 months were retrospectively reviewed and followed up throughout the course of their illness. Demographic factors, prior treatments, social support system, analgesic use at registration, and use of radiation and adjuvant analgesics were recorded.

Simultaneous pretreatment and hydrolysis of hardwood biomass species catalyzed by combination of modified activated carbon and ionic liquid in biphasic system.

The study highlights one pot conversion of hardwood biomass into Total reducing sugars (TRS) and 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural (5-HMF). Synergistic effect of dilute HSO and ionic liquid in a reaction time of 60 min at 120 °C was examined. Hydrolysis of Catalpa (Catalpa Bignonioides), Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia Sissoo), Chinaberry (Melia Azedarach) and Babool (Acacia Nilotica) catalyzed by modified activated carbon leads to significant product yield.

Synergistic effect of modified activated carbon and ionic liquid in the conversion of microcrystalline cellulose to 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural.

This study highlights cellulose conversion for the production of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural using synergistic effect of modified activated carbon and ionic liquid under moderate reaction conditions. Modified Activated carbon after acid treatment (ACS, ACP, ACH) were used to examine their catalytic activity on hydrolysis of cellulose in [Bmim]Cl medium. Changes in physical-chemical properties were characterized using XRD, FE-SEM, EDX, FT-IR and BET surface area analyser techniques.