This paper reports a microwave assisted one pot facile synthesis of ester derivatives of agarose (Agr-GAEst) through chemical reaction of agarose (Agr) with gallic acid (GA), an organic acid found in many plants employing carbodiimide chemistry. Agr-GAEst was characterised by FT-IR, 13C NMR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), DMA measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV–vis spectrophotometry and rheometry. The native agarose was insoluble in ethylene glycol, but Agr-GAEst (obtained at an optimized molar ratio of 1: 0.5) formed good quality gel (tan δ ∼ 0.1) at 4% (w/v) concentration. The gel thus obtained exhibited substantial degree of thixotropy (hysteresis loop area = 38.73%), rapid self-healing ability (12 min) upon complete cleavage of the gel and excellent stretching ability (>20 times of its original length). These types of multifunctional gels would find applications in food and personal health care industries.

The author formulates the main topical theoretical issues of psychosomatics. It provides an overview of psychosomatogenesis models. It gives the hypothesis of the author about psycho-biological nature of cancer and mechanism of the placebo effect. It formulates a general model of psychosomatic work. It provides a brief overview of psychotherapeutic techniques used in the work with the somatic diseases, where the main attention is paid to the procedure and hypnotherapeutic techniques. Description of the author's techniques. It discusses the question of the integration of psychosomatics and somatic medicine.
Alexander V. Khaikin To the theory and practice of psychosomatics // Russian Open Medical Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 104-0

The article considers the main theoretical issues of psychosomatics. It provides an overview of psychosomatic genesis models. The hypotheses of psychobiological nature of cancer and the mechanism of the placebo effect have been under the study. The general model of psychosomatic work has been worked out. The article provides a brief overview of psychotherapeutic techniques used in the work with somatic diseases, where the main attention has been paid to the procedural and hypnotherapeutic techniques. It discusses the integration of psychosomatics and somatic medicine
Khaykin A.V. То the theory and practice of psychosomatics // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2012, pp. 193-198