Petroleum Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Petroleum, including details on crude oil, extraction, chemistry, pollution.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 4 (April)

1. Microbiology to Help Solve Our Energy Needs: Methanogenesis from Oil and the Impact of Nitrate on the Oil-field Sulfur Cycle.
   Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1125: 345-352. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Improving patient safety in paediatrics and child health.
   Arch Dis Child. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Comparative petroleum hydrocarbons levels and biochemical responses in mussels from hydrothermal vents (Bathymodiolus azoricus) and coastal environments (Mytilus galloprovincialis).
   Mar Pollut Bull. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The primary aerobic biodegradation of biodiesel B20.
   Chemosphere, 71(8): 1446-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Atmospheric concentrations, dry deposition and air-soil exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an industrial region in Turkey.
   J Hazard Mater, 153(3): 1093-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Thermodynamic constraints on methanogenic crude oil biodegradation.
   ISME J, 2(4): 442-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Alkannin/shikonin mixture from roots of Onosma echioides (L.) L.: extraction method study and quantification.
   J Sep Sci, 31(6): 945-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. New valve switching modulator for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography.
   J Chromatogr A, 1188(2): 274-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Assessment of diesel contamination in groundwater using electromagnetic induction geophysical techniques.
   J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, 43(6): 584-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The photo-oxidative destruction of C.I. Basic Yellow 2 using UV/S(2)O(8)(2-) process in an annular photoreactor.
    J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, 43(6): 664-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. On the relationship between methane production and oxidation by anaerobic methanotrophic communities from cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico.
    Environ Microbiol, 10(5): 1108-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Acute inflammatory response of the male breasts secondary to self-injection of petroleum jelly: a case report.
    South Med J, 101(4): 422-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. A theoretical study on interactions between mitoxantrone as an anticancer drug and DNA: application in drug design.
    Chem Biol Drug Des, 71(5): 474-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Acute effects of Benzo[a]pyrene, anthracene and a fuel oil on biomarkers of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Teleostei, Gobiidae).
    Sci Total Environ, 395(2): 87-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Action of antimicrobial substances produced by different oil reservoir Bacillus strains against biofilm formation.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 79(1): 97-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Sources of hydrocarbons in sediments of the Mandovi estuary and the Marmugoa harbour, west coast of India.
    Environ Int. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in leachates from selected landfill sites in South Africa.
    Waste Manag. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Waterfowl toxicology: a review.
    Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract, 11(2): 283-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Acute hydrogen sulfide toxicity due to sewer gas exposure.
    Am J Emerg Med, 26(4): 518.e5-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Biodiesel production-current state of the art and challenges.
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, 35(5): 421-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Prediction of long and short residue properties of crude oils from their infrared and near-infrared spectra.
    Appl Spectrosc, 62(4): 414-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Headspace mass spectrometry methodology: application to oil spill identification in soils.
    Anal Bioanal Chem. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. High molecular weight petroleum hydrocarbons differentially affect freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages.
    Environ Toxicol Chem, 27(5): 1077-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Vertical distribution and environmental significance of sulfur and oxygen heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil samples collected from Beijing, China.
    Environ Pollut, 153(2): 457-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Antifungal activity of crude extracts and fat-soluble constituents of Holotrichia diomphalia larvae.
    Bioresour Technol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Decontamination of soil washing wastewater using solar driven advanced oxidation processes.
    J Hazard Mater. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Anti-HIV-1 activities of compounds isolated from the medicinal plant Rhus chinensis.
    J Ethnopharmacol, 117(2): 249-256. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Antidepressant effect of Yueju-Wan ethanol extract and its fractions in mice models of despair.
    J Ethnopharmacol, 117(2): 339-344. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Characterization of the indigenous PAH-degrading bacteria of Spartina dominated salt marshes in the New York/New Jersey Harbor.
    Biodegradation, 19(3): 347-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Sustainable liquid biofuels from biomass: the writing's on the walls.
    New Phytol, 178(3): 473-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Development and validation of a simple thin layer chromatographic method for the analysis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. plant extracts.
    Biomed Chromatogr, 22(5): 454-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Thermochemical and kinetic study of the carbocation ring contraction of cyclohexylium to methylcyclopentylium.
    J Phys Chem A, 112(17): 4004-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. The exploration of making acidproof fracturing proppants using red mud.
    J Hazard Mater. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Earthworm assisted bioremediation of organic contaminants.
    Environ Int. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Treatment of hydrocarbon-rich wastewater using oil degrading bacteria and phototrophic microorganisms in rotating biological contactor: effect of N:P ratio.
    J Hazard Mater, 154(1): 63-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Effect of salt on aerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated groundwater.
    Biodegradation. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Characterization of Surfactin Produced by Bacillus subtilis Isolate BS5.
    Appl Biochem Biotechnol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Petroleum: a series of 25 cases.
    Homeopathy, 97(2): 83-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Toxic effects of an oil spill on fish early life stages may not be exclusively associated to PAHs: studies with Prestige oil and medaka (Oryzias latipes).
    Aquat Toxicol, 87(4): 280-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Nanotechnology in vaccine delivery.
    Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 60(8): 915-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Electrically controlled release of sulfosalicylic acid from crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel.
    Int J Pharm, 356(1): 1-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Application of analytical and preparative high-speed counter-current chromatography for the separation of Z-ligustilide from a crude extract of Angelica sinensis.
    Phytochem Anal, 19(3): 193-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Isolation of a thermophilic and halophilic tyrosol-degrading Geobacillus from a Tunisian high-temperature oil field.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 283(1): 23-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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