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Boots UK Limited (formerly Boots the Chemists Limited), [1] is a health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain that operates in the United Kingdom. It also operates internationally, including Ireland, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Malta, Thailand and Indonesia. The parent company, The Boots Company plc, merged with Alliance UniChem in 2006 to ...
Family. John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (grandson) John Boot (October 1815 – 30 May 1860) was an English chemist and retail businessperson who was the sole founder of Boots the Chemists. Originally working in agriculture, he was forced by ill health to change careers and set up a shop to sell medicinal herbal remedies at Goose Gate, Nottingham.
Nivea (German pronunciation: ⓘ, [1] [2] stylized as NIVEA) is a German personal care brand that specializes in skin and body care. It is owned by the Hamburg-based company Beiersdorf Global AG. This was the origin of Eucerin brand. Nivea comes from the Latin adjective niveus, nivea, niveum, meaning "snow-white". [3]
Beiersdorf AG is a German multinational company that manufactures personal-care products and pressure-sensitive adhesives headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Its brands include Elastoplast, Eucerin (makers of Aquaphor), Labello, La Prairie, Nivea, Garnier, [citation needed] Tesa SE (Tesa tape) and Coppertone.
AS Watson Group (or AS Watson or ASW) is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer by number of stores, with over 16,500 stores in 28 markets, primarily in Asia and Europe. [1] A member of CK Hutchison Holdings, ASW operates the world's largest portfolio of retail formats, retail brands and has the largest geographical presence.
Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco (18 August 1925 – 23 July 2013 [1]) was a Filipino chemist who was granted the title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 1994. Lim-Sylianco's research focused on mutagens, antimutagens, and bio-organic mechanisms. She has published articles, books, and monographs in organic chemistry, biochemistry, genetic ...
Professor, Forensic Pathologist. Known for. Mother of Forensic Pathology in the Philippines. Spouse. Vincent Lohengrin Fortun [1] Children. 1. Raquel Barros del Rosario-Fortun is the first Filipina forensic pathologist practicing in the Philippines. She is a professor at the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines Manila and ...
Panabas is a curved-blade weapon. The panabas is a large, forward-curved sword, used by certain ethnic groups in the southern Philippines. Its name is a shortened version of the word pang-tabas, which means "chopping tool." Its length varies from two to four feet, and can be wielded with one or both hands.