This paper examined the effects of the combined product, Citrus e fructibus/Cydonia e fructibus (Citrus/Cydonia; Citrus and Cydonia: each 0.01 g/mL), and separate products of Citrus (0.01 g/mL) and Cydonia (0.01 g/mL) on the immunological pathways involved in seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from five healthy and five grass pollen-allergic donors were...

Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) (E.C. 1.14.18.1) also known as phenolase, catechol oxidase, catecholase, monophenol oxidase, o-diphenol oxidase and orthophenolase based on their substrate specificity, is widely distributed in plants and fungi (Mayer, 2006; Kaur et al., 2010; Asha et al., 2011; Pawar and Ingle, 2014). PPOs have been purified and characterized from a wide range of plant species and a va...

The scope of the experiments included analysis of the antimicrobial activity of ethanolic, methanolic and aqueous extracts against bacterial and fungal cultures and determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration of plant extracts tested microbial growth. Analysis of the antifungal and antibacterial activity was carried out by the disc diffusion method using paper discs. In the experiment...