Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat is traditionally used as both medicine and food in China. In this study, extracts of C. Hang Ju No. 1 (No. 1) 2 2) were produced using four different solvents: 95% ethanol, ethyl acetate, n-hexane distilled water. total, eight types analyzed for extraction yields total flavonoids, polyphenols, glycans, reducing sugars, chlorogenic acids. The antioxidant capacities...

OBJECTIVE Many patients with transfusional iron overload are at risk for progressive organ dysfunction and early death and poor compliance with older chelation therapies is believed to be a major contributing factor. Phase II/III studies have shown that oral deferasirox 20-30 mg/kg/d reduces iron burden, depending on transfusional iron intake. METHODS The prospective, open-label, 1-yr ESCALAT...

Cottonwoods, riparian poplars, are dioecious and prior studies have indicated that female poplars and willows can be more abundant than males in low-elevation zones, which are occasionally flooded. We investigated the response to flooding of clonal saplings of 12 male and 9 female narrowleaf cottonwoods (Populus angustifolia) grown for 15 weeks in a greenhouse, along with three females of a co-...

The extraction method is critical for the recovery of phenolic compounds. The main goal was to evaluate the effect of an extraction process from mango seed on their phenolic profile, antioxidant and antimicrobial capacities. Phenolic extraction was performed in different steps: maceration, alkaline hydrolysis, acid/alkaline hydrolysis, polar and non-polar fraction of an ethyl acetate separation...

Aboveand below-ground growth, biomass, phenology and reproductive effort in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum were monitored monthly for 2 yr in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Annual whole plant production (953 i 136 g DW (dry weight) m-2 yr-l) was calculated from monthly measurements of leaf and rhizome production made using marking techniques. Leaf growth exhblted a seasonal pattern; monthly ...

We examined biochemical changes accompanying feeding and starvation from hatch to Stage VI (day 74 after hatch) in spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii, phyllosoma larvae. Larval dry weights (dw) increased 17-fold from hatch (80+/-1 microg) to Stage VI (1415+/-44 microg). Larvae starved for 6-11 days at Stages II, IV and VI were 14-40% lighter than their fed counterparts fed enriched Artemia. The inc...

In order to improve the shoot proliferation rate of ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ banana shoot tip cultures, polyethylene glycol (PEG6000) was employed at concentrations of 2, 4, and 6% (w/v). The medium without PEG was considered as negative control. An increasing of shoot proliferation was achieved in MS medium containing 2% PEG. Furthermore, application of 2% PEG significantly increased the shoot dry we...

Engineering bioenergy crops to accumulate value-added coproducts in planta is an attractive approach increasing the value of lignocellulosic biomass and enabling a sustainable bioeconomy. In this study, we engineered sorghum with bacterial gene encoding dehydroshikimate dehydratase (qsuB) convert endogenous pool 3-dehydroshikimate into valuable compound protocatechuate (DHBA). We find that, whe...

The historical trends and inventory of organophosphate esters (OPEs) were investigated based on depth profiles OPEs in sediment core collected from the tidal flat Liao River estuary northeastern China. concentration ∑ 13 has increased continuously since records began, reaching a peak 10.8 ng g -1 dry weight (dw) 1960s, then began to decline fall low 3.91 dw 1980s, before rising again increasing...

Abstract: Introduction: Diabetes is a worldwide pandemic disease with an expensive way of control. Locals around the world have been used botanical extracts to reduce effects this deadly improve quality life patients. Objectives: To evaluate crude ethnobotanical species K. daigremontiana on hyperglycemia rat model support its antidiabetic use in traditional medicine. Materials and Methods: Crud...