Accidental and intended Ricinus communis intoxications in humans and animals have been known for centuries but the causative agent remained elusive until 1888 when Stillmark attributed the toxicity to the lectin ricin. Ricinus communis is grown worldwide on an industrial scale for the production of castor oil. As by-product in castor oil production ricin is mass produced above 1 million tons pe...

oxidative stress and protein glycation play pivotal roles in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and its vascular complications. the present study aimed to investigate the anti-glycation properties of essential oils obtained from different parts of juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica . the branchlets of male tree (bmt) and branchlets of female (bft) tree, and fruits of j. communis subs...

Castor oil is 90% ricinoleate (12-hydroxy-oleate) and has numerous industrial uses. Components of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) pose serious problems to processors. We are evaluating two complementary approaches to providing a safe source of castor oil.

A loss and recovery of polysomes coincident with the temperature-dependent interruption and resumption of pear fruit (Pyrus communis, L.) senescence establishes a close correlation between the presence of protein-synthesizing machinery and the progression of senescence and ripening.

Communiols A–D (1–4), new tetrahydrofuran and bis-tetrahydrofuran derivatives, have been isolated from cultures of the coprophilous fungus Podospora communis, and identified by spectroscopic methods. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen causing widespread infections by numerous virulence factors. increasing resistance to antibiotics makes the pseudomonas infections treatment further difficult. the purpose of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial characteristics of essential oils from matricaria chamomilla, artemisia persica, zataria multiflora, myrtus communis, r...

materials and methods the subjects included 27 male and 3 female patients with advanced chronic periodontitis. the mean age of the patients was 47.6 ± 2.0 years old. p. gingivalis was isolated from the samples and identified by various diagnostic tests, including gram staining, indol test, and fluorescent test. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of the essential oil against isolated p. ging...

1. The maltase of saliva and that of E. coli (B. coli communis) hydrolyze maltose but not alpha-methylglucoside or sucrose and are therefore to be considered glucomaltases. 2. Maltase is rapidly and completely inactivated and digested by trypsin.

Surface plasmon resonance imaging is used to demonstrate the recognition by the Ricinus communis agglutinin of a new SOD mimic, a bioconjugate of the manganese(II) complex of 1,4,7,10,13-pentaazacyclopentadecane with galactose.