In the Sochi sanatoriums, 609 patients with coronary heart disease, hypertensive disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and various combinations of these diseases were examined. The traditional and optimized medical complexes were used. The optimization implied the joining balneotherapy and climate therapy, therapeutic physical training and diet therapy, bioresonance therapy, “Magnerot” medicina...

INTERNATIONAl. CONFERENCE ON BYSSINOSIS 81S study may have been due to the differences in dust concentrations for the different cottons. An accurate adjustment for these differences cannot be made because only two closely spaced points on the doseresponse curve for standard cotton dust were obtained, and it may not be accurate to assume a similar slope for the dose-response to closed boll cotto...

An infusion of the wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) is a traditional Asian herbal tea. This is the most commonly consumed form of dried wolfberry worldwide, yet little scientific information on wolfberry infusions is available. We investigated the effects of making infusions with hot water on the color, the content of bioactive compounds (polysaccharides, polyphenols, flavonoids and carotenoids) ...

Caffeine is the world's most popular drug and can be found in many beverages including tea. It is a psychostimulant that is widely used to enhance alertness and improve performance. This study was conducted to determine the concentration of caffeine in 20 assorted commercial tea products. The teas were brewed under a variety of conditions including different serving sizes and steep-times. Caffe...

Elsholtzia rugulosa Hemsl. is known in China as a local herbal tea, medicinal herb and honey plant. Chemical examination of E. rugulosa led to the isolation of two new flavonoid glycosides, apigenin 4'-O-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (1) and 5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-5'-C-prenylflavone-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), together with nine known flavonoids. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of s...

Does temporary mood inXuence people’s tendency to engage in self-handicapping behaviors? Based on past research on self-handicapping and recent work on aVect and social behaviors, this experiment predicted and found that positive mood signiWcantly increased the tendency to engage in two kinds of self-handicapping strategies. Participants (ND 94) Wrst received contingent or non-contingent positi...

In vitro studies show Hibiscus sabdariffa L., an ingredient found in many herbal tea blends and other beverages, has antioxidant properties, and, in animal models, extracts of its calyces have demonstrated hypocholesterolemic and antihypertensive properties. Our objective in this study was to examine the antihypertensive effects of H. sabdariffa tisane (hibiscus tea) consumption in humans. A ra...

In vitro studies show Hibiscus sabdariffa L., an ingredient found in many herbal tea blends and other beverages, has antioxidant properties, and, in animal models, extracts of its calyces have demonstrated hypocholesterolemic and antihypertensive properties. Our objective in this study was to examine the antihypertensive effects ofH. sabdariffa tisane (hibiscus tea) consumption in humans. A ran...