A large proportion of the world’s population relies on medicines from the herbal sources. In this review, data about the mineral element content of medicinal and aromatic plants, including major elements, trace elements and toxic heavy metals, will be discussed and compared. Plants and drugs with remarkable elemental compositions will be pointed out. The main focus will be given on plants used ...

This study was designed to investigate the profile of certain trace elements having therapeutic properties related to diabetes mellitus. The investigated plants were Aloe camperi, Meriandra dianthera, Lepidium sativum, Brassica nigra, and Nigella sativa. These plants are traditionally used in the management of diabetes in Eritrea. The elemental analysis was conducted using inductively coupled p...

The capsid (CA) protein, the major structural component of retroviruses, forms a shell that encases the ribonucleoprotein complex in the virion core. The most conserved region of CA, approximately 20 amino acids of the major homology region (MHR), lies within the carboxy-terminal domain of the protein. Structural and sequence similarities among CA proteins of retroviruses and the CA-like protei...

A multielement determination of major-to-trace elements in black tea leaves and their tea infusions was carried out by ICP-AES (inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry) and ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry). Tea infusions were prepared as usual tea beverage by brewing black tea leaves in boiling water for 5 min. About 40 elements in tea leaves and tea infusio...

Bulbous Allium spp. such as “big-headed” elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum L.) and common sativus contain a wide range of bioactive compounds with health-promoting properties are most commonly used food seasonings. The objective the present study is to verify if there difference in selected nutraceuticals (dry matter, TPC, allicin) elemental profiles (macro- micro-elements) two species produ...

Several options exist for the treatment of celiac artery aneurysms (CAAs), including surgical repair and endovascular procedures. However, CAAs is sometimes challenging due to their proximity ostium (CA) involvement branches. Herein, we describe a case giant CAA extending from proximal CA hepatosplenic bifurcation. Due anatomical complexity this CAA, control was major therapeutic concern. The p...

to find the effect of atriplex canescens on soil chemical properties, two adjacent areas, each with and area of 1 ha, were selected in hossein abad hapeshloo shahryar. in one area it was planted atriplex canescens in 2003 while the later one without atriplex canescens was considered as control area. to sample soil, random- systematic method was used along 3 transects with a length of 100 m. in ...

The compression wave cochlear amplifier (CW-CA) model is introduced for the first time. This is the first cochlear amplifier model that is soundly based on the physiology of the inner ear and neural centres. The CW-CA, which is assumed to be driven by the basilar travelling wave (TW), includes outer hair cell (OHC) motility and neural signal transmissions between the hair cells and the central ...