The aim of this study was to evaluate the application of quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe method for simultaneous determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticide residues in fresh herbs. In the experiment two extraction solvents and standard types of sorbents were used. The extracts were analyzed using GC-SIM-MS. The results suggest that acetonitrile is more suitab...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the main enzyme for the breakdown of acetylcholine. Nowadays, usage of the inhibitors of this enzyme is one of the most important types of treatment of mild to moderate neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Herbal medicines can be a new source of inhibitors of this enzyme. In this study we examined around 100 different plants to evaluate their in...

Мета дослідження – з’ясувати в експерименті вплив рідкого водно-спиртового екстракту листя любистку лікарського (ЕЛЛЛ) на обмін сечової кислоти (СК) у нормі та моделі гіперурикемії, визначити гостру токсичність зазначеного екстракту. ЕЛЛЛ отримано методом перколяції, як екстрагент використано 70 % етиловий спирт. В мишах визначали 7-денного введення (з якого попередньо відганяли спирт відновлюв...

Two stilbene glucosides, oxyresveratrol 2-O-beta-glucopyranoside and resveratrol 3,4'-O,O'-di-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and a 2-arylbenzofuran glucoside, schoenoside, were isolated from the rhizomes of Schoenocaulon officinale, along with five known compounds, oxyresveratrol 3'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, oxyresveratrol, resveratrol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, mulberroside A and moracin M 3'-O-beta...