Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) is a widely used Chinese herb for treatment of gastrointestinal ailments and heart problems and consumed as food. In North America, the role of treatment for heart problems dates back to 1800. Currently, evidence is accumulating from various in vivo and in vitro studies that hawthorn extracts exert a wide range of cardiovascular pharmacological properties, includ...

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At a time when all knowledge is 'situated' and no longer 'universal' or 'neutral', the translation of Sheila Jasanoff's reflections about "how we should deploy for the good our profoundly human ingenuity" raises a question for Brazilian academia: how to 'situate' this reflection? If times are changing for the imperial West, it is plausible to take advantage of this time to problematize 'the pro...

Crataegus spp. are used for horticultural and medicinal purposes. The medicinal importance of Crataegus is attributed to components such as flavonoids, procyanidin, aromatic acid, and cardiotonic amines. The genetic relationships among the five Iranian Crataegus species including C. aronia, C. pontica, C. meiery, C. monogyna, and C. pentagyna were assessed using inter simple sequence repeats (IS...

6. Hawthorn (Crataegus species) 6.1. Clinical studies 6.1.1. Cardiac insufficiency 6.2. In vitro and in vivo studies 6.2.1. Inotropic effects 6.2.2. Antiarrhyythmic effects 6.2.3. Ischemic-reperfusion injury 6.2.4. Vasodilation and coronary blood flow 6.2.5. Antihypertensive effects 6.2.6. Antioxidant effects 7. Red wine (Vitis vinifera) and resveratrol

The title compound, C(12)H(14)O(3), is a natural product derived from the medium-sized hawthorn Crataegus persimilis ('prunifolia'). The mean plane of the butene moiety is twisted by 13.27 (7)° with respect to the that of the dioxobenzaldehyde moiety. There is an intra-molecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group and the carbonyl O atom.

Atatürk Barajı havzasındaki toprakların erozyon ile baraj rezervuarına ulaşmasını engellemek amacıyla yürütülen kontrolü çalışmaları kapsamında dört farklı uygulama projesi yer almaktadır. Toplam 2053,93 ha alanda ağaçlandırma yapılan bu uygulamalarda, alana koruma statüsü kazandırılmıştır. Erozyon kontrol ve etapları toplam 403.605 adet Halep çamı (Pinus halepensis), 62.125 Elderika elderica),...