The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility using compost made from post-consumer wood in zonal pelargonium (Pelargonium zonale) cv. ‘Tex Mex’ cultivation. influence on plant’s development and nutritional state, as well microbiological enzymatic activity substrate examined. Two variants marked with following letters: OPA OPB were used. Both consisted waste (OP) (70% weight) mixed po...

Aim: In this study we aimed to search the antibacterial effect of the drugs with active ingredients of Pelargonium sidoides on different bacterial species isolated from the throat cultures of patients with upper airway infection. Methods: Antibacterial activity on 72 Streptococci, 48 Stapyhlococcus, 32 Neisseriae spp, 20 Moraxella catarrhalis, and 20 Haemophilus influenzae was evaluated by usin...

conclusions eps 7630 was found to be efficacious in the treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis in children and was very well tolerated. methods in this double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial with a group sequential design, the efficacy and tolerability of eps 7630 were investigated in 6- to 10-year-old patients with acute tonsillopharyngitis, who showed no evidence of group a β-hemolyti...

(63)Ni was applied to nonsenescent source leaves and found to be transported to sink tissues in pea (Pisum sativum L.) and geranium plants (Pelargonium zonale L.). The comparative mobilities (percent tracer transported out of source leaf /% (86)Rb transported) for (63)Ni in peas was 2.12 and in geranium 0.25. The value for the phloem mobile (86)Rb was 1.00. By contrast, the comparative mobility...

Absorption and reflectance spectra of maple (Acer platanoides), cotoneaster (Cotoneaster alaunica), dogwood (Cornus alba) and pelargonium (Pelargonium zonale) leaves with a wide range of pigment content and composition were studied in visible and near-infrared spectra in order to reveal specific anthocyanin (Anth) spectral features in leaves. Comparing absorption spectra of Anth-containing and ...

Metabolic conversion of l-galactono-1, 4-lactone and l-ascorbic acid to (+)-tartaric acid and oxalic acid has been studied in Pelargonium crispum, cv. Prince Rupert. Experiments with specifically labeled substrates suggest a path of conversion involving cleavage of l-ascorbic acid, or a metabolic product of l-ascorbic acid, between C(2) and C(3), such that oxalic acid arises from the two carbon...

Podophyllotoxin is a natural lignan that is currently being used as a precursor to semi-synthetic anticancer drugs etoposide, teniposide, and etopophos. These compounds have been used for the treatment of lung and testicular cancers as well as certain leukemias (Stahelin and Wartburg 1991; Imbert 1998). The patent for the use of etoposide in such therapies expired in 1995 and since then, etopos...