Protein and phenolic compound content antioxidant capacity were determined from honey bee collected unifloral pollen pellets Ranunculus, Brassica, Filipendula, Rubus, Vicia, Trifolium, Epilobium, Taraxacum species of boreal coniferous zone in Finland. The aim the study was to investigate relation between chemical composition botanical origin pellets. protein ranged 18.2 29.3%. One hundred twent...

The antimicrobial activity of the Epilobium angustifolium, E. hirsutum, E. palustre, E. tetragonum and E. rosmarinifolium ethanolic extracts was studied in vitro on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, yeasts and fungi. The cytotoxicity of the extracts was also evaluated using the Artemia salina test. All the extracts showed antimicrobial activity in a range of concentrations between 10 an...

Epilobium sp. are commonly used in traditional medicine in the treatment of early stages of benign prostatic hyperplasia and inflammation. It is suggested that a dominating constituent, oenothein B, is responsible for the extracts therapeutic effects. Several bioactivities were established for extracts and oenothein B in various in vitro models, but due to the questionable bioavailability of th...