Physical factors relevant for efficient Hawthorn fruit extraction

Hawthorn.

A review with 54 references covers all aspects of hawthorn, the genus Crataegus, including its traditional uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and clinical effects. Although the effectiveness of hawthorn on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases has received extensive attention worldwide, further scientific research on various areas such as pharmacokinetics, mechanism of ...

Anti-inflammatory effect of the water fraction from hawthorn fruit on LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells

The hawthorn fruit (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge var. typica Schneider) is used as a traditional medicine in Korea. The objective of this study was to understand the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effects of the water fractionated portion of hawthorn fruit on a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cellular model. The level of nitric oxide (NO) production in the water fraction and L...

Consumption of dried fruit of Crataegus pinnatifida (hawthorn) suppresses high cholesterol diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats

Changes in Chemical Compositions and Enzymatic Activities During Fruit Ripening in Hawthorn (Crataegus Pinnatifida)

In this study, changes in some chemical compositions associated with fruit quality and enzymatic activities were investigated during ripening of hawthorn fruits from the 88th to 148th day after full bloom day (from August 11 to October 10, 2013). Significant differences in these indices were found between different maturation stages as well as hawthorn cultivars. During ripening of hawthorn fru...

Accurate and Efficient Crawling for Relevant Websites

Focused web crawlers have recently emerged as an alternative to the well-established web search engines. While the well-known focused crawlers retrieve relevant webpages, there are various applications which target whole websites instead of single webpages. For example, companies are represented by websites, not by individual webpages. To answer queries targeted at websites, web directories are...