Andrés Laguna: a great medical humanist (1499-1559).

Priming crops against biotic and abiotic stresses: MSB as a tool for studying mechanisms

Andrés A. Borges*, David Jiménez-Arias, Marino Expósito-Rodríguez, Luisa M. Sandalio and José A. Pérez 1 Departamento de Agrobiología, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), La Laguna, Spain 2 Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 3 Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular ...

Synthesis and application of gold-carbon hybrids as catalysts for the hydroamination of alkynes

Induced resistance for plant defense

Andrés A. Borges* and Luisa M. Sandalio 1 Grupo de Activadores Químicos de Defensa de la Planta, Departamento de Agrobiología, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 2 Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín Consejo Superior de Inve...

Lessons in medical humanism: the case of Montaigne.

Michel de Montaigne, the great French humanist and inventor of the personal essay, suffered from frequent and severe renal colic. He wrote about his illness in his travel journal and in his last and greatest essay, "Of Experience." In his illness narratives, Montaigne integrated disease and suffering into his life and art. He humanized rather than conquered his disease. A mature humanism replac...

Selective activity of Oleanolic and Maslinic acids on the amastigote form of Leishmania spp

Leishmaniasis represents a serious threat to the health as one of the most important neglected tropical diseases as designated by the World Health Organization. The disease is endemic in 82 countries, among them Tunisia is an indigenous area for cutaneous Leishmaniasis. In a previous work, two tritepenic acids namely oleanolic and maslinic acids have been isolated from olive leaf extract. In th...