Volatile com pounds which are released from fresh leaves o f Thuja occidentalis inhibited ger­ m ination o f seeds o f Amaranthus caudatus and Lepidium sativum. The volatile com pounds were obtained by a vacuum m ethod applied to the leaves, by direct analysis o f the content o f secretory organs and by solvent extraction o f leaves. The bioactive com pounds proved to be m onoterpenes. The high...

Macrosialin (mouse CD68), a macrophage-specific member of the lysosomal-associated membrane protein family, displays N-linked glycosylation and a heavily sialylated, mucin-like domain. We show that phagocytosis of zymosan by inflammatory peritoneal macrophages potently alters glycan processing of macrosialin in vitro. The phagocytic glycoform is not induced by other forms of endocytosis and dep...

The vitamin compositions of fresh leaves of Cucurbital moschata and Amaranthus hybridus L. were determined through spectrophotometric and titrimetric methods. The investigation revealed that the fresh leaves of Cucurrbital moshcata contained higher amounts (mg/100g) of ascorbic acid (33.49±1.22), thiamine (17.38±2.06) and riboflavin (3.41±0.18) while Amaranthus hybridus contained higher amount ...

Betalains in Amaranthus tricolor leaf were identified by means of reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Liquid chromatography-Mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In addition to the known compound red-violet amaranthin, two yellow pigments were detected in Amaranthus tricolor. A novel betaxanthin, methyl derivative of arginine betaxanthin was identified on the basis of UV-Vis s...