The study of the illumination MS 45 (vol. 1), preserved in library Corpus Christi College Cambridge, has made it possible to attribute his illustrative apparatus hand illuminator from Toulouse, active around middle fourteenth century, designated as Master Avignon Decretum for having illuminated ms. 659 Municipal Library Avignon, containing precisely text Gratiani

Paliurus spina-christi Mill (Rhamnaceae) has been used in folk medicine as a hypocholesterolemic agent. In this study, the effect of total fruit extract on lowering lipid content of serum was investigated. Male rats were introduced streptozocin, subsequently fed with a high cholesterol diet and concomitantly treated with various doses of the extract. After 8 days, serum levels of cholesterol, t...

AIM OF THE STUDY The present study aimed to evaluate the anti-diabetic activity of Zizyphus spina-christi leaf extract (200 mg/kg b.w.), plain and formulated in STZ-diabetic rats. Percentage yield of extracts, marker yield (christinin-A) and antihyperglycemic potencies, depending on seasonal variation were investigated. The chemical stability, study of storage conditions, shelf life T90 predict...