Plant of genus Taraxacum known as dandelion have long been used in tradition medicinal. Extracts from dandelion possess anti-influenza virus, anti-fertility and anti-retrovirus activity, antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects. Chicoric acid also known as dicaffeyltartaric acid and belongs to phenylpropanoids is one of the main constituent of T. officinale. The current investigation was conduc...

Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs) are ubiquitous type-3 copper enzymes that catalyze the oxygen-dependent conversion of o-diphenols to the corresponding quinones. In most plants, PPOs are present as multiple isoenzymes that probably serve distinct functions, although the precise relationship between sequence, structure and function has not been addressed in detail. We therefore compared the characteri...

Dandelion extracts have been studied extensively in recent years for its anti-depressant and anti-inflammatory activity. Recent work from our lab, with in-vitro systems, shows the anti-cancer potential of an aqueous dandelion root extract (DRE) in several cancer cell models, with no toxicity to non-cancer cells. In this study, we examined the cancer cell-killing effectiveness of an aqueous DRE ...

321 honey samples from Switzerland were collected. The botanical authenticity of 176 honey samples was confirmed by the determination of electrical conductivity, sugar composition, pH-value, free acidity, and microscopical pollen analysis [2], as well as the sensory evaluation by three experts. The honey samples were assigned to one of the following groups: floral honeys from acacia (Robinia sp...

Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing systems must deal with a wide variety of environments, users and devices. Designing and implementing their interaction systems is quite a complicated task because it is difficult to know in advance the conditions in which the system will be run. This article presents Dandelion, a framework that uses a model-driven approach to support the development...

This research aimed to investigate the uricosuric effect of dandelion plant extracts in hyperuricemic rats induced by potassium oxonate (PO).
 Methods. Hyperuricemia was using PO, and root were administered observe their impact on uric acid (UA) levels. The study involved adult male Swiss weighing approximately 150–180 grams, randomly divided into five groups (n = 6). Group 1 served as nor...