The drying kinetics of hawthorn in a pilot-scale experimental fluidized bed dryer with and without vibration was investigated. The effect of operating parameters, such as vibration intensity, drying air flow rate, and temperature, on the drying rate and shrinkage of hawthorn was studied. The hawthorn fruit was dried at various drying air temperatures ranging from 40-70oC and drying air volume f...

Host shifts of phytophagous insect specialists to novel plants can result in divergent ecological adaptation, generating reproductive isolation and potentially new species. Rhagoletis pomonella fruit flies in eastern North America underwent a host shift ~160 ya from native downy hawthorn (Crataegus mollis) to introduced, domesticated apple (Malus domestica). Divergent selection on diapause phen...

the hawthorn fruits have been used as food and medicine for centuries. in the present study, pulp and seed extract of crataegus elbursensis rech. f. fruits belonging to the family rosaceae and native of northern part of iran were evaluated for the polyphenol contents, antiradical, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities. the total phenolic, flavonoid, and anthocyanin contents of methanolic pu...

Objective: To study the preparation process of anti-aging healthy beverage. Methods: L9 (34) was used to identify, weigh and pretreat raw materials, optimize and make an orthogonal experiment with as reference, screen out the optimal formula of beverage blending in accordance with sensory score. Results: The best formula of anti-aging healthy beverage with compound hawthorn and Astragalus membr...

The two acknowledged vectors of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ in north-western Italy, the psyllid Cacopsylla melanoneura and the leafhopper Fieberiella florii, have been compared to highlight their role in the apple proliferation epidemiology in relation to their infectivity, transmission efficiency and permanence in apple orchards and in wild vegetation, predominantly hawthorn formations. The ...

Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs has been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine.Plant extracts are attractive sources of new drugs and have been shown to produce promising results in the treatment of various diseases.Crataegus oxyacantha Linn., commonly known as Hawthorn, is one ...

Natural plant extracts (NPEs) may offer an effective alternative to minimize the consequences caused by antibiotic resistance in marine industry. In this study, anti-Vibrio parahaemolyticus activities of several antibiotics and NPEs alone combinations were evaluated. The results indicated that best combination was 1/4 minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) oxytetracycline +1/4 MIC hawthorn extr...

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...

Crataegus monogyna, commonly known as hawthorn, is notorious for having different ethnopharmacological applications. The antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts from its flowers and fruits in several stages of development was formerly reported by us. Therefore it is believable that the extracts of its botanical parts might have great potential to be incorporated in innovative pharmaceutical...