Remarkably, within the Asteraceae, a species-specific fructan pattern can be observed. Some species such as artichoke (Cynara scolymus) and globe thistle (Echinops ritro) store fructans with a considerably higher degree of polymerization than the one observed in chicory (Cichorium intybus) and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Fructan:fructan 1-fructosyltransferase (1-FFT) is the enzy...

The gram-scale isolation of the major flavonolignan diastereoisomers from milk thistle ( Silybum marianum) extract provided an entree into the isolation of two related analogues that are present in extremely minute quantities. The isolation and structure elucidation of these two new compounds, which we have termed isosilybin C and isosilybin D due to their structural similarities to isosilybin ...

in order to study individual and integrated effects of biological, organic and chemical fertilizers on milk thistle (silybum marianum l.) quantitative and qualitative traits, a field experiment was conducted at research station, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran during growing season of 2010-2011. a complete randomized block design with twelve treatments and three rep...

Invasive exotic plants are often weeds in more than one country. After a biological control agent for a weed has been developed for use in one country, it is reasonable to consider using the same agent against the same weed in another country. ‘Transfer Projects’ can save considerable time and money, and they have been popular around the world. Lixus cardui Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), ...

Defoliation has frequently been proposed as a means of controlling Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Californian thistle, Canada thistle, creeping thistle, perennial thistle), an economically damaging pastoral weed in temperate regions of the world, but its optimization has remained obscure. We developed a matrix model for the population dynamics of C. arvense in sheep-grazed pasture in New Zealand t...

Anatomical structure of the common in forests and meadows Georgian subalpine zone plant - Aconitum nasutum Fisch. ex Reichenb underground aerial vegetative organs, rich diterpene alkaloids, was studied. A set diagnostic features has been established using accepted microtechnical methods. The conductive system axial organs A. nasutum, root, twig leaf stalk, a separated collateral structure. Casp...

We present a system for manipulating a wide class of linguistic diagrams, which is configurable and extensible, and allows deployment as a web-delivered system. A major theme of this work is the transfer of the devices of lbrmal grammar into the analysis and construction of diagrams.

The aim of the work was to examine the influence of gender on pharmacokinetics of silymarin; a basic constituent of medicinal herb "milk thistle" (Silybum marianum). The presented work is the extension of published work of Usman et al. (16). The comparative parallel design pharmacokinetic study was conducted in Pakistani healthy volunteers (male and female) receiving a single 200 mg oral dose o...