Ayurveda, the science of life, deals with the holistic view of healthy living. It covers various physiology and pathology of diseases and their therapies. Since ancient times, several diseases have been treated by administration of plant extracts based on traditional medicine. Investigation of traditionally used medicinal plants is thus valuable on two levels, firstly, as a source of potential ...

Aroma is one of the most important indicators grape quality. Girdling and foliar fertilization with K (K2O) are common agronomic practices applied to improve berry quality in production. However, little known about its effect on accumulation biosynthesis entire aromatic profile. Our study was aimed explore influences girdling (alone or combination) general properties, phenolic composition, vola...

Ongoing efforts in metabolic profiling of both cultivated and wild plants continue to identify new plant compounds, many of them unique to a single species or found only in closely related species. Such compounds are defined as specialized, or secondary, metabolites and they play many physiological and ecological roles, including in plant-insect and plant-pathogen interactions. To date, only a ...

A large number of terpenoids exhibit potential geroprotector and anti-cancer properties. Here, we studied whole transcriptomic effects of Abisil, the extract of fir (Abies sibirica) terpenes, on normal and cancer cell lines. We used early passaged and senescent none-immortalized fibroblasts as cellular aging models. It was revealed that in normal fibroblasts, terpenes induced genes of stress re...

The red seaweeds belonging to the genus Laurencia are well known as halogenated secondary metabolites producers, mainly terpenoids and acetogennins. Several of these chemicals exhibit important ecological roles and biotechnological applications. However, knowledge regarding the genes involved in the biosynthesis of these compounds is still very limited. We detected 20 different genes involved i...

This work investigates chemical changes during shelf-life of thermally and high pressure high temperature (HPHT) sterilised carrot purees using a 'fingerprinting kinetics' approach. Fingerprinting enabled selection of Strecker aldehydes, terpenes, phenylpropanoids, fatty acid derivatives and carotenoid degradation products as volatiles clearly changing during shelf-life. Next, kinetic modelling...

Penicillin and other antimicrobials discovery revolutionized medicine but, as a consequence of antibiotic misuse, several bacteria evolved to become resistant to multiple antibiotics classes: “the superbugs”. Following the stagnation on the conventional antibiotic-discovery field, scientific attention turned to alternative foundations for the development of novel antibacterial substances, namel...

The presence of knots or heartwood influences the amount and composition of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions associated with drying of southern pine lumber. Experimental kiln charges of lumber containing 0 to 5% of knot volume gave VOC emissions ranging from 2.86 to 4.25 lb of carbonldry ton of wood. Studies of emissions from sapwood and knots showed that knots contain about ten times ...