Objective(s) The aim of this study was to search for new antiviral agents from herbal medicines. Ethanol extracts of C. semipervirens, C. semipervirens var. horizontalis and C. semipervirens cv. Cereiformis were used in experiments to test their influence on herpes viruses (HSV-1). Materials and Methods HeLa cells monolayers were infected with herpes viruses (HSV-1). Antiviral activity of the p...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate the impact of Cupressus sempervirens (Cs) and Juniperus communis (Jc) sensitisations in "Maremma" in southern Tuscany. METHODS 811 consecutive outpatients (357 F - 57.86%; age: 36.9 ± 16.6) with suspected allergic respiratory symptoms underwent skin prick tests (SPT) for common allergens and for Cs and Jc. RESULTS SPT resulted negative in 295 (36.37%) subje...

BACKGROUND The Cupressaceae are an important cause of pollinosis, particularly in Mediterranean countries. Cypress pollen allergenic extracts are difficult to produce since they have a low protein and a high carbohydrate content and consequently accurate standardization of these extracts is essential for diagnosis and immunotherapy. METHOD Natural Cup s 1 was purified by a combination of hydr...

multi gene family), showed significant sequence and structural similarity to Cyn d 1. This protein was expressed in E. coli and the recombinant protein did not react with serum IgE from grass pollen allergic patients, suggesting that EXPB1 represented a non-allergenic homologue of grass group 1 allergens. It is proposed that differences in the amino acid sequence are responsible for the differe...

Cooperatively shared wide-area omputing platforms, su h as PlanetLab, provide a large pool of geographi ally distributed resour es whi h an be utilized for building highly available and s alable servi es. In this thesis, we present me hanisms and models for building autonomi ally s alable and resilient servi es on su h platforms. In su h platforms resour es at a node are allo ated to ompeting u...

Abstract The use of soilless culture in the cultivation ornamental plants is becoming widespread, especially production cut flowers. aim this review to present a brief summary both standard and new findings obtained from using techniques plant cultivation, based on detailed literature review. In researches reached for review, Calendula officinalis L., Matthiola incana Pelargonium zonale Petunia...