Crataegus spp. are used for horticultural and medicinal purposes. The medicinal importance of Crataegus is attributed to components such as flavonoids, procyanidin, aromatic acid, and cardiotonic amines. The genetic relationships among the five Iranian Crataegus species including C. aronia, C. pontica, C. meiery, C. monogyna, and C. pentagyna were assessed using inter simple sequence repeats (IS...

6. Hawthorn (Crataegus species) 6.1. Clinical studies 6.1.1. Cardiac insufficiency 6.2. In vitro and in vivo studies 6.2.1. Inotropic effects 6.2.2. Antiarrhyythmic effects 6.2.3. Ischemic-reperfusion injury 6.2.4. Vasodilation and coronary blood flow 6.2.5. Antihypertensive effects 6.2.6. Antioxidant effects 7. Red wine (Vitis vinifera) and resveratrol

The title compound, C(12)H(14)O(3), is a natural product derived from the medium-sized hawthorn Crataegus persimilis ('prunifolia'). The mean plane of the butene moiety is twisted by 13.27 (7)° with respect to the that of the dioxobenzaldehyde moiety. There is an intra-molecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group and the carbonyl O atom.

Asian kelp (Undaria pinnatifida) is a brown alga mainly grown and consumed in East countries such as China, Japan, Korea. To date, studies on the various biological activities of have been conducted; however, focusing different parts their use for other than food are limited. Therefore, this study, kelp, namely, whole U. pinnatifida (UP), blade (UPB), stipe (UPS), sporophylls (UPSP), were extra...

background: hawthorn species decreases blood pressure and relaxes precontracted vessels. this study aimed at examining the antihypertensive effect and related mechanisms of hydroalcoholic extract of crataegus azarolus subspecies aronia fruit in rats with renovascular hypertension. methods: six groups of male sprague-dawley rats, each containing 6 to 8 rats, were studied. the groups comprised of...

OBJECTIVE Doxorubicin (DOX) is a broad spectrum chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of several malignancies. The use of DOX in clinical chemotherapy has been restricted due to its diverse toxicities, including reproductive toxicity. Crataegus monogyna (C. monogyna) is one of the oldest medicinal plants that have been shown to be cytoprotective because of scavenging free radicals. The p...