PURPOSE Blackberry ingestion has been demonstrated to attenuate brain degenerative processes with the benefits ascribed to the (poly)phenolic components. The aim of this work was to evaluate the neuroprotective potential of two wild blackberry species in a neurodegeneration cell model and compare them with a commercial variety. METHODS This work encompasses chemical characterization before an...

Solar ultraviolet (UV) irradiation leads to distinct changes in the skin connective tissues by degradation of collagen, which is a major structural component in the extracellular matrix. UV irradiation induces the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) capable of attacking native fibrillar collagen and responsible for inhibiting the construction of collagenous extracellular matrix. In th...

Objective: The investigation was undertaken to explore the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities of Rubus ellipticus. Materials and Methods: The methanolic leaf extract (up to 2000 mg/kg b. wt.) of R. ellipticus was used to observe acute toxicity. Anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated using carrageenan induced paw edema in rats and croton oil induced ear edema in mice. Anal...

The prevalence of cytoprotective mechanisms induced by polyphenols such as activation of intracellular antioxidant responses (ICM) and direct free radical scavenging was investigated in native Chilean species of strawberries, raspberries, and currants. Human gastric epithelial cells were co- and preincubated with polyphenolic-enriched extracts (PEEs) from Chilean raspberries (Rubus geoides), st...

The present study provides a comprehensive data on the antioxidant, antimicrobial and neutrophil-modulating activities of extracts from six medicinal plants--blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) leaves, chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) leaves, hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) leaves, lady's mantle (Alchemilla glabra) aerial parts, meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) aerial parts and raspberry (Rubus idaeus)...

The main focus of our study was to investigate differences in nutritional (dry matter, soluble solids content, total acidity and pH value) and bioactive values (ascorbic acid, total anthocyanins, total phenols, and non-flavonoids content) of wild grown raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and blackberry (Rubus discolor) genotypes harvested from native populations in Croatia. The average total acidity range...

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays a critical role in cell survival and proliferation and is constitutively activated in many types of human cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore, it is a major focus in the development of anticancer agents. Rubus aleaefolius Poir. has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of HCC. However, the prec...

Frankliniella spp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) thrips damage a variety of crops, feed on a broad range of hosts, and often migrate into cropping systems from adjacent vegetation. To determine potential sources of Frankliniella spp. thrips on crops, annual cycles of abundance of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan), and Frankliniella ...

Birgitta Bernhardt,1,2,* Annelise R. Beck,1,2 Xuan Li,1 Erika R. Warrick,1,2 M. Justine Bell,1,2 Daniel J. Haxton,1 C. William McCurdy,1,3 Daniel M. Neumark,1,2 and Stephen R. Leone1,2,4 1Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA 2Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 9...

Kebun Raya Cibodas memiliki 13 jenis koleksi Rubus atau raspberry liar yang berasal dari hutan pegunungan Indonesia. R. rosifolius dan fraxinifolius merupakan dua asli Indonesia berpotensi tinggi untuk dikembangkan sebagai tanaman buah. Saat ini, upaya mendomestikasi membudidayakan jenis-jenis terus dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh dosis waktu pemberian pupuk terhadap per...