At this stage, safflower picking is mostly performed manually or semi-manually, the method antiquated and precision low. In experimental study, a new attitude tilt levelling system was designed for safflower-picking robot, which has created solid foundation realization of future machine automation. The mobile platform simplified as four-point support, an automatic control based on multi-sensor ...

In GH-deficient children showing ectopic posterior pituitary hyperintense signal (EPP), the anatomical details of the pituitary-hypothalamic region and the relationship between the visibility of the pituitary stalk and anterior pituitary function were studied by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The absence or presence of the pituitary stalk was recorded by MRI before and after the injection of...

Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in 273 Safflower Genotypes Collected from Different Regions the World

Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive control, Wistar/Kyoto (WKY) rats through two generations were fed a semipurified diet supplemented either with safflower oil (rich in linoleate) or with perilla oil (rich in alpha-linolenate). The cerebral lipid contents and phospholipid compositions did not differ between the two dietary groups of SHR rats. There were also no differences i...

This study reports a novel protocol to increase plasma monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) in eight healthy volunteers (age 29-54 years and BMI 23-26 kg.m). This was achieved by feeding small boluses of fat at different time points (35 g at 0 min and 8 g at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210 min) in combination with a continuous low-dose heparin infusion...

This study reports a novel protocol to increase plasma monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and saturated nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) in eight healthy volunteers (age 29-54 yr, body mass index 23-26 kg/m(2)). This was achieved by feeding small boluses of fat at different time points (35 g at 0 min and 8 g at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, and 210 min) in combination with a continuous low-dose hep...

Oleoyl-acyl carrier protein (18:1-ACP) thioesterase has been partially purified from developing safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds. Protein species with molecular masses of 34 and 40 kD associated with thioesterase activity were identified and partially sequenced. Analysis of amino-terminal and internal cyanogen bromide peptide sequences revealed no differences in the primary structure of t...

The induction of fatty acid synthetase activity in rat liver is markedly reduced by feeding a diet containing a source of linoleate. Within 48 h after changing from a fat-free, high carbohydrate diet to one containing 15% by weight of safflower oil, the specific activity of rat liver fatty acid synthetase is approximately 2-fold lower than that from rats fed a fat-free diet througout. In contra...

The object of this study is the flowers of Kazakhstan species of “AkMai” safflower, collected in the flowering stage in Southern Kazakhstan. Volatile oil was carry out to study the component composition of Kazakhstan “AkMai” safflower flowers. The composition of the volatile oil obtained from the dried flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L. growing in Kazakhstan. Pale yellow oily extracts were obta...