Various species of berries have been reported to contain several polyphenolic compounds, such as anthocyanins and flavonols, which are known to possess high antioxidant activity and may be beneficial for human health. To our knowledge, a thorough chemical analysis of polyphenolics in species of these plants native to Newfoundland, Canada has not been conducted. The primary objective of this stu...

Berries are a rich source of various polyphenols, including the flavonoid quercetin. In this article, the results of three intervention studies investigating the bioavailability of quercetin from berries are reviewed. In the first study, we investigated the short-term kinetics of quercetin after consumption of black currant juice and showed that quercetin is rapidly absorbed from it. In the sec...

This article provides an up-to-date review of disease-causing viruses and phytoplasmas currants including symptoms, transmission, detection, economic impact, control measures. Currants are widely cultivated in more than 30 countries the temperate zones Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, New Zealand. Ribes spp. can be infected by 20 virus species four Candidatus Phytoplasma species, with to...

The hexane extract of the flowers of Rheum ribes L. which was collected from north-western Iran,was obtained by Soxhlet apparatus and the essential oil composition was obtained by hydro distillationand analyzed by using GC-GC/MS. The extract from the flowers was characterized by a high amountof unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) (66.0%) and some of long chain hydrocarbon compounds. The maincomponent...

Cannabis sativa, Myristica fragrans, Piper longum and Embleia ribes are the active pharma ingredients of an ayurvedic herbal formulation Jatiphaldya, which is beneficial in many typical stomach related disorders. The present study is aimed to develop a simple and reliable thin layer chromatographic (TLC) method using micellar solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as mobile phase for the iden...