The aim of this study was to investigate role of common pollen in Korean school-aged children with allergic rhinitis (AR) in 5 provinces (Incheon Metropolitan City-Gyeonggi Province, Chungcheongbuk-do, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Busan Metropolitan City, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province), using a questionnaire and skin prick test, and to assess the differences among the residential regio...

The moxa therapy is a popular traditional hyperthermia therapy in East Asia. The moxa is made from dried mugwort (Artemisiaargyi). The moxa is usually put on a meridian point and then is burnt on to obtain a hyperthermic stimulation to the skin. However, very few researches have been studied in the effects and mechanism of the moxa therapy. Therefore, in this study, we gave the moxa stimulation...

Barney, J. N. and DiTommaso, A. 2003. The biology of Canadian weeds. 118. Artemisia vulgaris L. Can. J. Plant Sci. 83: 205–215. Artemisia vulgaris L. (mugwort) is an introduced rhizomatous perennial found primarily along roadsides, in waste areas, and in non-containerized nursery crops in eastern regions of Canada and the United States. Artemisia vulgaris is rapidly spreading throughout the Nor...

This study evaluated the in vitro effect of medicinal plant extracts on ruminal methanogenesis, four different groups of methanogens and ruminal fermentation characteristics. A fistulated Holstein cow was used as a donor of rumen fluid. Licorice and mugwort extracts (Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Artemisia capillaris, 0.5% and 1% of total substrate DM, respectively), previously used as folk remedie...

BACKGROUND Sensitization to common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is associated with a variety of risk factors, which are incompletely defined. Our aim was to evaluate the association of a variety of clinical, geographical and demographical variables with ragweed sensitization and also to determine its frequency in southern Bavaria. METHODS In this cross-sectional multicentre study, we enr...

The glycoprotein allergen Art v II, from the pollen of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) was treated with peptide:N-glycosidase F (PNGase F) to release asparagine-linked oligosaccharides. The oligosaccharides were isolated by gel permeation chromatography and their structures determined by 500-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy, fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry, and high-pH anion-exchange chromatogra...

BACKGROUND ImmunoCAP ISAC 112, is a commercially available molecular allergy IgE multiplex test. Data on the comparison of this rather novel test with extract-based as well as molecular ImmunoCAP singleplex IgE tests is missing. OBJECTIVE To perform a comparison between the ISAC multiplex IgE assay and the ImmunoCAP singleplex test results. METHODS Serum samples of 101 adults with grass pol...

The study objective was to model and predict the bioethanol production process from lignocellulosic biomass based on an example of empirical results. Two types algorithms were used in machine learning: artificial neural network (ANN) random forest algorithm (RF). Data for included results studying with use ionic liquids (ILs) different enzymatic preparations following types: buckwheat straw fou...

BACKGROUND Inhalation allergies, caused by allergens from various kinds of pollen, house dust mites, animal epithelium, and mould fungi, are strongly increasing in frequency. In 2.6% of the cases the allergen source remains unidentified. The present paper describes a so far unknown inhalation allergy which was observed in the case of a patient working with hives. METHODS AND RESULTS The aller...

Use of acupuncture by people with or at risk of lymphoedema is controversial. They are advised to avoid accidental and nonaccidental skin puncture (NASP) in the at risk or affected area to reduce the possibility of introducing infection or exacerbating swelling (Cole, 2006; Acupuncture is a form of traditional East Asian medicine that uses needles inserted superficially under the skin to stimul...