In order to validate the antiviral effect against hepatitis B virus (HBV) of Taraxacum mongolicum (T. mongolicum), the protective effect on hepatocytes, and antiviral properties against duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) and HBV of T. mongolicum extract (TME) were evaluated in chemically-injured neonatal rat hepatocytes, DHBV-infected duck fetal hepatocytes and HBV-transfected HepG2.2.15 cells, resp...

Background 4D Phase-Contrast MRI ("4D Flow”) has become a choice modality for assessment of flow patterns in complex vasculatures, such as congenital heart diseases. For thoracic imaging, the technique relies on ECG-triggering and an imaging navigator to compensate for breathing motion [Markl-JMRI2007]. The acquisition of the navigator requires switching off the 4D flow acquisition, thus breaki...

Plant resistance is a promising control method for the two most damaging insect pests of maize, Zea mays L.: the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), and the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. Fifteen experimental lines of maize, derived from a backcross breeding program designed to introgress resistance to European corn borer from Peruvian maize into tw...

The study is to investigate the effect of Taraxacum officinale extracts (TOE) supplementation on physical fatigue based on the forced swimming capacity in mice. Forty Kunming male mice were randomly divided into 4 groups, i.e., normal control (NC) and three doses of TOE treated group (High-dose, Middle-dose and Low-dose). Three TOE treated groups were treated by oral TOE with 10, 30 and 100mg/k...

A simple, selective, rapid, precise and economical reverse phase high -pressure liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the first time for the simultaneous estimation of Taraxerol and Taraxasterol, in natural root and root callus cultures of Taraxacum officinale (TO) , maintained on MS media using hormone combinations , MS+IAA+BA (2ppm+1ppm) and MS+IAA+BA+2,4 D (0.5ppm+1ppm+0.5ppm)...