Activation of serum C3 by monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals and other particles was determined by immunofixation following electrophoretic separation of C3 and its activation products. Densitometry allowed quantitation of results. MSU, hydroxyapatite, brushite, and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals split C3 under conditions which demonstrate activation via the alternative pathw...

Medicinal plant materials are not usually analysed for condensed tannins (CT). Thirty commercially available European medicinal plants and herbal products were screened for CT and fourteen CT samples were analysed in detail. This is also the first comprehensive CT analysis of pine buds, walnut leaves, heather flowers and great water dock roots. Acetone/water extracts contained between 3.2 and 2...

In order to utilize the benefits of blackthorn flower polyphenols and provide their stabilization during processing storage, facilitate application in functional food products, this study aimed evaluate encapsulation parameters spray-drying process extract. The effect type wall material (maltodextrin (MD) its mixtures with gum arabic (GA) inulin (IN)), ratio extract dry matter (0.5, 1, 2) dryin...

Natural products have a key role in drug discovery pharmacology and medicine. Prunus spinosa L. (blackthorn) grown Çanakkale province western Turkey, is known as medicinal plant, rich source of biologically active compounds such phenolics, flavonoids anthocyanidins. The flower fruit extracts the plant are subjects many studies, but they usually lack details its potential for bio-inhibition stud...

Abstract Hedgerows are an important component of agricultural landscapes, but in recent years have increasingly faced threats such as habitat loss, land use change, climate invasive species, pests and plant pathogens. Given the potential importance genetic diversity countering these threats, spatial distribution within across natural populations, we analyzed levels patterns blackthorn ( Prunus ...