The traditional Chinese medicine Artemisia annua can prevent and treat hepatitis following an unclear mechanism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of A. annua polysaccharides (AAP) on hepatitis C virus (HCV). A pcDNA3.1/NS3 expression vector was constructed. Ninety female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into six groups: high-dose AAP (1 mg/mL) + HCV/NS3 plasmid; middle-dose AA...

We explored the characteristics of soil bacterial communities and their ecological functions under different types vegetation reclamation in open-pit mines on Loess Plateau, which is guiding significance for selection improvement restoration effect mining areas. The research object was to reclaim aluminum mine waste dump Xiaoyi County, Shanxi. were measured reclamation. community using 16S rRNA...

The results of studies on the influence tillage systems density structure dark gray podzolized soil under crops in a four-field short-rotation crop rotation (winter rape – winter wheat corn for grain spring barley) stationary field experiment Institute Agriculture Western Polissia National Academy Sciences Ukraine during 2016 are shown. 2020. In experiment, three were studied (shelf by 20–22 cm...

conclusions artemisia absinthium l. extract, at concentrations below 100 µg/ml, can modulate the immune response toward a th1 pattern, by induction of cd40 expression on dcs and cytokine production. also, it can inhibit dcs t cell stimulating activity, at high concentrations. therefore, the traditional use of this plant possibly modulates immune-mediated disorders. however, future studies are n...

Seasickness and its triggers, symptoms, and preventive measures were well known in antiquity. This chapter is based on an analysis of descriptions of motion sickness, in particular seasickness, in ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese literature. A systematic search was made from the Greek period beginning with Homer in 800 BC to the late Roman period and ending with Aetios Amidenos in 600 AD, as w...

BACKGROUND Due to the global occurrence of multi-drug-resistant malarial parasites (Plasmodium falciparum), the anti-malarial drug most effective against malaria is artemisinin, a natural product (sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide) extracted from sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua). However, artemisinin is in short supply and unaffordable to most malaria patients. Artemisinin can be semi-synthesi...

BACKGROUND Butyric acid is a short chain fatty acid produced by large bowel bacterial flora. It serves as an antiinflammatory agent and nutrient for normal colon cells. Butyric acid has also been shown to induce apoptosis in colon and many other cancer cells. Artemisinin is a compound extracted from the wormwood Artemisia annua L. It has been shown to selectively kill cancer cells in vitro and ...

A great deal of emotion, prejudice and rage faces the man who kills a child. Dr. Arthur Hyatt Williams, consultant psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic and Oakwood Hospital, is a psychotherapist at Wormwood Scrubs prison. Here, he analyses the public reaction and the motives of the offender. News of the murder of a child evokes a general reaction of horror and anger from the public. The flare-u...

Epilepsy is one of the most serious neurological disorders affecting about 0.5-1% of the world population. There is no definite radical therapy against epilepsy; however, actual therapy includes simple inhibition of epileptic activity. Apart from effective drugs against epilepsy, plant extracts as well as essential oils, which have been used for generations by humans to treat the disease, are c...