Betalains biosynthesis and antiradical scavenging activity were investigated during cultivation of four hairy root cultures of Beta vulgaris, obtained from different cultivars (Bordo, Egyptian, Detroit 2 and Detroit Dark Red). The best producer of betalains was a hairy root culture from Beta vulgaris cv. Detroit Dark Red (13.27 mg/g dry weight total pigment production). The ethanol extract, der...

The expression of beta 2 integrin CD11b on granulocytes and monocytes from patients with psoriasis vulgaris and pustular psoriasis was examined by flow cytometry. The amount of CD11b expressed on both granulocytes and monocytes was greater in 4 patients with pustular psoriasis than in 16 patients with psoriasis vulgaris. Its expression correlated with the development of pustules on the skin. No...

The FCB pan was designed for European beet sugar factories and was first introduced to the South African Sugar industry at Maidstone mill in 1976 and was the first continuous pan in the industry. A 90 m' FCB 'C' pan was installedat Sezela in 1981, and the SRI pan wassubsequently installed in 1984 and was, and still is the only Australian designed continuouspan in South Africa. A brief set of de...

Beta vulgaris genus comprises wild and cultivated subspecies. The “maritima” subspecies is formed by wild or weedy accessions, well adapted to low-water potential environments; it was previously shown that B. vulgaris ssp. maritima has mechanisms of osmotic adjustment more effective than the cultivated B. vulgaris ssp. vulgaris. The response to a progressive lowering of soil potential was compa...

The influence of polyamines (PAs), putrescine (Put) and spermidine (Spd) on the efficiency gynogenesis in ovule cultures red beet (syn. beetroot) (Beta vulgaris L. vulgaris) cultivar “Czerwona Kula” breeding accessions no. 3/2010 7/2008 was investigated. effect Put process plant regeneration from gynogenetic embryos studied. response to applied PAs strongly dependent genotype. In Kula”, an incr...

A new alkaloid, 1,2,3,9-tetrahydropyrrolo(2,1-b)quinazolin-1-carboxylic acid (1), together with eight known compounds, 7-hydroxy vasicine (2), benzyl alcohol beta-D-(2'-O-beta-xylopyranosyl)glucopyranoside (3), benzyl alcohol O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4), benzyl alcohol O-beta-D-primveroside (5), 3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy benzaldehyde (6), gluco-syringic acid (7), syringin (8), and liriodendrin (9...

In natural ecosystems, biological relationships have serious effects on system stability. Allelopathic is negative or positive effect of a plant on other plant growth. Today this word is used for rangelands, same as agricultural areas. Because of good herbage production, Medicago is most common plant in agricultural rotations and rangelands. Therefore investigation of its allelopathic qualities...