BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection is the most common bacterial infection in the community, mainly caused by Escherichia coli (E coli). Due to its high incidence and recurrence, problems are faced in the treatment with antibiotics. Cranberry being herbal remedy have long been the focus of interest for their beneficial effects in preventing urinary tract infections. This study was conducted to a...

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi prospectar fontes de resistência ao nematoide-das-galhas Meloidogyne enterolobii em espécies silvestres Solanum e híbridos com potencial para serem utilizados como porta-enxertos solanáceas cultivadas. Vinte três acessos sete Solanum, bem 35 dois cruzamentos interespecíficos, foram caracterizados quanto à a M. enterolobii. Os experimentos conduzidos casa veg...

A giboma é uma hortaliça da família das solanácea originária África e muito cultivada neste continente emergente no Brasil. Os nematoides de galhas, gênero Meloidogyne, causam grandes prejuízos nas hortaliças, com destaque para as solanáceas. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar a influência concentração inóculo inicial M. javanica desenvolvimento giboma. Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente casualiz...

Scarlet (Solanum aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are major vegetable crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Together with their respective wild ancestors (S. anguivi and S. dasyphyllum) and intermediate cultivated-wild forms they constitute the so-called scarlet and gboma eggplant complexes. We used conventional descriptors and the high-throughput phenomics tool Tomato Analyzer for char...

Brinjal (Solanum melongena), scarlet (S. aethiopicum) and gboma (S. macrocarpon) eggplants are three Old World domesticates. The genomic DNA of a collection of accessions belonging to the three cultivated species, along with a representation of various wild relatives, was characterized for the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using a genotype-by-sequencing approach. A total of...

AIM To review the scientific publications concerning the clinical use and mechanism of action of the North American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) for women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) and other health conditions. METHODS This is a retrospective study of published information concerning Vaccinium macrocarpon retrieved from a PubMed and individual searches. RESULTS Urina...