BACKGROUND Apium graveolens L. is a traditional Chinese medicine prescribed as a treatment for hypertension, gout, and diabetes. This study aimed to determine the neuroprotective effects of A. graveolens extract against a Parkinson's disease (PD) model induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in C57BL/6 mice. METHODS Male C57BL/6 mice treated with MPTP were orally dosed ...

Plants are an important source of natural active products that are different, based on mechanism and biological properties. Celery ( Apium graveolens L) is a plant from the apiaceae family and phenolic and antioxidant compounds of this plant have been studied by several scientists. The aim of this study was to review systematically the antioxidant activity of celery. Required articles were sear...

We study a bargaining model in which a buyer makes frequent offers to a privately informed seller. In addition, the buyer gradually learns about the seller’s type from a publicly observable news process. We show that the buyer’s ability to leverage this information to extract more surplus from the seller is remarkably limited. In fact, the buyer’s equilibrium payoff is identical to what he woul...

background use of medicinal plants with high antioxidant properties could be effective to increase fertility and improvement of disorders such as hormonal imbalance, impotency, oligospermia and immotile sperm. celery (apium graveolens) is rich in antioxidant agents. the leaf and stems of celery contain phenols, furanocoumarin and luteolin. apigenin is one of the main flavonoids of celery leaf. ...

conclusions the extract contains substances that are effective on the delivery rate, sex ratio, and the number of newborns in the female rats. it may affect through the ionic changes in the rats, by modifying the activity of follicle-stimulating and testosterone hormones, and/or changing the rate of fertilizing ability of sperms containing y chromosome. this phenomenon may also be due to loweri...

Background: Apium graveolens Linn. is one of the oldest medicinal plants which used since ancient time in Unani System of Medicine for the disease of gastrointestinal tract which acts as antispasmodic and carminative activity. The aim of this study was to determine the antispasmodic activity of A. graveolens in Guinea Pigs Ileum against acetylcholine induced contractions. Materials and Methods:...

Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a new account. We study the effects of such identity changes on the efficiency of reputation systems. W...