BACKGROUND Rhodiola rosea is an herbal supplement that many in the general population in Russia and elsewhere in the world have used for decades to alleviate everyday anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Whether R. rosea is effective in reducing similar symptoms in clinical samples is unknown. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate whether R. rosea is effective in reducing symptoms of gener...

INTRODUCTION Pityriasis rosea is a self-limited inflammatory condition of the skin that mostly affects healthy children and adolescents. Atypical cases of Pityriasis rosea are fairly common and less readily recognized than typical eruptions, and may pose a diagnostic challenge. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 12-year-old black child that developed an intense pruritic papular eruptio...

This is the first study to investigate the biological activities of fermented extracts of Rhodiola rosea L. (Crassulaceae) and Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Caprifoliaceae). Alcaligenes piechaudii CC-ESB2 fermented and ethanol extracts of Rhodiola rosea and Lonicera japonica were prepared and the antioxidative activities of different concentrations of samples were evaluated using in vitro antioxida...

SUZY STOKES, NICK S. KALSON, MARK EARL, ADAM G. WHITEHEAD, IAN TYRRELL-MARSH, HANNAH FROST, ANDREW DAVIES Clinical Education Centre, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK Manchester University Medical School and MARS—Manchester Altitude Research Society, The Medical School, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Hope Hos...

BACKGROUND Rhodiola rosea (R. rosea), a botanical of both western and traditional Chinese medicine, has been used as a folk remedy for improving stamina and reducing stress. However, few controlled clinical trials have examined the safety and efficacy of R. rosea for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study seeks to evaluate the safety and efficacy of R. rosea in a 12-week, ...

Rhodiola rosea is a remarkable herbthat has been a part of traditional medicine systems in order to stimulatethe nervous system, toprotect thebody against oxidative stress, free radical damage, inflammation, and virus infection. Rhodiola rosea is included among a class ofplant derivatives called adaptogen,an agent thathelps the body adapt to various stressors. Adaptogens have been claimed to tr...

The ability of two species of tits to remember the location and/or features of an object was tested in a delayed-matching-to-sample procedure. Three values of retention interval between presentation of the sample stimulus and the choice--30 sec, 5 min, and 15 min--were used. Both species performed at above-chance level at all retention intervals, and there was no significant decline in accuracy...

Tomato gray mold disease, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a serious disease in tomato. Clonostachys rosea is an antagonistic microorganism to B. cinerea. To investigate the induced resistance mechanism of C. rosea, we examined the effects of these microorganisms on tomato leaves, along with changes in the activities of three defense enzymes (PAL, PPO, GST), second messengers (NO, H2O2, O2(-)) an...