background: the sources of radioactivity in the environment have natural, terrestrial and extraterrestrial, and anthropogenic origins. plants may get radioactive nuclides in two ways: (i) by the deposition of radioactive fallout, (ii) by absorption from the soil. materials and methods: the concentrations of the natural radionuclides (226ra, 228ra, 40k) and the artificial radionuclide (137cs) in...

in this study, parsley was dried using three drying methods: hot air (50, 60 ‎and 70 ºc), microwave (90, 180, 360, 600 and 900 w) and a combination of ‎hot air – microwave (60ºc and 360w). selection of the optimum levels for ‎drying in combination method took place with quality tests of dried ‎samples. the drying data of parsley with hot air and microwave methods ‎was fitted with eight models: ...

Soluble enzyme preparations from irradiated cell suspension cultures of parsley (Petroselinum hortense Hoffm.) catalyse the conversion of flavanone to flavone, dihydroflavonol and flavonol. These reactions require 2-oxoglutarate, Fe2+ and ascorbate as cofactors. In the presence of these cofactors conversion of dihydroflavonol to flavonol was also observed. With this system in vitro biosynthesis...

Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum Mill.) were dried by using sun and oven (50oC) drying methods. Oven drying decreased the drying time approximately 50% when compared to the sun drying method for both herbs. K, Ca, P, Mg and Na were the most abundant elements in dill and parsley samples. Oven-dried samples had higher mineral values than that of the su...

Gunnar Hargus1,3 and Christian Bernreuther1,2 1Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, 2Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany 3present address: Udall Parkinson ́s Disease Research Center of Excel...

Moderne Magnetische Systeme, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart, Germany, 2 Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 3 Institut für Nanostrukturund Festkörperphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 4 The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Mater...

Introduction Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is one of herbs the most extensively used as a condiment for garnishing and seasoning, but also in perfumery, and in a larger extent in folk medicine. It is a biennial plant belonging to Apiaceae family (Simon and Quinn, 1988) [11]. Parts used in therapeutics are ripe fruits (seeds), root and aboveground parts of the plant. The curiosity is that parsl...

Christian Swoboda,1,2,* Michael Martens,1 and Guido Meier1,2,3 1Institut für Angewandte Physik und Zentrum für Mikrostrukturforschung, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany 2The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany 3Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany (R...

BACKGROUND Pasta is considered as an effective carrier of prohealth ingredients in food fortification. The aim of this study was to examine the changes of antioxidant potential of wheat pasta affected by fortification with powdered parsley leaves. A special attention was paid to effectiveness of fortification in the light of proteinphenolic interactions. METHODS To improve antioxidant activit...