Phyto-oestrogens are believed to have a range of beneficial effects on predominant Western diseases. A few studies on phyto-oestrogens in milk exist and show that the composition can be affected by feeding. Therefore, the aim was to study how feeding of lucerne and grass/clover silages (GCSs) affects the concentration of phyto-oestrogens in bovine milk. Sixteen Danish Holstein cows were assigne...

I will just make a few remarks before opening this General Discussion on the Cytological and Haematological effects of Antimitotics. I believe that numerous and interesting will be your comments. Let me first go back very briefly to the pioneer of these compounds, colchicine, already mentioned in the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Pharmacology, but whose stathmokinetic effect was illustrated by P ....

In bovine oviduct cells 17beta-oestradiol can induce the synthesis of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), a glycoprotein essential for embryo implantation. Therefore substances which are structurally similar to 17beta-oestradiol and possess oestrogenic activity may also modulate LIF synthesis and influence the reproductive process. We used primary cultures of bovine and human oviduct cells (epit...

This clinical paper reports the investigations conducted on a traditional African anti-asthmatic formulations and evaluates its toxicological and phyto-chemical effects.

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Each year 44 335 women living in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer. Female sex hormones, such as oestrogen, are clearly implicated in breast cancer and conventional treatments include manipulation of the hormonal environment. There is both epidemiological and experimental evidence that plant oestrogens (phyto-oestrogens) in the diet ma...

Over the past century, phytochemical and phyto pharmacological sciences established the compositions that are biological active and health promoting. Most of the biologically active constituents of plants are polar or water soluble molecules. However, water soluble phyto-constituents (like flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, etc.) are poorly absorbed either due to their large molecular size which ...

In this study we examined changes in magnesium and calcium ion concentrations depending on Zebra Mussel biomass, pH values and temperature. We performed field experiments in years with different weather conditions using twelve 200 litre polycarbonate containers filled with 150 litres of non-filtered water from lowland, eutrophic reservoirs. Three treatments of the experiment were represented by...