Olive pollen is one of the most important causes of inhalant allergy in the Mediterranean countries (1, 2). We investigated the frequency of hypersensitivity to the pollen of Olea europea in pollen allergic patients in Dalmatia, Croatia (3). A total of 810 patients with pollen allergy, were examined: 469 (58 %) male and 341 (42 %) female, age range from 4 to 53 years. The patients were assessed...

A oliveira (Olea europaea L.) é uma planta frutífera, nativa das regiões tropicais e temperadas mais antigas cultivadas. O uso de extratos vegetais conhecida atividade antimicrobiana podem adquirir significado nos tratamentos terapêuticos. objetivo do trabalho avaliar a antifúngica dos resíduos da indústria Oliveiras (bagaço) na variedade Picual partes vegetativas cultivares variedades Arbequin...

Olea europaea L. leaves are an agricultural waste product with a high concentration of phenolic compounds; especially oleuropein. Oleuropein has been shown to exhibit anti-proliferative activity against a number of cancer types. However, they have not been tested against pancreatic cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer related death in Western countries. Therefore, water, 50% ethanol and 50...

We developed and tested a methodology to estimate olive (Olea europaea L.) gross primary production (GPP) combining ground and multi-sensor satellite data. An eddy-covariance station placed in an olive grove in central Italy provided carbon and water fluxes over two years (2010–2011), which were used as reference to evaluate the performance of a GPP estimation methodology based on a Monteith ty...

Eleven species of Geothelphusa have been reported from southwestern Taiwan (Tainan, Kaohsiung and the northern part of Pingtung counties): G. albogilva Shy, Ng, and Yu, 1994; G. ancylophallus Shy, Ng, and Yu, 1994; G. caesia Shy, Ng, and Yu, 1994; G. lili Chen, Cheng, and Shy, 2005; G. nanhsi Shy, Ng, and Yu, 1994; G. neipu Chen, Cheng, and Shy, 1998; G. olea Shy, Ng, and Yu, 1994; G. pingtung ...

In view of the importance of this study comprehensive detailed data was collected from Holy Quran, Ahadith`s books and books written on the Islamic medicines. Present findings confined to 10 fruit plant species belonging to 10 genera of 9 families. The plant species are: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai, Cucumis sativus L., Cydonia oblonga Mill. Ficus carica L., Olea europea L., Phoenix...