To investigate the effects of red clover extract on the blood glucose and lipid levels of type 2 diabetic db/db mice, male db/db mice were treated with this extract for a period of 5 weeks. The red clover extract had a significant effect on lowering the blood glucose levels of db/db mice. The serum triglyceride, serum total cholesterol, liver triglyceride and liver cholesterol levels for diabet...

Rose hips are popular in health promoting products as the fruits contain high content of bioactive compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate whether health benefits are attributable to ascorbic acid, phenols, or other rose-hip-derived compounds. Freeze-dried powder of rose hips was preextracted with metaphosphoric acid and the sample was then sequentially eluted on a C(18) column. The...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of red pepper (Capsicum annuum) extract on growth, blood, biochemical and non-specific immune parameters of 360 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles with average weight of 9.38±0.01 g. The fish were fed with a commercial diet containing 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1% of C. annuum extract in 12 tanks (300L) with three replicates (30 fish per tank...

Rose hips have long been used in human diets as a food ingredient and supplement. Their multiple medical properties, which have been attributed to their abundant carotenoid composition, have attracted widespread scientific attention. This thesis examined the carotenoid composition in rose hips from five rose species. The anticancer effect of different carotenoid fractions from rose hips was inv...

The ever-increasing demand for natural products and biotechnology derived from bees and ultra-modernization of various analytical devices has facilitated the rational and planned development of biotechnology products with a focus on human health to treat chronic and neglected diseases. The aim of the present study was to prepare and characterize polymeric nanoparticles loaded with Brazilian red...

This paper proposes a cluster-to-cluster image color transform algorithm. Suntory Flowers announced the development of world's first blue rose “APPLAUSE”. Since roses lack the blue pigment, it was long believed to be impossible. The key to success lies in the introduction of blue gene from pansy into rose. In the previous paper, PCA matching model was successfully applied to a seasonal color ch...

BACKGROUND Recent publications have demonstrated that in Güneykent (Turkey), a rose-cultivating area, some workers experience various allergic reactions due to contact with rose or its pollen. CASE REPORT A 47-year-old man, originally from Güneykent although he no longer lived there, suffered perennial rhinitis, asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis in spring related to sensitization to dust mites a...

The article presents the results of evaluation eleven Scots rose cultivars in northern part Ukraine due to its severe winter conditions. A range variations regarding bloom colour, size, type, flowering incidence, plant size was noticed. showed decorative value and considerable frost resistance varieties ‘Double White’, ‘Dunwich Rose’, ‘Frühlingsduft’, ‘Frühlingsgold’, ‘Frühlingsmorgen’, ‘Karl F...