Honey is widely used for treating burns, ulcers and wounds, but the mechanisms of action are poorly known and the product is mainly used as an antimicrobial. We have examined here the wound healing properties of honey on human fibroblasts, using an in vitro scratch wound healing model. Three kinds of widely used monofloral honeys were used, viz. acacia (Robinia pseudacacia), buckwheat (Fagopyru...

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic, antigen-mediated esophageal disease characterized clinically by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and histologically by eosinophilpredominant inflammation. The symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis in adults are (from the least to the most frequent) dysphagia, chest pain, food impaction, and upper abdominal pain [1]. We present the case of a 38-year-old wo...

OBJECTIVE Hydroxyl radical and hypochlorite anion formed at the wound site from superoxide anion produced by activated polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) are considered important factors in impaired wound healing. Superoxide anion may also react with nitric oxide produced by macrophages to form peroxynitrite, a third strong oxidant that damages surrounding tissue. In order to select honey for...

Peng L.-X., Zou L., Tan M.-L., Deng Y.-Y., Yan J., Yan Z.-Y., Zhao G. (2017): Free amino acids, fatty acids, and phenolic compounds in Tartary buckwheat of different hull colour. Czech J. Food Sci., 35: 214–222. In this paper, free amino acids, fatty acids, and phenolic compounds in buckwheat of different hull colour were quantified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectro...

Basic biology and rearing methods were determined for Timandra griseata Peterson (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Homorosoma chinensis Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), two potential biological control agents of mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L., Polygonaceae). Both species also were tested for their ability to feed and develop on crop plants in the family Polygonaceae.T. griseatadef...

Buckwheat rutin has been found to be able to inhibit angiotensin II (AngII) - induced hypertrophy in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, but the mechanism remains uncertain. In this study, myocardial hypertrophy model was made by adding AngII to the medium of cardiac myocytes of neonatal rats; meanwhile, different concentrations of buckwheat rutin were applied to observe their effects. Intrac...

The present study aims to purify and characterize lectin from tartary buckwheat seeds and study its properties as well as biological activities to determine its possible biomedical applications in promoting maturation and proliferation of peripheral blood DCs derived from healthy donors and to study the effect of inducing apoptosis in human leukemia U937 cells. A novel tartary buckwheat lectin ...

buckwheat rutin has been found to be able to inhibit angiotensin ii (angii) - induced hypertrophy in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, but the mechanism remains uncertain. in this study, myocardial hypertrophy model was made by adding angii to the medium of cardiac myocytes of neonatal rats, meanwhile, different concentrations of buckwheat rutin were applied to observe their effects. intrac...

The complete amino acid sequence of protease inhibitor BWI-4a from buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) seeds, consisting of 67 amino acid residues with a single disulfide bond, has been established by Edman degradation in combination with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Its N terminus is blocked by a pyroglutamic acid residue. Mass spectrometric...

Buckwheat is a precious source of various bioactive compounds like phenolics, flavonoids, rutin, and quercetin, etc. This research work was performed to harvest the nutraceutical potential indigenous buckwheat varieties their milling fractions (fine flour, coarse bran husk). Common (CBW) Tartary (TBW) were analyzed in terms total phenolic content (TPC), flavonoid (TFC), DPPH scavenging activity...