BACKGROUND Loki zupa (Luooukezupa) decoction, consisting of the roots of Hyssopuscuspidatus Boriss (Shenxiangcao) and Irishalophila Pall root (Yuanweigen), is commonly used in Uygur medicine to treat asthma. However, the mode of action of this material has yet to be elucidated. This study aims to investigate the effects of Loki zupa decoction on the airway inflammation of an ovalbumin (OVA)-ind...

Foliar water uptake (FWU) is one of the primary sources for desert plants. Desert plants’ capacity essential in maintaining balance carbon and water. However, there are few studies on FWU plants physiological ecological characteristics that lead to differences capacity. In order clarify strategies influencing factors ecosystems, this study measured contact angle, parameters, hydraulic parameter...

The genetic variation of 70 individual samples of Casuarina equisetifolia (L. Johnson) subsp equisetifolia and C. equisetifolia subsp incana growing along the northern coast of Senegal was analyzed with RAPD markers. Of the 160 primers tested, five were chosen; they generated 1396 reproducible bands and 61 polymorphic bands that were scored. This result showed a narrow genetic variation among (...

The processing of whole blood-derived platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to a platelet concentrate and platelet-poor plasma is currently performed within 8 hours to comply with the requirements to manufacture fresh frozen plasma. Maintaining PRP at room temperature for a longer period can have the advantage of shifting the completion of component manufacture onto day shifts. Pairs of ABO-identical prep...

The hetght of an ovemll transfer unat has been evaluated m a gas-solid packed column at tnckle flow by measunng column performance during steady state adsorption expertments. Results have been anterpreted wtth an extmctton model mass transfer and axial dispersaon ua both phases Usmg Bodenstem numbers for the gas and solid phases from a previous investagation the hetght of a true transfer untt h...

Two new p-hydroxybenzoic acid glycosides, namely p-hydroxybenzoic acid-4-O-α-d-manopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (compound 1) and 4-O-α-l-rhamnopyran-osyl-(1 → 6)-α-d-manopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (compound 2), and seven known compounds, compound 3, 6, 7 (acid components), compound 8, 9 (flavonoids), compound 4 (a coumarin) and compound 5 (an alkaloid), were isolated from ...

The article includes a brief botanical description of three new proposal objects Ukrainian nature reserve fund – «Zhukivskyi» and «Buhayivskyi» local landscape reserves «Kostochky» reserve. These territories are one the most valuable natural vegetation areas within Poltava town territorial commune their creation will protect localities six plant species ftom «The Red Data Book Ukraine» (Colchic...