Background and Purpose—Mexican Americans are the largest subgroup of Hispanic Americans, now the most numerous US minority population. We compared access to care, acculturation, and biological risk factors among Mexican American and non-Hispanic white stroke patients and the general population. Methods—The Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project is a population-based stroke surveill...

W artykule omówiono motyw torcular Christi występujący w poezji barokowej. Mistyczna tłocznia ma proweniencję starotestamentową, a tradycji chrześcijańskiej łączy się z Viae Dolorosae. religijnej XVII w. ujawnia porównaniu krwi Chrystusa do soku wyciśniętego prasie owocu winorośli i jest wykorzystywana kreowaniu barokowego obrazu makabrycznej Męki Chrystusa. Obecność symbolika tego motywu zosta...

This article surveys the ethnobotany of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. in the Middle East from various aspects: historical, religious, philological, literary, linguistic, as well as pharmacological, among Muslims, Jews, and Christians. It is suggested that this is the only tree species considered "holy" by Muslims (all the individuals of the species are sanctified by religion) in addition to...

Cytotoxic activity of gaillardin, a sesquiterpene lactone isolated from Inula oculus-christi L. (Asteraceae), was assessed in the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7, human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG-2, human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell line A-549, and human colon adenocarcinoma cell line HT-29, resulting in IC50 values of 6.37, 6.20, 4.76, and 1.81 microg/mL, respec...

ABSTRACT. The recent research focused on the green synthesis of silicon dioxide nanoparticles, SiO2@Cellulose Zizyphus Spina-Christi nanocomposites, and L-Arginine@SiO2@Cellulose nanocomposites using cellulose as a new polymeric surfactant. structures nanoparticles were characterized by different spectroscopy microscopy techniques. Nanoparticles utilized to determine concentration chromium, cad...