Water-methanol extract from Filipendula ulmaria contains a variety of phenolic compounds, such as caffeic, p-coumaric and vanillic acid, myricetin, etc, which demonstrate antibacterial activity. Monitoring this activity in the broth using absorbance measurements showed that species of the Enterobacteriaceae family were more resistant than other Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria tested. A...

Medicinal plant consumption can be a source of human exposure to radioactive elements such as (238)U and (232)Th, which can lead to internal radiation doses. The uptake of (238)U and (232)Th from soils to the leaf samples of three different medicinal plant species (Eucalyptus globulus, Acacia mearnsii and Hyparrhenia filipendula) from the purlieu of the Princess gold mine dump, an abandoned con...

Plants from the Finnish flora were extracted and studied for their biological activity in vitro, especially in relation to phenolic compounds, which are known to have several beneficial health effects. The content of total phenolic compounds in 92 crude plant extracts was determined according to the FolinCiocalteu procedure, and the antioxidant activities of the extracts were measured as inhibi...