Publications
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| the fungal and bacterial flora of stored white cabbage. | 1979 | 438106 | |
| phospholipase d from savoy cabbage: purification and preliminary kinetic characterization. | phospholipase d has been purified 680-fold from an acetone powder of savoy cabbage in an overall yield of 30%. the purification involves solubilization of the acetone powder in a ca2+-containing buffer and subsequent ammonium sulfate fractionation. gel filtration on sephadex g-200 and hydrophobic affinity chromatography using a gamma-aminopropane-agarose gel complete the purification. the two chromatographic steps were conducted in buffers containing 50% ethylene glycol, which was necessary in o ... | 1979 | 518840 |
| occurrence of patulin in fruit and vegetables. | in different varieties of apples and pears suffering from brown rot, patulin was found in about 50 p. 100 of samples investigated (about 120). patulin levels as high as 1 g/kg rotten material were found 2-3 days after the fruit was removed from the cold store where it had been stored for 5 months. a significant diffusion into the healthy plant tissue was not observed in apples, but in peaches, tomatoes and pears. vegetable products with natural patulin content: apples, pears, peaches, apricots, ... | 1977 | 613910 |
| enzymic assay for lecithin in amniotic fluid. | we describe an enzymic method for determining lecithin in amniotic fluid. phospholipase d from savoy cabbage is used to liberate choline from lecithin, and the liberated choline is oxidized to betaine and hydrogen peroxide by choline oxidase from arthrobacter globiformis. the hydrogen peroxide forms a colored complex with phenol and 4-aminoantipyrene in the presence of horseradish peroxidase, and this color is measured spectrophotometrically. the method is relatively easy, precise, and accurate, ... | 1979 | 761344 |
| [estrogenic effect of white head cabbage (brassica aleraceae)]. | an extract obtained from dessicated white cabbage with the help of chloroform and introduced subcutaneously or perorally to sexually immature mice in an equivalent corresponding to 5 g of the dry product for a space of 4--6 days displayed an extrogenic action. long-term storage, souring, cooking of the cabbage result in a somewhat diminished estrogenic activity of the cabbage. | 2010 | 1229113 |
| [on phenolic acids of vegetables. i. hydroxycinnamic acids and hydroxybenzoic acids of brassica-species and leaves of other cruciferae (author's transl)]. | the contents of phenolic acids in vegetables of the species brassica almost totally consist of hydroxycinnamic acid compounds. in contrary to other species of vegetables sinapic acid is dominant. leaves of radish (rhaphanus sativus var. sativus and var. niger) mainly contain compounds of caffeic and p-coumaric acid; leaves of horse radish show only traces of hydroxycinnamic acids. in the group of hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives traces of salicylic and gentistic acid could be determined in almost ... | 1975 | 1229722 |
| [effect of the fermentation process on levels of nitrates and nitrites in selected vegetables]. | the aim of this study was to follow the changes in the levels of nitrates and nitrites throughout the process of fermentation of sauerkraut from white and red cabbage and red beets. the nitrate and nitrite levels were determined in raw and fermentation as well as in red beets and "beet acid" after a week of souring. nitrate were determined by the brucine method, while nitrates by the griess colorimetric method. mean reduction of nitrates in sauerkraut (in relation to raw cabbage) was ca. 55.5% a ... | 1992 | 1308742 |
| [comparison of some enzymatic methods for dietary fiber determination in foods]. | comparison of three different enzymatic techniques for dietary fibre determination (hellendoorn, asp, aoac)) in five kinds of food (white bread, rye rolls, white cabbage, carrot and red beet) was the main purpose of this study. it was found that our results obtained by hellendoorn's method are overestimated and therefore are somewhat doubtful. for this reason the aoac method can be recommended as more accurate. | 1992 | 1335163 |
| allene oxide cyclase: a new enzyme in plant lipid metabolism. | the mechanism of the biosynthesis of 12-oxo-10,15(z)-phytodienoic acid (12-oxo-pda) from 13(s)-hydroperoxy-9(z),11(e),15(z)-octadecatrienoic acid in preparations of corn (zea mays l.) was studied. in the initial reaction the hydroperoxide was converted into an unstable allene oxide, 12,13(s)-epoxy-9(z),11,15(z)-octadecatrienoic acid, by action of a particle-bound hydroperoxide dehydrase. a new enzyme, allene oxide cyclase, catalyzed subsequent cyclization of allene oxide into 9(s),13(s)-12-oxo-p ... | 1990 | 2306110 |
| toxicity tests of soil contaminated by recycling of scrap plastics. | the present investigation studied the toxicity of soil contaminated by untreated discharge from a factory that recycles used plastics. the nearby agricultural areas and freshwater fish ponds were polluted with high concentrations of cu, ni, and mn. water extracts from the contaminated soil retarded root growth of brassica chinensis (chinese white cabbage) and cynodon dactylon (bermuda grass) where their seeds were obtained commercially. the contaminated populations of c. dactylon, panicum repen ... | 1990 | 2331327 |
| [antimutagenic activity of vegetable and fruit extracts against in-vitro benzo(a)pyrene]. | about 80% of the juices from twenty vegetables and fruits showed antimutagenic activity when tested in the presence of the mutagen and carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene using the ames' salmonella/microsome assay. in a standardized test system juices from raw celeriac, broccoli, red cabbage, carrots, green, peppers, lettuce, asparagus, apricots, red-currants, gooseberries, raspberries, and pineapple showed more than 50% inhibition. leek, kohlrabi, cucumber, zucchini, french beans, fennel leaves, rhubarb, ... | 1990 | 2336853 |
| studies on the activity of phospholipase d with alkyl phosphorylcholines. | the activity of phospholipase d from the savoy cabbage on alkyl phosphorylcholines containing alkyl groups of c14 to c22 was examined. apparent km and maximal velocity values in the presence of diethyl ester were 3.6-8.3 mm and 0.14-0.29 mumol/(min.mg protein), respectively. the maximal velocities for alkyl phosphorylcholine homologues were lower than the value for pig phosphatidylcholines, but higher than those for lysophosphatidylcholines and synthetic phosphatidylcholine with saturated acyl c ... | 1990 | 2350499 |
| [determination of the dietary fiber content of some foods using a biological method]. | the evaluation of a biological method for dietary fibre determination in food was the main purpose of this study. three-week old wistar rats were used in this experiments. the rats were administered during two weeks a diet containing 1% of crude fibre from bread, grits, green beans, white cabbage and carrot. it was found that the biological method gave results similar to those obtained by the enzymatic one. | 1989 | 2561577 |
| [a food-borne infection caused by campylobacter jejuni serotype lauwers 19]. | report on a outbreak due to contaminated food involving 556 schoolchildren who got their lunch from a school kitchen. the outbreak occurred abruptly without any secondary infectious. examinations for salmonellae, shigellae, enteritis-coli, yersiniae and rotaviruses were negative. however, campylobacter jejuni were isolated from 105 specimens of faeces in rostock. sixty of these strains and another 2 that had been isolated at the same time but had no relation to the outbreak in rostock, were furt ... | 1986 | 3107256 |
| differential induction of mixed-function oxidase (mfo) activity in rat liver and intestine by diets containing processed cabbage: correlation with cabbage levels of glucosinolates and glucosinolate hydrolysis products. | both white and savoy-type cabbage added to a semi-purified diet at 25% dry weight and fed to rats ad lib. for 5 days significantly induced ethoxyresorufin (err) deethylation in the small and large intestine. savoy cabbage also induced hepatic activity and, in general, exhibited a greater inducing effect than white cabbage. these enzyme-inducing effects were altered when the cabbage had been processed. the content of intact glucosinolate was greater in savoy than in white cabbage. the indole gluc ... | 1987 | 3609976 |
| primary structure of cu-zn superoxide dismutase of brassica oleracea proves homology with corresponding enzymes of animals, fungi and prokaryotes. | the complete amino-acid sequence of cu-zn superoxide dismutase from white cabbage (brassica oleracea) is reported. the polypeptide chain consists of 151 amino acids and has a molecular mass of 15,604 da. the primary structure of the reduced and s-carboxymethylated protein was determined by automated solid phase sequence analysis of tryptic fragments and peptides obtained by digestion with staphylococcus aureus proteinase v8. the protein shows a free amino terminus as was found for all non-mammal ... | 1986 | 3790249 |
| [distribution of free carboxyl groups in native pectins from fruits and vegetables]. | pectins from 18 kinds of fruit and vegetable are extracted with ammonium oxalate from the alcohol-insoluble substance and fractioned on deae-sephacell. all the fruit pectins as well as tomato and sunflower pectin have in their distribution of the esterification degree a concentration maximum in the highly esterified range, that is above an esterification degree of 60%. with lower esterification degrees the concentration decreased continuously. vegetable pectins from cucumbers, celery, and tomato ... | 1985 | 4022106 |
| the chemical nature of the products obtained by the action of cabbage-leaf phospholipase d on lysolecithin: the structure of lysolecithin. | 1. lysolecithin, prepared by the action of snake-venom phospholipase a on ovolecithin, when incubated with savoy-cabbage phospholipase d, in the presence of ca(2+) ions, gave two degradation products (designated a and b) in the form of their calcium salts. 2. these calcium salts were separated quantitatively by solvent fractionation and converted into the corresponding sodium salts. 3. substance b proved to be a lysophosphatidic acid of conventional structure (1-monoacyl-l-3-glycerophosphoric ac ... | 1967 | 4291559 |
| n-carbamoyl-2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)glycine from leaves of broad bean (vicia faba l.). | 1. dl-2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)glycine was resolved through the bromocamphorsulphonate to give its d-isomer. the n-carbamoyl derivatives of these amino acids were synthesized. circular-dichroism studies on these and related compounds, reported in a deposited annex, helped to establish the optical configuration. 2. n-carbamoyl-dl-2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)glycine was isolated from broad-bean leaves. it amounted to about 0.1% of the leaf dry matter. racemization may or may not have occurred during the isolatio ... | 1971 | 5119777 |
| [the pharmacological effects of extract of brassica oleracea var. capitata (red cabbage)]. | 1971 | 5169696 | |
| [contributions to biological chemistry. xxvi. transformation and residue retention of aldrin-14c and dieldrin-14c in white cabbage, spinach and carrots]. | 1970 | 5435925 | |
| [value of preserved juice of white cabbage in the complex therapy of peptic ulcer]. | 2004 | 5492107 | |
| [distrubution and metabolism of endrin-(14c) in white cabbage]. | 1968 | 5684056 | |
| [therapeutic use of white cabbage juice]. | 1966 | 6001245 | |
| the action of cabbage-leaf phospholipase d upon lysolecithin. | 1. the action of the water-soluble phospholipase d from savoy cabbage leaves upon an aqueous solution of lysolecithin has been studied. 2. optimum conditions required the presence of ca(2+) ions and ph5.8. 3. equivalence was found between the amounts of lysolecithin hydrolysed and free choline released. the reaction was not accompanied by deacylation. 4. as the enzymic degradation proceeded, an opalescence developed, owing to the insolubility of the reaction product in the presence of ca(2+) ion ... | 1967 | 6030285 |
| [lead and cadmium contamination of foods and feeds from selected areas of the erfurt district. 4. lead in vegetables grown in culture centers of the erfurt region]. | for the purpose of determining the effect of heavy metal emissions of a great town on the lead and cadmium levels of vegetables that are of relevance to food supply, we analyzed 193 samples of vegetables from the important vegetable-growing centre of erfurt during a 3-year period. with regard to the main wind direction and the infrastructure of the town, the samples were collected at four different areas under vegetable. apart from a single exception, the lead and cadmium contents were inferior ... | 1983 | 6633634 |
| [orienting residue test of post-harvest treated white cabbage heads for benomoyl/carbendazim]. | 1982 | 7164498 | |
| modifying actions of solvent extracts from fruit and vegetable residues on 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq) and 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (meiqx) induced mutagenesis in salmonella typhimurium ta 98. | the edible parts of 13 fruits--apples, apricots, bananas, blackberries, sweet cherries, red currants, white grapes, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, raspberries, and strawberries--and of 12 vegetables--asparagus, green beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, red and white cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, onions, green peppers, spinach, and tomatoes--were squeezed in order to separate juices and residues. the residues were washed, lyophilized, and extracted sequentially with n-hexane, dichloromethane, ac ... | 1995 | 7531289 |
| [composition, physico-chemical properties and molecular superstructure of dietary fiber preparations of the cellan type]. | dietary fiber preparations of "cellan" type were prepared from apples, white cabbage, sugar beet pulp, soy hulls and wheat bran by treatment with amylolytic and proteolytic enzymes as well as by chemical extractions. scanning electron microscopic examinations show different morphological structures of the preparations and a high maintenance of native biomolecular superstructure. the content of pectin, protein, polysaccharide-hexoses and -pentoses and the composition of monosaccharides (also afte ... | 1995 | 7571866 |
| structure-activity relationship of isolated avenanthramide alkaloids and synthesized related compounds as oviposition deterrents for pieris brassicae. | the structure-activity relationship was investigated of compounds isolated from the eggs of pieris brassicae, the large white cabbage butterfly, and eight synthesized related compounds as oviposition deterrents for this insect. the activity of all compounds was tested in a dual-choice bioassay. the two most active oviposition deterrents for p. brassicae were trans-2- [3-(4-hydroxyphenylpropenoyl)amino]-3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid [8] and trans-2-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropenoyl)amino]-3,5-dihydrox ... | 1994 | 7964796 |
| [an attempt to investigate the effect of magnesium ion supplements on changes in levels of nitrates and nitrites in selected pickled vegetables]. | the aim of this study was to examine the effect of magnesium ions on some changes in the nitrate reductase activity in the white headed cabbage as well as a practical application of the results obtained in vegetable souring. as experimental material were used: white and red headed cabbage, red beets and the same vegetable in the soured form. vegetable souring was performed using a traditional method as well as a modified one, considering a supplement of magnesium chloride at various levels durin ... | 1993 | 7973399 |
| [preparation and characterization of low protein, cell structural material. ii. materials with cellular structure from carrot and white cabbage]. | the molecular parameters and functional properties of low-protein materials with a cellular structure are determined by both the conditions of preparation and the kind of raw material used. compared to alcohol-insoluble substance, the conditions of preparation were modified. when an alkaline extraction and a favorable combination of processing steps is used, materials with special low protein and high pectin contents result. in addition, such functional properties as water binding capacity and c ... | 1994 | 7975914 |
| conductimetric assays for the hydrolase and transferase activities of phospholipase d enzymes. | measurement of solution electrical conductance (conductimetry) is a simple direct assay method for the protogenic, hydrolytic reactions catalyzed by all phospholipase enzymes. the technique is especially suitable for assay of phospholipase d (pld) enzymes where cleavage of zwitterionic substrates reinforces the ph dependent conductance change and allows the method to be used over a much wider ph range than the equivalent titrimetric assay. the ability to detect zwitterion cleavage enables the me ... | 1994 | 8074295 |
| [staining for helicobacter pylori on gastric mucosa with dye from red cabbage during endoscopy]. | helicobacter pylori has a high urease activity and produces ammonia from urea, resulting in elevation of mucosal ph. based on this characteristics of h. pylori, we have developed a method for staining h. pylori under endoscopy using dye from red cabbage (san-red rc, san-ei chemical ind., osaka), a ph indicator, safe for clinical use. after administration of a proton-pump inhibitor and an h2-receptor antagonist, the dye solution, mixed with 2% urea, was sprayed over the mucosa by endoscope. chang ... | 1993 | 8283630 |
| genotoxic effects of crude juices from brassica vegetables and juices and extracts from phytopharmaceutical preparations and spices of cruciferous plants origin in bacterial and mammalian cells. | crude juices of eight brassica vegetables as well as juices and extracts of spices and phytopharmaceutical preparations from cruciferous vegetables were tested for induction of point mutations in salmonella ta98 and ta100, repairable dna damage in e.coli k-12 cells and clastogenic effects in mammalian cells. in bacterial assays, all juices caused genotoxic effects in the absence of metabolic activation, the ranking order being: brussels sprouts > white cabbage > cauliflower > green cabbage > koh ... | 1996 | 8827059 |
| determination of ready-to-eat vegetable salad shelf-life. | the shelf-life of ready-to-eat vegetable salads established by manufacturers is usually 7-14 days depending on the type of vegetable, and is determined by loss in organoleptic qualities. a more objective method to predict shelf-life and spoilage would be desirable. the present study monitored the evolution of spoilage organisms in a mixed salad of red cabbage, lettuce and carrot stored at 4 degrees c, 10 degrees c and 15 degrees c. changes in carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations and ph were ... | 1997 | 9168312 |
| [spectrophotometric determination of scandium,gallium and vanadium in white cabbage leaves]. | scandium, gallium and vanadium contents in plants is on the ppm level, although plants from industrial areas can show higher concentrations of these elements. in department of analytical chemistry of silesian university there have been elaborated new, sensitive, spectrophotometric methods of determination of scandium, gallium and vanadium using chrome azurol s (cas) and sterinol (st). the aim of this study was the application of these methods in analysis of cultivated plants from polluted region ... | 1997 | 9562804 |
| high-performance liquid-phase separation of glycosides. iii. determination of total glucosinolates in cabbage and rapeseed by capillary electrophoresis via the enzymatically released glucose. | a selective and sensitive method for the determination of total glucosinolates (gss) in plant extracts by capillary electrophoresis-laser-induced fluorescence (lif) detection was developed. it was based on the enzymatically released glucose from glucosinolates in the presence of the hydrolyzing enzyme myrosinase. the released glucose was converted to gluconic acid (ga) by the action of glucose oxidase. the resulting ga was then labeled selectively with the fluorescent tag 7-aminonaphthalene-1, 3 ... | 1999 | 9918659 |
| [food preferences of 10- to 14-year-old boys and girls]. | to assess their food preferences a list of 114 foods and 14 beverages was submitted to a sample of 696 boys and 537 girls aged 10 to 14 years. for each item subjects had to rare by means of a five-point facial scale how much they liked or disliked it. items with highest preference ratings were foods like pizza, ice cream, spaghetti, french fries, hamburgers, pudding, corn flakes, potato chips and popcorn, but also included the most common types of fruit. disliked to a high degree were liver, can ... | 1999 | 10081073 |
| molecular cloning and functional expression of a phospholipase d from cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata). | we cloned and expressed a full-length cdna encoding a phospholipase d of type alpha (pldalpha) from cabbage. analysis of the cdna predicted an 812-amino-acid protein of 92.0 kda. the deduced amino acid sequence of cabbage pld has 83% and 80% identity with arabidopsis pldalpha and castor bean pld, respectively. expression of this cdna clone in e. coli shows a functional pld activity similar to that of the natural pld. | 1999 | 10101274 |
| high-performance liquid phase separation of glycosides. 5. determination of individual glucosinolates in cabbage and rapeseed by laser-induced fluorescene capillary electrophoresis via the enzymatically released isothiocyanate aglycon. | a capillary electrophoresis (ce) method was developed for the profiling and determination of individual glucosinolates (gss) via their isothiocyanate degradation products upon myrosinase digestion. the resulting isothiocyanates, the structures of which are reflective of the parent gs's, were then converted to their corresponding amines via base hydrolysis or reaction with 1, 2-benzenedithiol. subsequently, the amines were fluorescently labeled to allow their sensitive detection by laser-induced ... | 1999 | 10552800 |
| investigations on the intestinal availability of native thiamin in selected foods and feedstuffs. | the aim of the present study was to investigate the precaecal digestibility as a quantitative measure for the intestinal availability of naturally occurring thiamin from selected foods and feedstuffs. therefore, three experiments were conducted to examine the following foods and feedstuffs: eggs, bananas, white cabbage, corn, milk, fish, barley, soybeans, rice, wheat bran, brewer's yeast, rye and soybean meal. the foods and food processing procedures were made with regard to their relevance in h ... | 1999 | 10654161 |
| nitrate and nitrite in vegetables on the danish market: content and intake. | the contents of nitrate and nitrite in lettuce, leek, potato, beetroot, chinese cabbage and white cabbage on the danish market were determined for 3 years in the period 1993-1997 as part of the danish food monitoring programme. these vegetables are supposed to provide the major contribution to the intake of nitrate from the diet. results for nitrate and nitrite in fresh and frozen spinach are also shown. the highest content of nitrate was found in lettuce followed by beetroot, chinese cabbage, f ... | 1999 | 10656054 |
| product and redox potential analysis of sauerkraut fermentation. | the relationships between the redox potential of the brine, during fermentation of white cabbage into sauerkraut of two early and two late fermentation processes, and the changes in the amount of sugars, organic acids, the redox potential of the brine and of the ascorbic acid redox couple, and ph are described. the trend in the change of the redox potential of the brine is the same for all four fermentation processes studied. in the first phase a sharp decrease in redox potential is followed by ... | 2000 | 10691605 |
| separation and purification of anthocyanins by high-speed countercurrent chromatography and screening for antioxidant activity. | the all-liquid chromatographic technique of high-speed countercurrent chromatography (hsccc) has been applied for separations of anthocyanins. the biphasic mixture of tert-butyl methyl ether/n-butanol/acetonitrile/water (2:2:1:5) acidified with trifluoroacetic acid was found to be a suitable solvent system for anthocyanin separation. in some cases, enrichment of the pigments on amberlite xad-7 resin prior to hsccc has been carried out. the anthocyanin mixtures from red cabbage, black currant, bl ... | 2000 | 10691638 |
| the in vivo effect of a brassica oleracea var. capitata extract on ehrlich ascites tumors of mus musculus balb/c mice. | an extract of brassica oleracea var. capitata juice was prepared using petroleum ether, ether, ethanol and an al2o3 column. the healing and tumor protecting effects of this extract were tested on ehrlich ascites (ea) solid tumors of mus musculus balb/c mice. complete disappearance of the tumors was observed in 54.5% of the animals in the experimental group (n = 22) which received 20 mg/day of the extract i.p. for 28 days. regression of the tumors (27%), fixation of tumor size (4%) and an increas ... | 1999 | 10707127 |
| cs(2) blinds in brassica crops: false positive results in the dithiocarbamate residue analysis by the acid digestion method. | various members of the brassicaceae family (cauliflower, savoy cabbage, red cabbage, turnip-rooted cabbage) grown without any application of pesticides were analyzed according to the acid digestion method commonly used for the determination of dithiocarbamate fungicide residues. depending on postharvest treatments, high non-anthropogenic cs(2) values up to 4 mg/kg were found in some cases, especially in frozen raw cabbage samples, exceeding maximum residue limits. to explore phytogenic cs(2) occ ... | 2000 | 10725151 |
| rapd analysis of seed purity in a commercial hybrid cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata) cultivar. | the use of random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) markers for evaluating seed purity in a commercial f1-hybrid cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata) cultivar is demonstrated. genomic dna isolated from single ungerminated seed was found to be suitable for rapd analysis. dna from f1-hybrid and its parental lines was subjected to rapd screening with 36 random decamer arbitrary primers. a total of 241 scorable products were observed with 54 (22%) being polymorphic. the rapd data showed that the ... | 2000 | 10791820 |
| compilation of a provisional uk database for the phylloquinone (vitamin k1) content of foods. | this paper reports the compilation of a food composition database for phylloquinone (vitamin k1) derived from the direct analysis of foods, recipe calculation and the assignment of values based on food similarities. all the basic and other food items used in these calculations had been analysed by hplc and about 170 of the items had been obtained and assayed in the uk. recipe calculations took account of the cooking method and changes in water and fat content. currently, approximately 1501 food ... | 2000 | 10858697 |
| supercritical fluid chromatography as basis for identification and quantitative determination of indol-3-ylmethyl oligomers and ascorbigens. | indol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate (glucobrassicin) occurs in most plants of the brassicaceae family together with hydroxy and methoxy derivatives of glucobrassicin. these compounds and products produced therefrom have been the subject of considerable research interest due to their potential anticarcinogenic effects, and thereby a need for techniques to work with the individual compounds. a method using normal-phase supercritical fluid chromatography (sfc) with methanol as modifier has been developed ... | 2000 | 10869675 |
| antioxidant content of whole grain breakfast cereals, fruits and vegetables. | considerable scientific evidence suggests that whole grains, as commonly consumed in the united states and europe, reduce risk for chronic disease including cancer and heart disease. whole grains provide a wide range of nutrients and phytochemicals that may work synergistically to optimize human health. fruits and vegetables provide protection against age related diseases. it is believed their high content of antioxidant compounds is key to such protection. | 2000 | 10875603 |
| hydrolytic and transphosphatidylation activities of phospholipase d from savoy cabbage towards lysophosphatidylcholine. | the hydrolysis and transphosphatidylation of lysophosphatidylcholine (lpc), with a partially purified preparation of phospholipase d (pl d) from savoy cabbage, was investigated. these reactions were about 20 times slower than the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine (pc) in a micellar system. for the transfer reaction, 2 m glycerol was included in the media, which suppressed the hydrolytic reaction. both reactions presented similar v(max) values, suggesting that the formation of the phosphatidyl-en ... | 2000 | 10878234 |
| content of glucosinolates in cruciferous vegetables grown at the same site for two years under different climatic conditions. | individual glucosinolates (gls) were determined in vegetables of three cruciferae species: brassica oleracea l. (white cabbage, red cabbage, savoy cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi), brassica rapa l. (turnip), and raphanus sativus l. (red radish, black radish, and white radish) produced in two years. the cultivars were compared for the contents of total-, indole-, and aliphatic gls. in both years, the total content of gls was highest in black radish, and all examined r. sati ... | 2000 | 10898637 |
| effects on the growth of carrots (daucus carota l.), cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata l.) and onion (allium cepa l.) of restricting the ability of the plants to intercept resources. | the objective of this paper is to assess the size and penetration of edge effects in carrot, cabbage and onion field crops and the extent to which these edge effects are modified by the presence of aerial or soil competition between the crop rows. in all three crops, large weight differences developed between the plants in the edge rows and those in the central rows. there was no indication of plant weight fluctuating between large and small values with each successive row in from the edge, as s ... | 2000 | 10938817 |
| host selection, development, survival, and reproduction of turnip aphid (homoptera: aphididae) on green and red cabbage varieties. | host selection, development, survival, and reproduction of the turnip aphid, lipaphis erysimi (kaltenbach), on selected green and red cabbage varieties, brassicae oleracea l. variety capitata, were studied in the laboratory. although numbers of alate l. erysimi on different varieties varied generally, more alate adults and nymphs were observed on green than on red varieties on day 3; whereas, these differences were not so significant on day 15. there were no significant differences in alate adul ... | 2000 | 10985047 |
| preventive effects of dietary cabbage acylated anthocyanins on paraquat-induced oxidative stress in rats. | the preventive effects of acylated anthocyanins from red cabbage on paraquat-induced oxidative stress were determined in rats. decreased food intake and body weight gain, and increased lung weight and atherogenic index by feeding the rats on a diet containing paraquat were clearly suppressed by supplementing acylated anthocynins to the paraquat diet. paraquat feeding increased the concentration of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (tbars) in liver lipids, and decreased the liver triacylgly ... | 2000 | 10993144 |
| color stability of commercial anthocyanin-based extracts in relation to the phenolic composition. protective effects by intra- and intermolecular copigmentation. | anthocyanin extracts are increasingly used as food ingredients. a current challenge is to maintain their color properties. the stability of some colorants has been studied in sugar and non-sugar drink models at three ph values (3, 4, and 5) under thermal and light conditions simulating rapid food aging. at a given ph, color stability mainly depends on the structures of anthocyanins and of colorless phenolic compounds. colorants rich in acylated anthocyanins (purple carrot, red radish, and red ca ... | 2001 | 11170573 |
| survival of poliovirus on soft fruit and salad vegetables. | a series of studies were performed, using poliovirus, to ascertain the potential for enteric pathogenic viruses to survive on various foodstuffs. the extraction protocols, which could be performed in just a few hours, were developed for use with quantities of food that would normally constitute a portion for consumption. the protocols were based on elution of viruses from food surfaces, followed by differential centrifugation to remove food debris and concentrate viruses. the studies were mostly ... | 2001 | 11348005 |
| cloning and expression pattern of a gene encoding an alpha-xylosidase active against xyloglucan oligosaccharides from arabidopsis. | an alpha-xylosidase active against xyloglucan oligosaccharides was purified from cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata) leaves. two peptide sequences were obtained from this protein, the n-terminal and an internal one, and these were used to identify an arabidopsis gene coding for an alpha-xylosidase that we propose to call atxyl1. it has been mapped to a region of chromosome i between markers at 100.44 and 107.48 cm. atxyl1 comprised three exons and encoded a peptide that was 915 amino acids ... | 2001 | 11402218 |
| evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction-based system for detection of salmonella enteritidis, escherichia coli o157:h7, listeria spp., and listeria monocytogenes on fresh fruits and vegetables. | a polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based detection system, bax, was evaluated for its sensitivity in detecting salmonella enteritidis, escherichia coli o157:h7, listeria sp., and listeria monocytogenes on fresh produce. fifteen different types of produce (alfalfa sprouts, green peppers, parsley, white cabbage, radishes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, leaf lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, cantaloupe, mango, apples, and oranges) were inoculated, in separate studies, with salmonella enteritidis, e. col ... | 2001 | 11403127 |
| optimum timing of insecticide applications against diamondback moth plutella xylostella in cole crops using threshold catches in sex pheromone traps. | field trials were conducted in cabbage (brassica oleracea var capitata), cauliflower (b oleracea var botrytis) and knol khol (b oleracea gongylodes) crops at two different locations in karnataka state (india) to optimize the timing of insecticide applications to control the diamondback moth, plutella xylostella, using sex pheromone traps. our results indicate that applications of cartap hydrochloride as insecticide during a 12-24 h period after the pheromone traps had caught on average 8, 12 and ... | 2001 | 11455637 |
| effects of cruciferous vegetables and their constituents on drug metabolizing enzymes involved in the bioactivation of dna-reactive dietary carcinogens. | epidemiological studies give evidence that cruciferous vegetables (cf) protect humans against cancer, and also results from animal experiments show that they reduce chemically induced tumor formation. these properties have been attributed to alterations in the metabolism of carcinogens by breakdown products of glucosinolates, which are constituents of cf. the present article gives an overview on the present state of knowledge on the impact of cf and their constituents on enzymes that are involve ... | 2001 | 11506821 |
| food poisoning due to methamidophos-contaminated vegetables. | organophosphate poisoning is well known for its characteristic symptoms and signs, but food poisoning caused by pesticide-contaminated food is seldom reported. | 2001 | 11527224 |
| antiradical activity of water soluble components in common diet vegetables. | the antiradical activity of water-soluble components contained in mushrooms (psalliota campestris), onions (allium cepa), white cabbage (brassica oleracea var. alba), and yellow bell peppers (capsicum annuum) against hydroxyl radicals was tested in a chemical and biological system. the vegetable juices were obtained by centrifugation of a vegetable homogenate processed at 2 degrees c or heated at 102 degrees c. the chemical system consisted of a buffered reaction mixture composed of fe(iii)-edta ... | 2002 | 11853517 |
| prevention by natural food anthocyanins, purple sweet potato color and red cabbage color, of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (phip)-associated colorectal carcinogenesis in rats initiated with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine. | the potential of purple sweet potato color (pspc) and red cabbage color (rcc), natural anthocyanin food colors, to modify colorectal carcinogenesis was investigated in male f344/ducrj rats, initially treated with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (dmh) and receiving 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (phip) in the diet. after dmh initiation, pspc and rcc were given at a dietary level of 5.0% in combination with 0.02% phip until week 36. no pspc or rcc-treatment-related changes in clinical signs ... | 2002 | 11915369 |
| availability of vitamin b6 from different food sources. | the present study was conducted to investigate the precaecal digestibility of vitamin b6 from selected food sources including eggs, bananas, white cabbage, corn, milk powder, fish, barley, soybeans, brown rice, wheat bran, brewer's yeast, rye and soybean meal. these foods were chosen for their relevance in human and animal nutrition and prepared as they are usually eaten by humans. as confirmed by further investigations the precaecal digestibility is a valuable measure for determining the availa ... | 2002 | 11939111 |
| the antioxidant activity of regularly consumed fruit and vegetables reflects their phenolic and vitamin c composition. | recent studies are emphasising the importance and putative modes of action of specific flavonoids as bioactive components of the diet in in vivo and in vitro models. thus, it is important to have a clear idea of the major phenolic families of which fruit and vegetables are comprised and the levels contained therein. regularly consumed fruit and vegetables of mixed varieties available on the uk market were analysed for the composition of the major individual phenolic components. the total phenoli ... | 2002 | 11999391 |
| effect of cabbage cultivars with varying levels of resistance to aphids on the performance of the parasitoid, aphidius colemani (hymenoptera: braconidae). | the effect of aphid resistance in plant cultivars on parasitism of myzus persicae (sulzer) and brevicoryne brassicae (linnaeus) by aphidius colemani viereck was investigated under laboratory conditions using three cultivars of common cabbage, brassica oleracea var. capitata. significantly greater aphid populations were found on cv. derby day (green-leaved, susceptible to both aphid species), regardless of the presence or absence of parasitoids, compared with cv. minicole (green-leaved, partially ... | 2002 | 12020362 |
| tritrophic interactions between cabbage cultivars with different resistance and fertilizer levels, cruciferous aphids and parasitoids under field conditions. | tritrophic interactions involving cabbage brassica oleracea var. capitata cultivars +/- fertilizer, brevicoryne brassicae (linnaeus) and myzus persicae (sulzer), and the parasitoids diaeretiella rapae (m'cintosh) and aphidius sp. were conducted in 1998 and 1999. brevicorne brassicae was the dominant aphid species on all cultivars +/- fertilizer, except for some treatments in late season 1998. ruby ball (red-leaved with antixenosis factors for b. brassicae alates) +/- fertilizer was consistently ... | 2002 | 12020363 |
| evaluation of red cabbage dye as a potential natural color for pharmaceutical use. | red cabbage dye is a natural pigment used mainly as a food color. a class of compounds called anthocyanins attributes to this color. the ph of the red cabbage solution can also affect both its color and intensity. the objective of this study was to determine the ionization constant (pk(a)) of red cabbage color, the effect of ph and temperature on its stability in solution and evaluation of this natural color as a ph indicator in pharmaceutical system. spectrophotometric method was used to determ ... | 2002 | 12100856 |
| color and antioxidant properties of cyanidin-based anthocyanin pigments. | a series of cyanidin-based anthocyanin pigments was investigated to determine the effect of structural variation on a number of chemical and physical properties: cielab color coordinates, visual detection thresholds, hydration constants (pk(h)), and in vitro antioxidant activities (orac). in addition to individual isolated compounds, purified total pigment isolates from blackberry, elderberry, black carrot, red cabbage, and sweet potato were also examined. acylation with cinnamic acids shifted c ... | 2002 | 12358498 |
| microphase separation in pr0.67ca0.33mno3 by small-angle neutron scattering. | we have evidenced by small-angle neutron scattering at low temperature the coexistence of ferromagnetism (f) and antiferromagnetism (af) in pr0.67ca0.33mno3. the results are compared to those obtained in pr0.80ca0.20mno3 and pr0.63ca0.37mno3, which are f and af, respectively. quantitative analysis shows that the small-angle scattering is not due to a mesoscopic mixing but to a nanoscopic electronic and magnetic "red cabbage" structure, in which the ferromagnetic phase exists in the form of thin ... | 2002 | 12443503 |
| identification of phospholipase d from cabbage as n-terminally acetylated pld2. | recently, the genes of two isoenzymes of phospholipase d from white cabbage (pld1 and pld2) with molecular masses of 91.7 and 91.9 kda, respectively, have been sequenced and expressed in escherichia coli [schäffner, i., rücknagel, k.-p., mansfeld, j., and ulbrich-hofmann, r. (2002). eur. j. lipid sci. technol. 104: 79-87]. both enzymes are highly homologous (91% identity) and behave very similarly. phospholipase d purified from white cabbage leaves (pldcab) is compared with the two recombinant e ... | 2002 | 12492151 |
| chemoprevention of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq)-induced colonic and hepatic preneoplastic lesions in the f344 rat by cruciferous vegetables administered simultaneously with the carcinogen. | the aim of this study was to investigate the chemopreventive effects of widely consumed cruciferous vegetables, namely brussels sprouts and red cabbage towards 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq)-induced preneoplastic lesions [liver glutathione-s-transferase placental positive (gst-p(+)) foci and colonic aberrant crypt foci (acf)]. male f344 rats were treated with iq (100 mg/kg bw/g) on 10 alternating days and received drinking water supplemented with brussels sprouts and red cabbage ju ... | 2003 | 12584175 |
| comparative persistence of pesticides on selected cultivars of specialty vegetables. | the behavior and dissipation of several pesticides on selected cultivars of specialty vegetable crops were compared to determine appropriate preharvest intervals for compliance with maximum residue limits. to reduce application variability, a tank mix of pesticides was applied for each trial. residues of eight pesticides applied to bok choi, chinese broccoli, and fuzzy squash were similar for the two leafy vegetables; residues were higher than on squash because of the latter's larger mass-to-sur ... | 2003 | 12590477 |
| potential mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention by anthocyanins. | anthocyanins are the chemical components that give the intense color to many fruits and vegetables, such as blueberries, red cabbages and purple sweet potatoes. epidemiological investigations have indicated that the moderate consumption of anthocyanin products such as red wine or bilberry extract is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and improvement of visual functions. recently, there is increasing interesting in the pharmaceutical function of anthocyanins. this review summa ... | 2003 | 12630561 |
| susceptibility of four different vegetable brassicas to cabbage whitefly (aleyrodes proletella l., aleyrodidae) attack. | cabbage whitefly (aleyrodes proletella l.) is one of the most noticeable pests on cultivated brassica species in the continental part of slovenia. in year 2000 a susceptibility of four different vegetables of brassica genus to cabbage whitefly attack had been examined. the highest number of imagoes and larvae was found on kale, significantly less on savoy cabbage and brussels sprouts and only individual specimen on cabbage. due to relatively small parcels, the most appropriate way of determining ... | 2002 | 12696419 |
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| [on the anthocyanins in red cabbage. ii. the distribution of glucose molecules in rubrobrassin chloride]. | 1965 | 14287713 | |
| [on the anthocyanins in red cabbage. ii. on the composition of sinapinic acid ester in rubrobrassin]. | 1965 | 14287714 | |
| [effect of dehydrated white cabbage juice on peptic ulcer and chronic gastritis]. | 1964 | 14302226 | |
| anthocyanidins inhibit activator protein 1 activity and cell transformation: structure-activity relationship and molecular mechanisms. | anthocyanins are the chemical components that give the intense color to many fruits and vegetables, such as blueberries, red cabbages and purple sweet potatoes. extensive studies have indicated that anthocyanins have strong antioxidant activities. to investigate the mechanism of anthocyanidins as an anticancer food source, six kinds of anthocyanidins representing the aglycons of most anthocyanins, were used to examine their effects on tumor promotion in mouse jb6 cells, a validated model for scr ... | 2004 | 14514663 |
| why are grape/fresh wine anthocyanins so simple and why is it that red wine color lasts so long? | vitis vinifera red berries are characterized by anthocyanins whose chemical structures are among the simplest encountered in higher plants. on the contrary, many plants, including orchids, petunias, red cabbage, elderberries, potatoes for instance, have developed very complicated anthocyanins featuring side-chains at the available positions of the aglycone skeleton. such pigments were shown to possess bio-physico-chemical properties not to be seen with the grape common anthocyanins. among bevera ... | 2003 | 14599515 |
| [cabbage leaf therapy of gonarthrosis. at first i smiled about white cabbage, then i tried it]. | 2003 | 14649065 | |
| [cabbage leaf wrap. white cabbage works better]. | 2003 | 14655473 | |
| immune response is energetically costly in white cabbage butterfly pupae. | parasite-driven coevolution has led hosts to develop a complicated and potentially costly defence machinery, consisting mainly of the immune system. despite the evidence for the trade-offs between immune function and life-history traits, it is still obscure how the costs of using and maintaining the immune function are paid. we tested whether immune challenge is energetically costly for white cabbage butterfly (pieris brassicae l.) diapausing pupa. individuals challenged with nylon implant raise ... | 2003 | 14667388 |
| determination of total folate in plant material by chemical conversion into para-aminobenzoic acid followed by high performance liquid chromatography combined with on-line postcolumn derivatization and fluorescence detection. | a procedure involving chemical conversion of all forms of folate present in plant material into para-aminobenzoic acid (paba) and a liquid chromatographic-fluorimetric determination with on-line postcolumn derivatization is reported. all folates are cleaved with liberation of paba by hydrogen peroxide followed by acid hydrolysis using concentrated hydrochloric acid (37%) at 110 degrees c for 6 h. the reaction yield for individual folates conversion to paba ranged from 44.4 to 97.3%. paba could b ... | 2003 | 14690367 |
| dna-based identification of brassica vegetable species for the juice industry. | since kale (brassica oleracea var. acephala), a cruciferous vegetable with a high level of vitamins and functional compounds beneficial to health and wellness, has become widely used in the juice industry, a precise method for quality control of vegetable species is necessary. we describe here a dna-based identification method to distinguish kale from cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata), a closely related species, which can be inadvertently mixed with kale during the manufacturing process. ... | 2003 | 14703312 |
| proteolytic sensitivity of a recombinant phospholipase d from cabbage: identification of loop regions and conformational changes. | a recombinant phospholipase d from white cabbage (pld2) composed of 812 amino acid residues was studied by site-directed mutagenesis and limited proteolysis to obtain first information on its tertiary structure. limited proteolysis by thermolysin resulted in the formation of some large fragments of pld2. from mass spectrometry and n-terminal sequencing of the peptides, the cleavage sites could be identified (1. thr41-ile42, 2. asn323-leu324 or gly287-leu288 and ser319-ile320 in case of the mutan ... | 2003 | 14703982 |
| [oxidation ferments in white cabbage]. | 2008 | 14873418 | |
| [cabbage leaf therapy of gonarthrosis. at first i smiled about white cabbage, then i tried it]. | 2003 | 14974129 | |
| effect of common brassica vegetables (brussels sprouts and red cabbage) on the development of preneoplastic lesions induced by 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq) in liver and colon of fischer 344 rats. | aim of the present study was the investigation of effects of juices from commonly consumed brassica vegetables (two cultivars of brussels sprouts and two cultivars of red cabbage) on formation and development of preneoplastic lesions in colons (aberrant crypt foci, acf) and livers (glutathione-s-transferase placental form, gst-p+) in male f344 rats. the foci were induced by 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq), a widespread carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amine which is found in fried ... | 2004 | 15036015 |
| a napin-like polypeptide from dwarf chinese white cabbage seeds with translation-inhibitory, trypsin-inhibitory, and antibacterial activities. | napins are 1:1 disulfide-linked complexes of a smaller (ca. 4kda) subunit and a larger (ca. 10kda) subunit. the intent of the present study was to ascertain the production of napin by the seeds of a brassica species that has not been examined previously, and also to explore new biological activities of the napin. a heterodimeric 11-kda napin-like polypeptide has been isolated from chinese white cabbage (brassica chinensis cv dwarf) seeds with a protocol comprising ion exchange chromatography on ... | 2004 | 15062997 |
| antioxidant properties of raw and processed cabbages. | to study the effect of polyphenolics on antioxidant activities of cabbages, the amounts of total phenolics, total flavonoids, antioxidant capacity and individual phenolic compounds in raw and processed cabbages were determined. fresh and pickled red cabbages exhibited the highest total phenolic contents (393.1+/-10.8 mg and 366.3+/-3.6 mg gallic acid equivalents/100 g fresh sample, respectively). fresh and pickled red cabbages were also highest in flavonoids (108.1+/-9.3 mg and 72.4+/-4.4 mg cat ... | 2004 | 15223595 |
| rhizoctonia wilt suppression of brinjal (solanum melongena l) and plant growth activity by bacillus bs2. | an antibiotic-producing and hydrogen-cyanide-producing rhizobacteria strain bacillus bs2 showed a wide range of antifungal activity against many fusarium sp. and brinjal wilt disease pathogen rhizoctonia solani. seed bacterization with the strain bs2 promoted seed germination and plant growth in leguminous plants phaseolus vulgaris and non-leguminous plants solanum melongena l, brassica oleracea var. capitata, b. oleraceae var. gongylodes and lycopersicon esculentum mill in terms of relative gro ... | 2003 | 15266911 |
| emission of plutella xylostella-induced compounds from cabbages grown at elevated co2 and orientation behavior of the natural enemies. | several plant species defend themselves indirectly from herbivores by producing herbivore-induced volatile compounds that attract the natural enemies of herbivores. here we tested the effects of elevated atmospheric co(2) (720 micromol mol(-1)) concentration on this indirect defense, physiological properties, and constitutive and induced emissions of white cabbage (brassica oleracea ssp. capitata, cvs lennox and rinda). we monitored the orientation behavior of the generalist predator podisus mac ... | 2004 | 15299116 |
| [transformation of bt-cpti fusion protein gene to cabbage (brassica oleracea var. capitata) mediated by agrobacterium tumefaciens and particle bombardment]. | bt-cpti fusion protein gene was transferred to the explants of hypocotyl, cotyledon with petiole and shoot apex of cabbage (brassica oleracea l. var. capitata) variety "zhonggan no 8" via agrobacterium tumefaciens and particle bombardment, and 13 kanamycin-resistant plants were obtained. pcr and southern blotting hybridization verified that all these plants of the kanr plants of type i regenerated from hypocotyl and cotyledon with petiole mediated by a. tumefaciens were transgenic plants, 2 karr ... | 2002 | 15344329 |
| fruits, vegetables and risk of renal cell carcinoma: a prospective study of swedish women. | findings of epidemiologic studies on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and renal cell carcinoma (rcc) risk have been inconclusive. to study the association between fruits and vegetables and risk of rcc in a population-based prospective cohort study of swedish women, we collected dietary information from 61,000 women age 40-76 years by a food-frequency questionnaire. during 13.4 years of follow-up 122 women developed rcc. cox proportional hazards models were used to estimat ... | 2005 | 15455348 |
| glucosinolates and myrosinase activity in red cabbage (brassica oleracea l. var. capitata f. rubra dc.) after various microwave treatments. | total and individual levels of glucosinolates (gss) were measured in red cabbage after various microwave treatments varying in time and intensity of the treatments. furthermore, the myrosinase enzyme activity of the microwave-heated vegetables was determined. the retention of gss in the cabbage and the residual activity of the hydrolytic enzyme as a result of microwave preparation were compared with untreated cabbage. in general, high total gs levels were observed for all of the applied microwav ... | 2004 | 15563214 |
| the role of the cell cycle machinery in resumption of postembryonic development. | cell cycle activity is required for plant growth and development, but its involvement in the early events that initiate seedling development remains to be clarified. we performed experiments aimed at understanding when cell cycle progression is activated during seed germination, and what its contribution is for proper seedling establishment. to this end, the spatial and temporal expression profiles of a large set of cell cycle control genes in germinating seeds of arabidopsis (arabidopsis thalia ... | 2005 | 15579664 |