Publications

anti-inflammatory effects of extracts from some traditional mediterranean diet plants.	it is believed that bioactive compounds from plant foods may have health beneficial effects and reduce the risk of chronic inflammatory diseases. in this study extracts of 121 plants typical for the traditional mediterranean diet have been screened for their potential anti-inflammatory activities. the ability of the extracts to inhibit cytokine-stimulated, inos-dependent synthesis of nitric oxide in murine endothelial cells, without affecting cell viability, was the primary indicator of their an ...	2005	15800391
transcription factors as targets of the anti-inflammatory treatment. a cell culture study with extracts from some mediterranean diet plants.	during the inflammatory response at least 2 transcription factors, nf-kappab and ap-1, are involved in the altered profile of gene expression. we used human hepatoma (hepg2) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvec) as a model system: nf-kappab and ap-1 were activated by the proinflammatory cytokine il-1 in the absence or presence of 21 selected plant extracts and the effect was evaluated by the electrophoretic mobility shift assay (emsa). in both types of cells activation of nf-kappab ...	2005	15800392
bioactive metabolites from the endophytic fungus ampelomyces sp. isolated from the medicinal plant urospermum picroides.	extracts of cultures grown in liquid or on solid rice media of the fungal endophyte ampelomyces sp. isolated from the medicinal plant urospermum picroides exhibited considerable cytotoxic activity when tested in vitro against l5178y cells. chromatographic separation yielded 14 natural products that were unequivocally identified based on their 1h and 13c nmr as well as mass spectra and comparison with previously published data. six compounds (2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11) were natural products. both fung ...	2008	18400237
ecology and behavior of pezothrips kellyanus (thysanoptera: thripidae) on citrus.	the most common thrips species found in cyprus citrus orchards between 2003 and 2008 were pezothrips kellyanus (bagnall) (thysanoptera: thripidae), frankliniella occidentalis (pergande) (thysanoptera: thripidae), and thrips tabaci (lindeman) (thysanoptera: thripidae). only pezothrips kellyanus, kelly's citrus thrips (kct) causes feeding damage on citrus fruits in cyprus. kct adults prefer to concentrate mostly in the northern and eastern sides of both lemon and grapefruit canopies. the attractiv ...	2010	20214367
mediterranean wild plants reduce postprandial platelet aggregation in patients with metabolic syndrome.	postprandial platelet hyperactivity and aggregation play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of boiled wild plants consumption on the postprandial platelet aggregation in metabolic syndrome patients. patients consumed 5 meals in a random order (ie, 4 wild plant meals, namely, reichardia picroides [rp], cynara cardunculus, urospermum picroides [up], and chrysanthemum coronarium, and a control meal, which contained n ...	2011	21944262
wild vegetable mixes sold in the markets of dalmatia (southern croatia).	dalmatia is an interesting place to study the use of wild greens as it lies at the intersection of influence of slavs, who do not usually use many species of wild greens, and mediterranean culinary culture, where the use of multiple wild greens is common. the aim of the study was to document the mixtures of wild green vegetables which are sold in all the vegetable markets of dalmatia.	2013	23286393
genetic structure and population diversity of eleven edible herbs of eastern crete.	the present work aimed to investigate the genetic structure of 11 edible herbs grown in the wild of eastern crete that are becoming vulnerable due to habitat destruction and unregulated harvesting. thirty three populations (268 individuals) of reichardia picroides, scolymus hispanicus, scandix pecten-veneris, leontodon tuberosus, cichorium spinosum, sonchus asper ssp. glaucescens, urospermum picroides, prasium majus, hypochoeris radicata, centaurea raphanina ssp. raphanina and anagallis arvensis ...	2015	26140277