Publications
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| dried plum polyphenols inhibit osteoclastogenesis by downregulating nfatc1 and inflammatory mediators. | dried plums and their polyphenols have been shown to suppress bone resorption by downregulating receptor activator nf-kappab ligand (rankl). due to the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of these compounds, this study was designed to investigate whether dried plum polyphenols exert additional, more direct effects on osteoclasts and their precursors. raw 264.7 macrophages were used as a model to study osteoclast precursors and osteoclast differentiation and activity. under inflammatory ... | 2008 | 18509698 |
| dried plum polyphenols attenuate the detrimental effects of tnf-alpha on osteoblast function coincident with up-regulation of runx2, osterix and igf-i. | previous studies have demonstrated that dried plums which contain high amounts of polyphenols can restore bone mass and structure, and significantly increase indices of bone formation. the purpose of this study was to determine how dried plum polyphenols influence osteoblast activity and mineralized nodule formation under normal and inflammatory conditions. mc3t3-e1 cells were plated and pretreated with dried plum polyphenols (0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 microg/ml) and 24 h later stimulated with tnf-al ... | 2009 | 18495459 |
| foot-and-mouth disease in north american bison (bison bison) and elk (cervus elaphus nelsoni): susceptibility, intra- and interspecies transmission, clinical signs, and lesions. | there is limited information about the pathogenesis and epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) in north american bison (bison bison) or elk (cervus elaphus nelsoni). in these two experimental infection studies, we compared the susceptibilities of bison and elk to fmd virus (fmdv), respectively, with that of cattle; determined whether intra- and interspecies transmission could occur in bison and cattle, and elk and cattle; determined suitability of conventional available laboratory tests to ... | 2008 | 18436660 |
| phytotherapy for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. | we examined the available data from clinical trials for certain botanicals used for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia, including serenoa repens (saw palmetto), pygeum africanum (african plum), secale cereale (rye pollen) and hypoxis rooperi (south african star grass). | 2008 | 18423748 |
| effect of seven different pollens on bio-ecological parameters of the predatory mite typhlodromus foenilis (acari: phytoseiidae). | development, immature survival, reproduction, and life table parameters of the predatory mite typhlodromus foenilis oudemans were evaluated on seven different plant pollens (almond, apple, pear, cherry, apricot, plum, and walnut). experiments were conducted in environmental chambers at 20 +/- 1 degrees c with 65 +/- 5% rh and a photoperiod of 16:8 (l:d). t. foenilis successfully completed its development on all pollen diets. female mean developmental time from egg to adult emergence ranged from ... | 2008 | 18419905 |
| changes in blood pesticide levels in booted eagle (hieraaetus pennatus) associated with agricultural land practices. | we estimated the degree of exposure to lindane and endosulfan in the blood of booted eagle nestlings (hieraaetus pennatus) (1999-2003), in order to assess the usefulness of these samples as a unit for monitoring changes in exposure as a result of shifts in agricultural practices and the implementation of legal measures. the highest blood lindane concentrations were obtained 1 year prior to its prohibition by the european union. subsequent to that year, the drop in blood concentrations was dramat ... | 2009 | 18417218 |
| to address accuracy and precision using methods from analytical chemistry and computational physics. | in this work the pesticides were determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (lc-ms). in present study the occurrence of imidacloprid in 343 samples of oranges, tangerines, date plum, and watermelons from valencian community (spain) has been investigated. the nine additional pesticides were chosen as they have been recommended for orchard treatment together with imidacloprid. the mulliken population analysis has been applied to present the charge distribution in imidacloprid. partition ... | 2009 | 18369729 |
| nondestructive determination of total soluble solid content and firmness in plums using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. | the fruit industry requires rapid, economical, and nondestructive methods for classifying fruit by internal quality, which can be built into the processing line. total soluble solid content and firmness are the two indicators of plum internal quality that most affect consumer acceptance. these parameters are routinely evaluated using methods which involve destruction of the fruit; as a result, only control batches can be analyzed. the development of nondestructive analytical methods would enable ... | 2008 | 18363330 |
| profiling of different bioactive compounds in functional drinks by high-performance liquid chromatography. | in the present work, an hplc method is proposed to simultaneously detect and quantify water- and fat-soluble vitamins, phenolic compounds, carotenoids and chlorophylls in a single run, by using an ultradeactivated c18 column and gradient separation using trifluoroacetic acid, water and methanol. it is shown that the hplc method provides baseline separation of all these compounds with good resolution values in 40 min. moreover, other figures of merit of the method show a good linear response and ... | 2008 | 18325525 |
| molecular variability of hop stunt viroid: identification of a unique variant with a tandem 15-nucleotide repeat from naturally infected plum tree. | for this study, 68 plum samples were collected from 12 provinces of china. low molecular weight rnas were extracted and used for dot-blot, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr), return-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and biological indexing using cucumber. results showed that 15 out of the 68 plum samples were positive for hop stunt viroid (hsvd). four positive samples were selected for cloning and sequence analysis. results indicated that most hsvd sequences from the plum ... | 2008 | 18324471 |
| in vitro inhibition of human influenza a virus infection by fruit-juice concentrate of japanese plum (prunus mume sieb. et zucc). | using a plaque reduction assay, treatment of human influenza a viruses with the fruit-juice concentrate of japanese plum (prunus mume sieb. et zucc) showed strong in vitro anti-influenza activity against human influenza a viruses before viral adsorption, but not after viral adsorption, with 50% inhibitory concentration (ic50) values against a/pr/8/34 (h1n1) virus, a/aichi/2/68 (h3n2) virus and a/memphis/1/71 (h3n2) virus of 6.35+/-0.17, 2.84+/-1.98 and 0.53+/-0.10 microg/ml, respectively. the pl ... | 2008 | 18310920 |
| from dietary guidelines to daily food guide: the taiwanese experience. | in early 1980's, the first edition of dietary guidelines for taiwanese was established by the department of health (doh), executive yuan. the main purposes of the guidelines were to guide nutritional professionals and dieticians to plan diet for preventing general population from diseases. besides the amount of daily cholesterol intake, the percentages of calories from carbohydrate, protein, and fat was recommended. dietary guidelines were revised concurrently as the results of national nutritio ... | 2008 | 18296302 |
| retention sites for xylella fastidiosa in four sharpshooter vectors (hemiptera: cicadellidae) analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. | xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited bacterium that causes citrus variegated chlorosis (cvc), pierce's disease of grapevine, and leaf scald of coffee and plum and many other plant species. this pathogen is vectored by sharpshooter leafhoppers (hemiptera: cicadellidae: cicadellinae) and resides in the insect foregut. scanning electron microscopy was used to determine the retention sites of x. fastidiosa for the most common vector species in brazilian citrus groves, acrogonia citrina, bucephalogo ... | 2008 | 18288522 |
| complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus-1. | pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus-1 (pmwav-1; family closteroviridae, genus ampelovirus) belongs to a complex of mealybug-transmissible viruses found in pineapple worldwide. in this study, the complete genome of pmwav-1 was sequenced and found to be 13.1 kb in length, making it the smallest in the family. the genome encoded seven open reading frames (orfs) and was unusual for an ampelovirus due to the lack of an intergenic region between the rdrp and p6 orfs, an orf encoding a relatively ... | 2008 | 18283409 |
| [cranial vault reconstruction of plagiocephaly]. | treatments of unilateral lambdoid synostosis and unilateral coronal synostosis. | 2007 | 18269014 |
| botryosphaeriaceae as potential pathogens of prunus species in south africa, with descriptions of diplodia africana and lasiodiplodia plurivora sp. nov. | botryosphaeriaceae are common dieback and canker pathogens of woody host plants, including stone fruit trees. in the present study the diversity of members of the botryosphaeriaceae isolated from symptomatic wood of prunus species (plum, peach, nectarine and apricot) was determined in stone fruit-growing areas in south africa. morphological and cultural characteristics as well as dna sequence data (5.8s rdna, its-1, its-2 and ef-1a) were used to identify known members and describe novel members ... | 2007 | 18268901 |
| immunostimulatory effects of oriental plum (prunus salicina lindl.). | the fruit of the plum tree (prunus salicina lindl.) has been used as a traditional medicinal food in humans to enhance immunity against infectious agents and to treat cancers. however, limited information exists on the mechanisms responsible for its immune enhancing properties. in this study, the immunostimulatory effects of a methanol extract of plum fruit following methanol evaporation and dissolving in pbs were assessed by in vitro lymphocyte proliferation, tumor cell cytotoxicity, and nitric ... | 2009 | 18262269 |
| [biological effect of electrical plum-blossom needle for treatment of juvenile myopia]. | to observe therapeutic effect of electrical plum-blossom needle for treatment of juvenile myopia and biological effect on ocular tissue and structures. | 2007 | 18257345 |
| [manifestation of malakoplakia in a urethral diverticulum in a female patient]. | we report about a rare case of malakoplakia in a female urethral diverticulum. a 25-year-old patient with a long history of recurrent urinary tract infections and a plum-sized, painful swelling on the vaginal roof presented for operative treatment. in the anamnesis the patient reported about two spontaneous perforations, emptying several millilitres of pus each time. after total operative excision using a vaginal approach the histology showed malakoplakia in a urethral diverticulum. we found the ... | 2008 | 18228192 |
| historical study of coma: looking back through medical and neurological texts. | in the 1960s, two major works on coma by fisher, plum and poser were published and ushered in the beginning of a comprehensive clinical examination in coma. how these ideas matured has been rarely investigated. in this article, we describe observations and experiments that led to a better understanding of consciousness and coma in medical texts prior to that episode. we consulted medical texts published between 1640 and 1960. subject indexes and tables of contents of textbooks were reviewed for ... | 2008 | 18208847 |
| identification of quantitative trait loci controlling symptom development during viral infection in arabidopsis thaliana. | in compatible interactions between plants and viruses that result in systemic infection, symptom development is a major phenotypic trait. however, host determinants governing this trait are mostly unknown, and the mechanisms underlying it are still poorly understood. in a previous study on the arabidopsis thaliana-plum pox virus (ppv) pathosystem, we showed a large degree of variation in symptom development among susceptible accessions. in particular, cvi-1 (cape verde islands) accumulates viral ... | 2008 | 18184064 |
| performance of mice in discrimination of liquor odors: behavioral evidence for olfactory attention. | we examined performance of mice in discrimination of liquor odors by y-maze behavioral assays. thirsty mice were initially trained to choose the odor of a red wine in the y-maze. after successful training (>70% concordance for each trained mouse), the individual mice were able to discriminate the learned red wine from other liquors, including white wine, rosé wine, sake, and plum liqueur. however, when the mice were tested to distinguish fine differences between 2 brands of red wine, their perfo ... | 2008 | 18178544 |
| novel lipophilic tracking dyes for monitoring cell proliferation. | the advent of contemporary digital instrumentation has enhanced both the potential and the complexity of flow cytometric experiments, allowing for the detailed dissection of immune cell subsets and their functions. the use of cell tracking labels such as pkh26 and cfse has been important in observing such cellular functions, but their visible emission characteristics have limited the design of such analyses. as the demand for multiparametric flow cytometry intensifies, it will become increasingl ... | 2007 | 18161533 |
| determination of antioxidant activity and characterization of antioxidant phenolics in the plum vinegar extract of cherry blossom (prunus lannesiana). | sakura-cha (salted cherry blossom tea) is a japanese tea that is traditionally served at celebrations such as wedding ceremonies. the production of sakura-cha includes the immersion of cherry blossom flowers in japanese plum vinegar, and through this process, the byproduct (plum vinegar extract of cherry blossom) is obtained. in this study, the antioxidant activity of the plum vinegar extract of cherry blossom was examined. the plum vinegar extract of cherry blossom had a greater superoxide anio ... | 2008 | 18092753 |
| low genetic variability in the coat and movement proteins of american plum line pattern virus isolates from different geographic origins. | until very recently isolates of american plum line pattern virus (aplpv) had not been reported from outside north america. the nucleotide sequences corresponding to the movement (mp) and coat (cp) proteins of eight aplpv isolates from five mediterranean countries were determined. sequence analysis showed that both mp and cp genes are highly conserved irrespective of geographic origin. the study of the distribution of synonymous and nonsynonymous changes along both open reading frames revealed th ... | 2008 | 18080796 |
| role of the 25-26 nt sirna in the resistance of transgenic prunus domestica graft inoculated with plum pox virus. | the reaction of a genetically engineered plum clone (c5) resistant to plum pox virus (ppv) by graft inoculation with the virus was evaluated. the resistance in this clone has been demonstrated to be mediated through post-transcriptional gene silencing (ptgs). a single c5 plant out of 30 plants inoculated with ppv m strain by double chip-budding showed mild diffuse mosaic 'sharka' symptom at the bottom section of the scion. the upper leaves of this ppv-infected c5 plant remained symptomless and t ... | 2008 | 18071892 |
| isolation and characterization of four ethylene signal transduction elements in plums (prunus salicina l.). | plums are climacteric fruits: their ripening is associated with a burst of ethylene production and respiration rate. stone fruits, including plum, have a distinct pattern of growth and development, described as a double sigmoid pattern. in order to understand the developmental control of ethylene perception in plum, four ethylene perception and signal transduction components (epstcs) were characterized, including two etr1-like proteins (ps-etr1 and ps-ers1), a ctr1-like protein, and an ethylene- ... | 2007 | 18057041 |
| identification of plum pox virus pathogenicity determinants in herbaceous and woody hosts. | plum pox virus (ppv) is a member of the genus potyvirus that is able to infect a large variety of plant species, including trees of the genus prunus, its natural host. when some ppv isolates are propagated for an extended time in herbaceous plants, their ability to infect trees is reduced. the molecular basis of this change in host infectivity is poorly understood. we report the construction of hybrid viruses from cdna clones of two d-strain isolates of ppv, ppv-d and ppv-r, which differ in thei ... | 2008 | 18052879 |
| lipid transfer proteins from rosaceae fruits share consensus epitopes responsible for their ige-binding cross-reactivity. | four ige-binding epitopes have been characterized that cover a large area (40%) of the molecular surface of lipid transfer protein allergens of rosaceae (apple, peach, apricot, and plum). they mainly correspond to electropositively charged regions protruding on the molecular surface of the modeled apple (mal d 3), apricot (pru ar 3), and plum (pru d 3) allergens. two of these epitopes consist of consensus epitopes structurally conserved among the lipid transfer protein allergens from the rosacea ... | 2008 | 18036340 |
| specific and efficient cleavage of fusion proteins by recombinant plum pox virus nia protease. | site-specific proteases are the most popular kind of enzymes for removing the fusion tags from fused target proteins. nuclear inclusion protein a (nia) proteases obtained from the family potyviridae have become promising due to their high activities and stringencies of sequences recognition. nia proteases from tobacco etch virus (tev) and tomato vein mottling virus (tvmv) have been shown to process recombinant proteins successfully in vitro. in this report, recombinant ppv (plum pox virus) nia p ... | 2008 | 18024078 |
| gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric characterisation of plant gums in samples from painted works of art. | this paper presents an analytical gc-ms procedure to study the chemical composition of plant gums, determining aldoses and uronic acids in one step. the procedure is based on the silylation of aldoses and uronic acids, released from plant gums by microwave assisted hydrolysis, and previously converted into the corresponding diethyl-dithioacetals and diethyl-dithioacetal lactones. using this method only one peak for each compound is obtained, thus providing simple and highly reproducible chromato ... | 2007 | 18023451 |
| chain of demand. a host of former triad execs are landing plum jobs in the wake of company's sale to community--who's next in line? | community health system's $6.97 billion acquisition of competitor triad hospitals this past summer left many former triad executives wealthy but out of work. some are enjoying a respite while others are being plucked up by chs competitors. by letting so many triad executives go, according to management guru tim vogus, right, chs sent a clear message that its newly acquired business will be run its way. | 2007 | 18020042 |
| no recombination detected in artificial potyvirus mixed infections and between potyvirus derived transgenes and heterologous challenging potyviruses. | risk-assessment studies of virus-resistant transgenic plants (vrtps) focussing on recombination of a plant virus with a transgenic sequence of a different virus should include a comparison of recombination frequencies between viruses in double-infected non-transgenic plants with those observed in singly infected transgenic plants to estimate recombination incidence in vrtps. in this study, the occurrence of recombination events was investigated in non-transgenic plants double-infected with two d ... | 2007 | 18001687 |
| trans-specific s-rnase and sfb alleles in prunus self-incompatibility haplotypes. | self-incompatibility in the genus prunus is controlled by two genes at the s-locus, s-rnase and sfb. both genes exhibit the high polymorphism and high sequence diversity characteristic of plant self-incompatibility systems. deduced polypeptide sequences of three myrobalan and three domestic plum s-rnases showed over 97% identity with s-rnases from other prunus species, including almond, sweet cherry, japanese apricot and japanese plum. the second intron, which is generally highly polymorphic bet ... | 2008 | 17989997 |
| susceptibility of fruit from diverse apple and crabapple germplasm to attack by plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae). | plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), is an important apple, malus domestica borkh., pest that significantly hinders sustainable apple production in eastern north america. the potential for host plant resistance to plum curculio among apple germplasm has never been rigorously evaluated. thus, studies were conducted to assess the susceptibility of a number of exotic and domestic malus accessions housed at the usda plant genetic resources unit (pgru) "core" co ... | 2007 | 17972646 |
| stony endocarp dimension and shape variation in prunus section prunus. | identification of prunus groups at subspecies or variety level is complicated by the wide range of variation and morphological transitional states. knowledge of the degree of variability within and between species is a sine qua non for taxonomists. here, a detailed study of endocarp dimension and shape variation for taxa of prunus section prunus is presented. | 2007 | 17965026 |
| evaluation of metarhizium anisopliae (metsch) sorok. to target larvae and adults of capnodis tenebrionis (l.) (coleoptera: buprestidae) in soil and fiber band applications. | the aim of this work has been to evaluate in the laboratory the potential of entomopathogenic fungi against adults and larvae of capnodis tenebrionis (l.) (coleoptera: buprestidae) through fiber band application and a potted plant bioassay with soil application, respectively. our previous findings revealed that metarhizium anisopliae eama 01/58-su isolate was the most virulent against neonate larvae of the buprestid. in the present work, m. anisopliae eama 01/58-su isolate has been also shown to ... | 2008 | 17961589 |
| [skull plasty to correct congenital craniosynostosis]. | to investigate the technique of skull reconstruction for the congenital craniosynostosis. | 2007 | 17926845 |
| oligonucleotide microarray-based detection and genotyping of plum pox virus. | plum pox virus (ppv) is the most damaging viral pathogen of stone fruits. the detection and identification of its strains are therefore of critical importance to plant quarantine and certification programs. existing methods to screen strains of ppv suffer from significant limitations such as the simultaneous detection and genotyping of several strains of ppv in samples infected with different isolates of the virus. a genomic strategy for ppv screening based on the viral nucleotide sequence was d ... | 2008 | 17920703 |
| differential induction of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene expression in response to in vitro callus unions of prunus spp. | phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (pal) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of phenolic compounds, which play a prominent role in graft union formation, including the marked effects of their accumulation in incompatibility response. the purpose of this study was to assess changes in the abundance of pal mrna during graft union development. partial cdna clones encoding the enzyme were isolated from in vitro callus tissue in the apricot (prunus armeniaca l.) cultivar moniqui and the plum rootstock marianna ... | 2008 | 17910896 |
| electrophoretic mobility of the capsid protein of the plum pox virus strain ppv-rec indicates its partial phosphorylation. | a double-band sds-page profile was found reproducible for capsid protein (cp) of plum pox virus (ppv) isolates belonging to the strain ppv-rec. the double-band was also present in the virus population multiplied in various plants. a single-lesion passage in a hypersensitive host chenopodium foetidum showed that its presence was not a result of a mixed infection. we found that the two electrophoretic forms of cp shared identical n-terminus. therefore, they did not originate from an alternative pr ... | 2007 | 17900221 |
| analysis of the complete genome of peach chlorotic mottle virus: identification of non-aug start codons, in vitro coat protein expression, and elucidation of serological cross-reactions. | the entire genome of peach chlorotic mottle virus (pcmv), originally identified as prunus persica cv. agua virus (4n6), was sequenced and analysed. pcmv cross-reacts with antisera to diverse viruses, such as plum pox virus (ppv), genus potyvirus, family potyviridae; and apple stem pitting virus (aspv), genus foveavirus, family flexiviridae. the pcmv genome consists of 9005 nucleotides (nts), excluding a poly(a) tail at the 3' end of the genome. five open reading frames (orfs) were identified wit ... | 2007 | 17891331 |
| molecular characterization and detection of plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus. | the complete rna genome of plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus (pbnspav) was cloned and sequenced and was determined to be 14, 214 nts long. the genome structure revealed seven major open reading frames (orfs), and nontranslated regions at the 5' and 3' ends. pbnspav represents the simplest genome organization in the genus ampelovirus, family closteroviridae. the orfs 1a and 1b encode, respectively, a large polyprotein with a molecular mass (mr) of 259.6 kda containing conserved dom ... | 2007 | 17885796 |
| a chimeric plum pox virus shows reduced spread and cannot compete with its parental wild-type viruses in a mixed infection. | the effect of a recombination event in the genomic 3' end on the biological properties and competitiveness of plum pox virus (ppv) was investigated. therefore, a fragment spanning the coat protein (cp) coding region and a part of the 3' non-translated region of a non-aphid-transmissible strain of ppv (ppv-nat) was replaced by the corresponding region of a ppv sour cherry isolate (ppv-soc). the resulting chimera (ppv-nat/soc) caused severe symptoms in nicotiana benthamiana, resembling those of pp ... | 2007 | 17872539 |
| adaptation of plum pox virus to a herbaceous host (pisum sativum) following serial passages. | plum pox virus (ppv) populations from peaches are able to adapt consistently to herbaceous hosts, characterized by a reduction in time to symptom development, increases in inoculation efficiency and increased titres. ppv adaptation was studied by using pea (pisum sativum) as an alternative host. two isolates of ppv from peaches were inoculated and passaged in peas ten times using either aphid or mechanical inoculation, generating four independent passage lines. mechanical-transmission efficiency ... | 2007 | 17872538 |
| role of myzus persicae (hemiptera: aphididae) and its secondary hosts in plum pox virus propagation. | plum pox virus (family potyviridae, genus potyvirus, ppv) is one of the most important viral pathogens of plants in the genus prunus, particularly prunus persica l. the role of the myzus persicae (sulzer) (hemiptera: aphididae) as a vector of ppv-m, and its role in spreading ppv-m, was investigated. ppv-m-infected peach trees were used as inoculum sources, and transmission to 15 herbaceous species commonly present in and around peach orchards was evaluated. the presence of ppv-m in secondary hos ... | 2007 | 17849850 |
| the maynard plum--a carrier of the peach mosaic virus. | 1937 | 17843565 | |
| conservation biology: feds team up with a company to protect 17 threatened fish species. | for several years now, road runoff and erosion stemming in part from the operations of the plum creek timber co. have choked elk creek, known as the best bull trout spawning stream in the west, with sediment, raising fears of even further decline in this endangered species. now, in an effort to mitigate its harmful effects and avert regulatory action, plum creek has designed a native fish habitat conservation plan covering 17 fish species, including the bull trout. | 2000 | 17840573 |
| the pond-lily aphid as a plum pest. | 1915 | 17797947 | |
| a pickled plum of a problem. | 2007 | 17765045 | |
| the beach plum prizes of the arnold arboretum. | 1942 | 17755577 | |
| [systematic assessment of acupuncture for treatment of herpes zoster in domestic clinical studies]. | to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture for treatment of herpes zoster. | 2007 | 17722838 |
| comparative expression profiling of nicotiana benthamiana leaves systemically infected with three fruit tree viruses. | plant viruses cause a wide array of disease symptoms and cytopathic effects. although some of these changes are virus specific, many appear to be common even among diverse viruses. currently, little is known about the underlying molecular determinants. to identify gene expression changes that are concomitant with virus symptoms, we performed comparative expression profiling experiments on nicotiana benthamiana leaves infected with one of three different fruit tree viruses that produce distinct s ... | 2007 | 17722703 |
| phytosterol pygeum africanum regulates prostate cancer in vitro and in vivo. | prostate cancer is an important public health problem. it is an excellent candidate disease for chemoprevention because prostate cancer is typically slow growing and is usually diagnosed in elderly males. pygeum africanum (prunus africana or rosaceae) is an african prune (plum) tree found in tropical africa. an extract from the bark of pygeum africanum has been used in europe as a prevention and treatment of prostate disorders including benign prostatic hypertrophy (bph). more recently in the us ... | 2007 | 17709901 |
| combinations of two amino acids (ala40 and phe75 or ser40 and tyr75) in the coat protein of apple chlorotic leaf spot virus are crucial for infectivity. | amino acid sequences of apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (aclsv) coat protein (cp) were compared between 12 isolates from apple, plum and cherry, and 109 cdna clones that were amplified directly from infected apple tissues. phylogenetic analysis based on the amino acid sequences of cp showed that the isolates and cdna clones were separated into two major clusters in which the combinations of the five amino acids at positions 40, 59, 75, 130 and 184 (ala(40)-val(59)-phe(75)-ser(130)-met(184) or se ... | 2007 | 17698674 |
| chlorogenic acid, a polyphenol from prunus domestica (mirabelle), with coupled anxiolytic and antioxidant effects. | oxidative stress is linked to neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and to some behaviors, such as anxiety and depression. in particular, recent research observed a close relationship between oxidative stress and anxiety. | 2007 | 17698084 |
| immunomodulatory properties of dietary plum on coccidiosis. | the current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation with a lyophilized powder made from plums (p) on host protective immune responses against avian coccidiosis, the most economically important parasitic disease of poultry. one-day-old white leghorn chickens were fed from the time of hatch with a standard diet either without p (control and p 0 groups) or supplemented with p at 0.5% (p 0.5) or 1.0% (p 1.0) of the diet. animals in the p 0, p 0.5, and p 1.0 groups were ... | 2008 | 17686519 |
| reduced reproductive function in wild baboons (papio hamadryas anubis) related to natural consumption of the african black plum (vitex doniana). | several authors have suggested that the consumption of plant compounds may have direct effects on wild primate reproductive biology, but no studies have presented physiological evidence of such effects. here, for two troops of olive baboons (papio hamadryas anubis) at gashaka-gumti national park, nigeria, we show major seasonal increases in levels of fecal progesterone metabolites in females, and provide evidence that this is linked to the consumption of natural plant compounds. increases in fec ... | 2007 | 17681506 |
| effect of dips in a 1-methylcyclopropene-generating solution on 'harrow sun' plums stored under different temperature regimes. | the effect of postharvest dips in a 1-methylcyclopropene-generating solution of the formulation afxrd-038 (rohm & haas) on plum fruit (prunus salicina lindell cv. 'harrow sun') quality and ripening during storage was determined. fruit weight loss, tissue firmness, soluble solids content (ssc), titratable acidity (ta), ethylene production, respiration, and the activities of the cell wall modifying enzymes polygalacturonase (pg), 1,4-beta-d-glucanase/glucosidase (egase), beta-galactosidase (beta-g ... | 2007 | 17663566 |
| plum island animal disease laboratory. | 1956 | 17648920 | |
| sentential, lexical, and acoustic effects on the perception of word boundaries. | this study investigates the effects of sentential context, lexical knowledge, and acoustic cues on the segmentation of connected speech. listeners heard near-homophonous phrases (e.g., plmpai for "plum pie" versus "plump eye") in isolation, in a sentential context, or in a lexically biasing context. the sentential context and the acoustic cues were piloted to provide strong versus mild support for one segmentation alternative (plum pie) or the other (plump eye). the lexically biasing context fav ... | 2007 | 17614511 |
| assessment of the diversity and dynamics of plum pox virus and aphid populations in transgenic european plums under mediterranean conditions. | the molecular variability of plum pox virus (ppv) populations was compared in transgenic european plums (prunus domestica l.) carrying the coat protein (cp) gene of ppv and non-transgenic plums in an experimental orchard in valencia, spain. a major objective of this study was to detect recombination between ppv cp transgene transcripts and infecting ppv rna. additionally, we assessed the number and species of ppv aphid vectors that visited transgenic and non-transgenic plum trees. test trees con ... | 2008 | 17605085 |
| impact of trap architecture, adjacent habitats, abiotic factors, and host plant phenology on captures of plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae) adults. | pyramid traps, 2.44 m and 3.66 m in height, were compared with standard-sized pyramid traps, 1.22 m in height, to assess the impact of trap architecture on captures of adult plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), in two apple (malus spp.) orchards and a blueberry (vaccinium spp.) planting. the effects of adjacent habitat (organic orchard versus wooded areas), abiotic factors, and phenological stages of apple also were assessed to determine whether these varia ... | 2007 | 17598533 |
| pyriproxyfen activates reproduction in prediapause northern strain plum curculio (conotrachelus nenuphar herbst). | field-collected, prediapause northern strain plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst), adults were treated with the juvenile hormone analogue pyriproxyfen to assess effects on reproductive development. adults of this pest have an obligate winter reproductive diapause and do not reach reproductive maturity until after spring emergence. topical (1.0 microl) doses of 10, 1.0 and 0.1 microg microl(-1) pyriproxyfen induced oocyte development and reproductive maturation in all treated females as ... | 2007 | 17590858 |
| [seasonal variation of food intake in food frequency questionnaire among workers in a nuclear power plant]. | this study was conducted to investigate the systematic error, such as seasonal change or inadequate food items, in a food frequency questionnaire administered to workers in a nuclear power plant, korea. | 2007 | 17577080 |
| novel life stage targets against plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst), in apple integrated pest management. | in this study the authors employed the plant-insect-chemistry (pic) triad to investigate two novel life stage targets against the plum curculio (pc), conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst), in apple integrated pest management (ipm). laboratory treated apple bioassays were used to determine if the insect growth regulator (igr) insecticides novaluron and tebufenozide have physiological effects on pc larvae following adult exposure. curative activity bioassays were conducted for igr, neonicotinoid, oxidia ... | 2007 | 17575566 |
| comparison of dried plum supplementation and intermittent pth in restoring bone in osteopenic orchidectomized rats. | bone loss was confirmed after 90 days in 50 6-month-old male sprague dawley rats that were sham-operated or orchidectomized (orx). in this study, we have shown that dried plum (dp) has potent effects on bone in terms of bone mass, microarchitecture, and strength in osteopenic male rats. although these changes may be mediated through the suppression of bone resorption, the fact that the restoration in some of the bone structural and biomechanical parameter shares some similarities with parathyroi ... | 2007 | 17554580 |
| plum-pudding gels as a platform for drug delivery: understanding the effects of the different components on the diffusion behavior of solutes. | the internal structure of composite gels made of responsive microgel particles inserted into a bulk hydrogel (n-isopropylacrylamide microgel particles in a cross-linked dimethylacrylamide matrix) has been investigated from the diffusion behavior of poly(ethylene glycol) (peg) probes through the network, in the absence of specific interactions between the diffusing molecules and the system. the effect of the different components has been examined, for example, the size of the probe, the bulk stru ... | 2007 | 17547442 |
| genetic evidence from mitochondrial, nuclear, and endosymbiont markers for the evolution of host plant associated species in the aphid genus hyalopterus (hemiptera: aphididae). | over the past several decades biologists' fascination with plant-herbivore interactions has generated intensive research into the implications of these interactions for insect diversification. the study of closely related phytophagous insect species or populations from an evolutionary perspective can help illuminate ecological and selective forces that drive these interactions. here we present such an analysis for aphids in the genus hyalopterus (hemiptera: aphididae), a cosmopolitan group that ... | 2007 | 17542845 |
| plasma antioxidant capacity changes following a meal as a measure of the ability of a food to alter in vivo antioxidant status. | determine 1) if consumption of a meal of different fruits or berries increases plasma hydrophilic (h-) or lipophilic (l-) antioxidant capacity (aoc) measured as oxygen radical absorbance capacity (orac(fl)); 2) if including macronutrients in the meal alters postprandial changes in aoc; and 3) if preliminary recommendations can be developed for antioxidant intake. | 2007 | 17536129 |
| impact of temperature on plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae) responses to odor-baited traps. | in 2005, captures of overwintered adult plum curculios, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), in standard black masonite pyramid traps deployed in apple (malus spp.) orchards from half-inch green until fruit reached 7 mm and baited with known attractants did not result in significant captures compared with unbaited traps as they had in 2003 and 2004. these baits included the synthetic aggregation pheromone, grandisoic acid (ga) alone, a six-component synthetic host plant v ... | 2007 | 17461056 |
| comment on nutrients and antioxidant molecules in yellow plums (prunus domestica l.) from conventional and organic productions: a comparative study. | 2007 | 17447783 | |
| susceptibility of native and non-native common reed to the non-native mealy plum aphid (homoptera: aphididae) in north america. | an aggressive, non-native haplotype (distinct genetic lineage within a species) of phragmites australis is invading brackish and freshwater systems in the eastern united states, potentially displacing native haplotypes. we studied the differential susceptibility of native and non-native populations collected from sites throughout north america to the non-native aphid, hyalopterus pruni. in a greenhouse study, we found significantly higher aphid populations on native haplotypes than on the non-na ... | 2007 | 17445381 |
| stage- and tissue-expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis and signalling of ethylene in reproductive organs of damson plum (prunus domestica l. subsp. insititia). | in this work, four cdna clones (pd-acs1,aj890088; pd-etr1 and pd-ers1, aj890092, aj890091; and pd-ctr1, aj890089) encoding an acc-synthase, two putative ethylene (et) receptors, and a putative mapkkk, respectively, were isolated and phylogenetically characterized in prunus domestica l. subsp. insititia. their expression was studied by real-time pcr during flower (closed, open and senescent) and fruit (early green, late green, maturation and ripening) development of damson plum, which is climater ... | 2007 | 17416534 |
| identifying fecal sources in a selected catchment reach using multiple source-tracking tools. | given known limitations of current microbial source-tracking (mst) tools, emphasis on small, simple study areas may enhance interpretations of fecal contamination sources in streams. in this study, three mst tools-escherichia coli repetitive element polymerase chain reaction (rep-pcr), coliphage typing, and bacteroidales 16s rdna host-associated markers-were evaluated in a selected reach of plum creek in south-central nebraska. water-quality samples were collected from six sites. one reach was s ... | 2007 | 17412907 |
| safety of virus-resistant transgenic plants two decades after their introduction: lessons from realistic field risk assessment studies. | potential safety issues have been raised with the development and release of virus-resistant transgenic plants. this review focuses on safety assessment with a special emphasis on crops that have been commercialized or extensively tested in the field such as squash, papaya, plum, grape, and sugar beet. we discuss topics commonly perceived to be of concern to the environment and to human health--heteroencapsidation, recombination, synergism, gene flow, impact on nontarget organisms, and food safe ... | 2007 | 17408355 |
| high-level of cyclic amp in the jujube plum. | a large amount of cyclic amp-like substance was found in the imported commercial jujube plum, zizyphi fructus, commonly used in traditional chinese medicine. the fresh fruits of the jujube plum, as obtained from a local botanical garden, also contained comparable amounts of the substance. the substance was purified to an almost pure state from commercial material and was identified as cyclic amp (adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate) by both chemical and biochemical means. thus, it has been established ... | 1981 | 17401993 |
| identification and introduction of some iran pollinator bees of colletidae, halictidae, and megachilidae (hym: apoidea). | insufficient pollination results in less yield and low quality of crops. many vegetables depend on the cross pollination to produce valuable seeds or fruits. most flowering plants, fruit and seed formation are highly dependent on the activity of pollinator bees and in some crop such as alfalfa no seeds will form in the absence of bees. the most important crops of iran from stone fruits (peach, almond, plum, cherry and apricot), pome fruits (apple, pear and quince), alfalfa, clover, sunflower, et ... | 2006 | 17385532 |
| efficiency of removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions by plant leaves and the effects of interaction of combinations of leaves on their removal efficiency. | removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions using 20 species of plant leaves and combinations of these leaves have been studied. several factors affecting the removal efficiency have been studied. the most efficient types of plant leaves for the removal of cadmium are those of styrax, plum, pomegranate and walnut. the interaction effect of the combined leaf samples on the efficiency of removal of cadmium has been found to be additive in combinations involving styrax plant leaves but seems to be an ... | 2008 | 17374434 |
| physical and chemical properties and adsorption type of activated carbon prepared from plum kernels by naoh activation. | activated carbon was prepared from plum kernels by naoh activation at six different naoh/char ratios. the physical properties including the bet surface area, the total pore volume, the micropore ratio, the pore diameter, the burn-off, and the scanning electron microscope (sem) observation as well as the chemical properties, namely elemental analysis and temperature programmed desorption (tpd), were measured. the results revealed a two-stage activation process: stage 1 activated carbons were obta ... | 2007 | 17363154 |
| leaf morphological and physiological adjustments to the spectrally selective shade imposed by anthocyanins in prunus cerasifera. | prunus domestica l. has green leaves, whereas prunus cerasifera ehrh. var. atropurpurea has red leaves due to the presence of mesophyll anthocyanins. we compared morphological and photosynthetic characteristics of leaves of these species, which were sampled from shoots grafted in pairs on p. domestica rootstocks, each pair comprising one shoot of each species. two hypotheses were tested: (1) anthocyanins protect red leaves against photoinhibition; and (2) red leaves display shade characteristics ... | 2007 | 17331903 |
| use of pentapeptide-insertion scanning mutagenesis for functional mapping of the plum pox virus helper component proteinase suppressor of gene silencing. | helper component proteinase (hc-pro) of plum pox virus is a multifunctional potyvirus protein that has been examined intensively. in addition to its involvement in aphid transmission, genome amplification and long-distance movement, it is also one of the better-studied plant virus suppressors of rna silencing. the first systematic analysis using pentapeptide-insertion scanning mutagenesis of the silencing suppression function of a potyvirus hc-pro is presented here. sixty-three in-frame insertio ... | 2007 | 17325375 |
| optimization of a full-scale dewatering operation based on the rheological characteristics of wastewater sludge. | rheology is the science that deals with the flow and deformation of materials, and it has become an important tool in optimizing sludge dewatering. this study presents torque rheology data to illustrate two different methods for polymer optimization. the methods can be used to optimize the polymer dose and mixing intensity, as well as to select the best performing product among a number of candidate polymers. the first method is used for unconditioned sludges, and utilizes the peaks observed aft ... | 2007 | 17303208 |
| estimation of fitness components in drosophila melanogaster . i. heterozygote viability indices. | we examine the assumption of "dominance" with regard to viability of the cy and pm marker chromosomes in d. melanogaster . this assumption is often invoked for the extraction of wild-type second chromosomes from natural populations and for the calculation of relative viability indices. significant genotypic variances for viability are found among both cy/+(j) and pm/+(i) heterozygotes in california and japanese populations. the magnitude of the pm/+( i) genotypic variance is substantially less t ... | 1978 | 17248789 |
| a study of sterility in the plum. | 1919 | 17245934 | |
| laboratory evaluation of flight performance of the plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae). | flight performance of laboratory-reared adults of the plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), was investigated under controlled conditions by using a flight mill system. across all insects tested (n=198), median values of total distance traveled, total flight time, and maximum uninterrupted flight time were 122.7 m day(-1), 23.5 min day(-1), and 2.0 min, respectively. the latter result indicates that flight occurred primarily in short bursts. although females ... | 2006 | 17195674 |
| use of residue profile analysis to identify modes of insecticide activity contributing to control of plum curculio in apples. | residue profile analysis techniques were developed, along with laboratory and field-based bioassays to describe the modes of insecticidal activity responsible for the control of the plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst), in apples (malus spp.). adult plum curculios were treated in laboratory topical bioassays to determine acute contact activity and lethal time for five insecticides. azinphosmethyl had the highest levels of toxicity and shortest lethal time values, followed by the neonic ... | 2006 | 17195673 |
| prune extract (prunus domestica l.) suppresses the proliferation and induces the apoptosis of human colon carcinoma caco-2. | prunes are the dried fruits of certain cultivars of prunus domestica l., and are recognized as a health food. the separated ethanol fraction from concentrated prune juice by diaion hp-20 (pe) was investigated for cytotoxic effects on two different cancer cell lines in vitro. pe dose-dependently reduced the viable cell number of caco-2, kato iii, but does not reduce the viable cell number of human normal colon fibroblast cells (ccd-18co) used as a normal cell model. pe treatment for 24 h led to a ... | 2006 | 17190111 |
| sources of antioxidant activity in australian native fruits. identification and quantification of anthocyanins. | selected native australian fruits, muntries (kunzea pomifera f. muell., myrtaceae), tasmanian pepper berry (tasmanian lanceolata r. br., winteraceae), illawarra plum (podocarpus elatus r. br. ex endl., podocarpaceae), burdekin plum (pleiogynium timorense dc. leenh, anacardiaceae), cedar bay cherry (eugenia carissoides f. muell., myrtaceae), davidson's plum (davidsonia pruriens f. muell. var. pruriens, davidsoniaceae), and molucca raspberry (rubus moluccanus var. austropacificus van royen, rosace ... | 2006 | 17177507 |
| rapid determination of the main organic acid composition of raw japanese apricot fruit juices using near-infrared spectroscopy. | the potential of near-infrared (nir) spectroscopy to rapidly determine citric and malic acid contents of raw japanese apricot (japanese "ume", also known as the japanese plum) fruit juice was investigated. in total, 314 raw juice samples with different organic acid compositions were collected over a long growth period, and spectra (1100-1850 nm) of these samples were acquired using an nir spectrophotometer with a 1-mm path length. calibrations were performed using a partial least-squares regress ... | 2006 | 17177483 |
| crop load affects maximum daily trunk shrinkage of plum trees. | we studied the effects of low fruit load (3-4 fruits cm(-2) of trunk cross-sectional area (tcsa), and high fruit load (6-7 fruits cm(-2) tcsa) on maximum daily trunk shrinkage (mds) and trunk growth rates (tgr) over two seasons in plum (prunus salicina lindell) trees receiving full irrigation or deficit irrigation. seasonal changes in mds and tgr were compared with those in midday stem water potential (psi(s)) and leaf stomatal conductance (g (s)). crop load increased g (s) in fully irrigated tr ... | 2007 | 17169910 |
| [comparison of the efficiency of polygalacturonase and beta-glucosidase enzyme preparations in stabilization of cherry plum wine material]. | pektofoetidin and pectinex, enzyme preparations with the highest polygalacturonase and beta-glucosidase activities, were covalently immobilized on deae cellulose and aminosilochromes 10 and 30. after treatment of cherry plum wine material with the soluble and immobilized enzyme preparations, the content of phenolics increased by 26 and 40%, respectively. the increase was accompanied by a decrease in the protein content (by up to 37%), carbohydrate content (by 17% on the average), and antioxidant ... | 2006 | 17168299 |
| isothermal amplification coupled with rapid flow-through hybridisation for sensitive diagnosis of plum pox virus. | a nucleic acid sequence-based amplification method coupled with rapid flow-through hybridisation (nasba-fh) was developed for diagnosis of plum pox virus (ppv). the sensitivity level achieved by nasba-fh was 10 times higher than that obtained by co-pcr and 1000 times higher than the sensitivity afforded by rt-pcr. in addition, samples from 262 stone-fruit trees collected during winter and spring seasons were analysed. these samples were tested using methods recommended by the european and medite ... | 2007 | 17092572 |
| cloning and characterization of a cowpea seed lipid transfer protein cdna: expression analysis during seed development and under fungal and cold stresses in seedlings' tissues. | lipid transfer proteins (ltps) are antimicrobial peptides (amps) involved in the defense of plants against pathogens. our group has previously characterized and purified a ltp from cowpea (vigna unguiculata (l.) walp.) seeds which caused the inhibition of growth of fungal pathogens in vitro. the aim of this work was to obtain the cdna encoding the cowpea ltp and after cloning, to use the cdna as a probe for studying its expression profile during the development of cowpea seeds. in this work, the ... | 2006 | 17084637 |
| treatment of the localized neurodermatitis by plum-blossom needle tapping and with the modified yangxue dingfeng tang--a clinical observation of 47 cases. | to observe the therapeutic effects of plum-blossom needle tapping combined with the modified yangxue dingfeng tang (a decoction for nourishing the blood and expelling wind) for the localized neurodermatitis. | 2006 | 17078443 |
| distribution of cryptococcus gattii and cryptococcus neoformans in decayed trunk wood of syzygium cumini trees in north-western india. | the aim of this study is to report the regional distribution of cryptococcus. gattii and cryptococcus. neoformans in decayed wood inside trunk hollows of syzygium cumini trees (java plum, indian black berry) investigated in amritsar (panjab), meerut cantt. and bulandshahr (uttar pradesh) and delhi, in north-western india. two hundred and seventeen wood samples collected from 74 s. cumini trees were investigated. this includes 7 known positive s. cumini trees in delhi subjected to a mycological s ... | 2006 | 17071556 |
| the lipid transfer proteins (ltp) essentially concentrate in the skin of rosaceae fruits as cell surface exposed allergens. | the localization and distribution of non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsltp) allergens in the skin and pulp of rosaceae fruits (apple, peach, apricot, plum) has been investigated. nsltp essentially concentrate in the pericarp of the fruits whereas the pulp contains lower amounts of allergens. immunolocalization showed they are primarily located in the cytosol but are subsequently excreted and finally accumulate at the plasmalemma-cell wall interface and in the cell wall. however, high discr ... | 2006 | 17064926 |
| cytogenetic characterization of lippia alba and lantana camara (verbenaceae) from brazil. | the aim of this work was to determine the cytogenetic characteristics of brazilian lippia alba (mill) n. e. brown and lantana camara plum. that could be useful for future characterization of these genera. our analyses revealed that li. alba has 2n=30 chromosomes consisting of ten metacentric and five submetacentric pairs, while la. camara has 44 metacentric chromosomes. the large blocks of heterochromatin seen in both species suggest an apomorphic condition. six 45s rdna sites were detected in b ... | 2007 | 17048044 |
| the apoplastic antioxidant system in prunus: response to long-term plum pox virus infection. | this work describes, for the first time, the changes taking place in the antioxidative system of the leaf apoplast in response to plum pox virus (ppv) in different prunus species showing different susceptibilities to ppv. the presence of p-hydroxymercuribenzoic acid (phmb)-sensitive ascorbate peroxidase (apx) (class i apx) and phmb-insensitive apx (class iii apx), superoxide dismutase (sod), peroxidase (pox), nadh-pox, and polyphenoloxidase (ppo) was described in the apoplast from both peach and ... | 2006 | 17043083 |
| production of plum pox virus hc-pro functionally active for aphid transmission in a transient-expression system. | potyviruses are non-persistently transmitted by aphid vectors with the assistance of a viral accessory factor known as helper component (hc-pro), a multifunctional protein that is also involved in many other essential processes during the virus infection cycle. a transient agrobacterium-mediated expression system was used to produce plum pox virus (ppv) hc-pro in nicotiana benthamiana leaves from constructs that incorporated the 5' region of the genome, yielding high levels of hc-pro in agroinfi ... | 2006 | 17030878 |