Phytochemical Variability of Essential Oils of Two Balkan Endemic Species: Satureja pilosa Velen. and S. kitaibelii Wierzb. ex Heuff. (Lamiaceae) [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Satureja pilosa and S. kitaibelii (Lamiaceae) are Balkan endemic plant species, and the composition of their essential oil (EO) is highly variable. The aim of the present study was to establish: (1) the EO variability in two populations of S. pilosa (the
Valtcho D. Zheljazkov +4 more
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Essential Oil Yield and Composition of the Balkan Endemic Satureja pilosa Velen. (Lamiaceae) [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Satureja pilosa Velen. senso lato is a Balkan endemic plant that is not well characterized and is found on rocky outcrops of limestone base in Stara Planina (the Balkan Mountains) and the Rhodope Mountains.
Ivanka B. Semerdjieva +4 more
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Antioxidant and Antitumor Potential of Micropropagated Balkan Endemic Sideritis scardica Griseb [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Sideritis scardica Griseb. is a critically endangered Balkan endemic species, known for its antioxidant, neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties.
Krasimira Tasheva +8 more
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Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: An Autopsy Case Report. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a form of interstitial nephritis seen only in certain geographical areas in the Balkan peninsula. Herein we describe the gross and histological changes in a diseased 42-year-old male Caucasian patient with BEN. All the changes fit the classically described alterations, with copper hue discoloration of the skin of the
Stoyanov GS +4 more
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Biological Activity and NMR-Fingerprinting of Balkan Endemic Species Stachys thracica Davidov [PDF]
Metabolites, 2022 Stachys thracica Davidov is a Balkan endemic species distributed in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. In Bulgaria, it is classified as “rare” and is under the protection of the Bulgarian biodiversity law.
Desislava I. Mantovska +6 more
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Early Screening of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy. [PDF]
Mater Sociomed, 2017 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic irreversible interstitial sclerosis, for which over the last 25 years, chronic exposure to aristolochic acid from the contaminated cereal seeds has been considered the most likely cause. The aim of our research is to reevaluate trends of disease and to try to obtain new information about practical ...
Trnacevic S +3 more
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Increased Glomerular Filtration Rate in Early Stage of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy [PDF]
Medicina, 2019 Background: A previous study indicated that Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patients in the early stage of the disease had significantly higher creatinine clearance (Ccr) than healthy persons.
Ljubica Djukanović +4 more
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Early Detection of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy in Bosanska Posavina [PDF]
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2010 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a chronic tubulointersticial nephropathy that is diagnosed in a few agrarian regions of Balkan. Even tough numerous dilemmas and conflicting opinions regarding BEN etiology are encountered in literature, prevailing ...
Enisa Mešić
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Balkan endemic nephropathy: an update on its aetiology. [PDF]
Arch Toxicol, 2016 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a unique, chronic renal disease frequently associated with upper urothelial cancer (UUC). It only affects residents of specific farming villages located along tributaries of the Danube River in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania where it is estimated that ~100,000 individuals are at
Stiborová M, Arlt VM, Schmeiser HH.
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Balkan endemic nephropathy-current status and future perspectives. [PDF]
Clin Kidney J, 2013 Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), originally described in 1956, is a unique familial, chronic renal disease encountered with a high-prevalence rate in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most prominent features of the disease are its endemic nature, long-incubation period, familial clustering of the disease and an ...
Pavlović NM.
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