Caucasian Blueberry: Comparative Study of Phenolic Compounds and Neuroprotective and Antioxidant Potential of Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium arctostaphylos Leaves [PDF]
Life, 2022 (1) Background: Two Caucasian blueberries Vaccinium myrtillus L. and Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. are famous berry bushes growing in the Caucasus region and used to treat neurological diseases, but the chemistry and bioactivity of leaf extracts are still ...
Arnold A. Shamilov +5 more
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An Updated Systematic Review of Vaccinium myrtillus Leaves: Phytochemistry and Pharmacology [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2022 Bilberry leaves are used in many countries in traditional medicine for treating a wide variety of diseases. Due to the high therapeutic potential of Vaccinium myrtillus (VM) leaves, this review aims to present the latest knowledge on the phytochemical ...
Ruxandra Ștefănescu +3 more
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Evaluation of the Effects of High Silver and Copper Nanoparticle Concentrations on Vaccinium myrtillus L. under Field Conditions [PDF]
NanomaterialsThe extensive development of nanotechnologies has allowed nanoparticles to impact living systems through different pathways. The effect of single exposure to high concentrations of silver and copper nanoparticles (50–200 mg/L) on Vaccinium myrtillus L ...
Alexandra Peshkova +6 more
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Inhibitory Potential of Different Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) Extracts on Human Salivary α-Amylase [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Recently, consumer preferences for bilberries have increased markedly. This fact is probably related to their natural constituents, such as phenolic compounds including anthocyanins and tannins, as well as the vitamins and minerals they contain. Phenolic
Diana Karcheva-Bahchevanska +2 more
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From Agro-Waste to Therapeutic Potential: Spasmolytic Mechanisms of Vaccinium myrtillus L. Leaf Extract on Isolated Rat Ileum [PDF]
PlantsBilberry (Vacciniummyrtillus L., Ericaceae) is chiefly valued as an edible plant for its berries, widely consumed as a functional food, whereas the leaves, as agro-waste, remain an underutilized natural source of bioactives.
Nemanja Kitić +9 more
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Staining of RNA and DNA on electrophoretic gels and in cytology with juice of Vaccinium myrtillus berries [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Background: My early results of cytological chromosome staining with berry juice of blueberry or bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) was re-evaluated with staining of electrophoretic agarose and polyacrylamide gels, fractionating DNA, RNA, and proteins ...
Hannu Ahokas
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Bilberries as valuable sources of polyphenols with health-promoting properties [PDF]
Farmacja Polska, 2023 Subject of research: Vaccinium uliginosum L. (swamp blueberry) and Vaccinium myrtillus L. (black blueberry) are species of the Vaccinium genus belonging to the Ericaceae family.
Sara Janowska, Monika Wujec
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Secondary raw materials of agricultural processing companies as a source of anthocyanin colorants [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Many recent researches in vitro and in vivo proved the large therapeutic potency of non-toxic anthocyans in anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, anti-oxidative actions. Anthocyanin is a natural phenolic colorant approved in many countries. A reason why the
Shkolnikova Marina +2 more
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Analysis of fatty acid composition content in the plant components of antidiabetic herbal mixture by GC-MS [PDF]
Pharmacia, 2021 Medical plants and their combinations due to the wide range of biologically active substances can influence on various links of the pathogenetic mechanism of development of diabetes mellitus and its complications.
Alona Savych +3 more
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A C-repeat binding factor transcriptional activator (CBF/DREB1) from European bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) induces freezing tolerance when expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Freezing stress affects all plants from temperate zones to the poles. Global climate change means such freezing events are becoming less predictable.
Rachael J Oakenfull +2 more
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