Recent studies demonstrated that the proanthocyanidins (PA), the polymers of flavan-3-ols, naturally occurring plant metabolites widely available in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, flowers and bark, have anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, anti-allergic, antioxidant and vasodilatory actions. We
During the spring of 2003, plants of Viburnum sargentii, a species mostly used in gardens as low-maintenance hedges, showing symptoms unlike those of known diseases were observed in some private gardens in the Biella area (northern Italy). Lesions on leaves were the only symptoms seen. Lesions