amelanchier lamarckii/necrosis

The present study examined the impact of Saskatoon berry powder (SBp) on insulin resistance, inflammation and intestinal microbiota in diet-induced obese mice. Male C57 BL/6 J mice were fed control diet, high fat-high sucrose (HFHS) diet or HFHS+5% SBp (HFHS+B) diet for 15 weeks. The composition of

OBJECTIVE Atherosclerotic cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of death in diabetic patients. Monocyte adhesion is an early event for atherogenesis. Previous studies demonstrated that dark-skin berries had cardiovascular protective effects. We hypothesize that Saskatoon berry (SB)

Saskatoon serviceberry or Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. cv. Smoky) seedlings were planted at five study sites within a 35,000 km(2) airshed, that is influenced by a number of isolated stationary sources of sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons, among others. The

In 2005, a fire blight epidemic occurred for the second time within the last 3 years, and severe damages were observed on pome fruits trees in many regions of Bulgaria. For the first time, we found fire blight on Pyrus elaeagrifolia and Amelanchier sp. grown in a park area (Plovdiv Region),