Though chicoric acid was first identified in 1958, it was largely ignored until recent popular
media coverage cited potential health beneficial properties from consuming food and dietary …

Plants in alpine habitats are exposed to severe environmental stresses including
temperature and radiation extremes. The observation that flowering heads from high altitude …

The antioxidant activity of water, ethanol and methanol Hieracium pilosella L. extracts is
reported. The antioxidative activity was tested by spectrophotometrically measuring their …

The altitudinal variation on the contents of secondary metabolites in flowering heads of
Arnica montana was assessed. Plants of A. montana cultivar ARBO were grown in nine …

Plants in alpine habitats are exposed to many environmental stresses, in particular
temperature and radiation extremes. Recent field experiments on Arnica montana L. cv …

Different adverse environmental conditions cause oxidative stress in plants by generation of
reactive oxygen species (ROS). Accordingly, a general response to abiotic stress is the …

Abstract BACKGROUND Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) possesses high antioxidant activity
and has been used to treat numerous medicinal disorders. In addition to their antioxidant …

Local food diversity and traditional crops are essential for cost-effective management of the
global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and associated complications of hypertension. Water and …

Flavonoids are a large group of plant phenolics, including almost 10,000 different
compounds with a common chemical structure consisting of two aromatic rings, joined by a …

In continuation of our studies of altitudinal effects on secondary metabolite profile of
flowering heads from taxa of the Asteraceae, we investigated phenolic contents and radical …