Safety studies regarding a standardized extract of fermented wheat germ.

"Avemar pulvis" is a powder consisting of an aqueous extract of fermented wheat germ, with the drying aids maltodextrin and silicon dioxide, standardized to contain approximately 200 microg/g of the natural constituent 2,6-dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone. The results of toxicological and clinical studies of this product demonstrate its safety for its intended use as a dietary supplement ingredient in the United States. Avemar pulvis has been used in Hungary since 1998 and is approved in that country, as well as in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Romania, as a "medical nutriment for cancer patients.

[A survey on the medical past of Székelykeresztúr (Transylvania) and of its environment].

There are few written documents and even fewer accurate data on the public hygiene of Székelykeresztúr (today also, as Cristuru Secuesc in Rumania), at the remote southern parts of historic Hungary. Ethno-medicine was certainly based on oral traditions, and its observations, experience and practice included the widespread use of magic and quackmedicine. The repeated epidemics of plague, cholera and diphteria - some even occurring in the 20th c.

[Human toxicological information required for registration of plant protection products--regulation in EU].

The paper deals with the regulation of pesticides in agriculture, their EU marketing. National authorizations of pesticides are based on the Council Directive 91/414/EEC within the EU Member States. The authors outline the basic rules on the conditions and procedure for the authorization.