[Development and formation of the mucosal immune system of the small intestine].

Morphologic and morphometric characteristics of the grouped lymphoid nodules (Peyer's patches) and of the small intestine lamina propria were studied in rats at the 19 prenatal and 1, 7, 14, 21, 90 postnatal days. The development of these structures was found to be heterochronic and fragmentary. The development of the individual components of the mucosal immune system was interrelated.

[Age dynamics of cell populations and mast cell density in human bronchial mucosa].

Using the quantitative analysis of mast cell number and granularity, some regularities of their age-associated dynamics were established. In suckling babies and in early childhood the mast cells are small and contain a moderate amount of secretory granules with no signs of degranulation. Henceforth they become larger and are functioning asynchronously.

[A novel isoflavone glycoside from Caragana alaica].

3-O-Rhamnopyranosylisorhamnetin, 3-O-glucopyranosylisorhamnetin, 7-O-galactopyranosylluteolin, quercitrin isoquercitrin, wistin, and a novel isoflavonoid, 3'-hydroxy-6,4'-dimethoxy-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylisoflavone, were isolated from the aerial parts of Caragana alaica. Of these, the previously described compounds were identified on the basis of their physicochemical and spectral characteristics, whereas the spectral analysis and conversion to a known compound, cladrastin, allowed the structural elucidation of the novel isoflavone glycoside.

[Glabrizoflavone--a novel isoflavone from Glycyrrhiza glabra L].

7-O-Methylglabranin, 6-C-prenylpinocembrin, glabranin, pinocembrin, galangin, and a novel isoflavonoid, (E)-5,7,4'-trihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxymethyl-2-butenyl)isoflavone (glabrisoflavone) were isolated from the aerial parts of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. The structure of the novel isoflavonoid was elucidated on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral data.