Ethanolic extracts from nine medicinal plants are combined in Iberogast (IG). This phytomedicine is successfully used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Functional gastrointestinal diseases such as non-ulcerous dyspepsia (NUD) are in many cases initiated by, or correlated to, inflammatory processes, where reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a crucial role.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe essential oil from Pinus mugo (PMEO) was tested on its antioxidative capacity. For this purpose, several biochemical test systems were chosen (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report describes an intervention study with healthy volunteers (20 smokers, 28 non-smokers) taking a food additive mainly containing vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), ubiquinone (Q10), vitamin A and zinkoxide for four weeks in a double blind, randomized and placebo controlled manner. Before and after the intervention blood was withdrawn and general blood parameters were analyzed. In addition, lipid soluble antioxidants were analyzed in blood plasma by HPLC and the water soluble antioxidative properties were tested with the enzymic xanthin/xanthinoxidase-reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGushing of beer is characterised by the fact that immediately after opening a bottle a great number of fine bubbles are created throughout the volume of beer and ascend quickly under foam formation, which flows out of the bottle. This infuriating gushing phenomenon has been, and still is, a problem of world-wide importance to the brewing industry. It is generally assumed that the causes of malt-derived gushing are due to the use of "weathered" barley or wheat and the growth of moulds in the field, during storage and malting.
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