Forest microclimatic variation can result in substantial temperature differences at local scales with concomitant impacts on plant defences and herbivory. Such microclimatic effects, however, may differ across abiotically contrasting sites depending on background environmental differences. To test these cross-scale effects shaping species ecologica...
A complex processing of the bark of the common pine Pinus Sylvestris is proposed, which allows extracting extractive substances from raw materials using an aqueous solution of monoethanolamine to obtain a tannic extract, and processing the solid post-extraction residue using it as a substrate for mushroom cultivation. / Предложена комплексная перер...
The presence of antinutrients in common beans negatively affects mineral bioavailability. Therefore, this study aimed to predict the antinutrient to mineral molar ratios (proxy-indicators of in vitro mineral bioavailability) of a wide range of raw bean types, using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. Iron, zinc, phytate and tannin concentrations and,...
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
In this study, 22 phenolic compounds were investigated to inhibit the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). Tannic acid showed the highest activity (IC50 = 230 μM). The IC50 values obtained for phenolic acids and flavonoids ranged between 0.41 and 9.3 mM. QSAR analysis confirmed that the numbers of hydroxyl groups on the benzene ring play an importa...
Peer-reviewed
This study evaluated the feasibility of using different doses of polyethylene glycol (PEG) as an external marker of faecal output in sheep fed permanent grasslands fodder and compared two near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) calibration strategies for determining faecal PEG content. Three levels of PEG (0.25%, 0.75% and 1.5% of total daily...
Peer-reviewed
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science
We demonstrate a straightforward method to prepare organic colloidal particles based on the spontaneous molecular interactions between small molecular weight actives of natural origin. Representative reactive natural actives from three of the most researched classes of phytochemicals including berberine (isoquinoline alkaloid), tannic acid (polyphe...
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