502792-spis tresci angielski 1-2009

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Experimental papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
KATARZYNA BĄCZEK
Accumulation of biologically ctive compounds in Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus /Rupr. et
Maxim./ Maxim.) grown in Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
WALDEMAR BUCHWALD, JAN KOZŁOWSKI, ELŻBIETA BILIŃSKA
Biology of germination of medicinal plant seeds. Part XXIII: Seeds of Oxyccocus palustris Pers.
from Ericaceae family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
IWONA SEMBRATOWICZ, ELŻBIETA RUSINEK, KATARZYNA OGNIK, JERZY TRUCHLIŃSKI
Concentrations of trace elements and heavy metals at selected medicinal plants harvested
in two vegetation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
IVAN SALAMON, PAVOL LABUN
Comparison of peppermint teas in regard to essential oil content and its composition . . . . 29
Daniel Modnicki, Maciej Balcerek
Estimation of total polyphenols contents in Ocimum basilicum L., Origanum vulgare L.
and Thymus vulgaris L. commercial samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ULIANA V. KARPIUK, ZINAIDA I. OMELCHENKO, VICTORIA S. KISLICHENKO
Chromatographic detection and identification of lipophylic compounds of Glycine and Setaria genus
43
MB. HASSANPOURAGHDAM, SJ. TABATABAIE, H. NAZEMIYEH, L. VOJODI, MA. AAZAMI
Volatile oil constituents of alecost [Tanacetum balsamita L. ssp. balsamitoides (Schultz-Bip.)]
growing wild in North-West of Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Urszula Gawlik-Dziki, Michał Świeca, Danuta Sugier, Joanna Cichocka
Seeds of Arnica montana and Arnica chamissonis as a potential source of natural antioxidants . 60
OLEG M. KOSHOVIY, VICTORIA S. KYSLICHENKO, VICTORIA V. VELMA, ANDREJ M. KOMISARENKO
A new herbal remedy of anabolic activity on the basis of hydrophilic compounds of Eucalyptus leaves 72
AKBAR ESMAEILI, AZITA HOSEINY ZAREA, SHIRIN SHARAFIAN, SHILLA SAFAIYAN, ABDOLHOSSEIN RUSTAIYAN
Biotransformation of menthol by sporulated surface cultures of Penicillium sp. and study
of the pathways involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Review articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
GERARD NOWAK
Herbal medicines with anti-anxiety and antidepressant activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Bogdan Kędzia, Elżbieta Hołderna-Kędzia
Elimination of toxic metals from the human body with use of bee-products . . . . . . . . 98
DOROTA MAŃKOWSKA, WIESŁAWA BYLKA
Nigella sativa L. – Active compounds, biological properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
SHASHI KANT SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR SHARMA, YATENDRA KUMAR, SHANMUGAM SADISH KUMAR,
SAURABH KUMAR SINHA
Phytochemical and pharmacological investigations on mangiferin . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Phytopharm Klęka S.A. – the history and the present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Instructions to authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Vol. 55 No 1 2009