The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with the use of alcohol extracts of Capsicum annuum L. is widely practiced in traditional medicine on the territory of southern Ukraine. The purpose of this study was the experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of these traditional methods. The inflammatory process induced by administration of Freund's complete adjuvant into the young male rats was used as the experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis. Ibuprofen was applied as a reference drug of official medicine. The treatment effectiveness was assessed by changes in the morphological parameters of inflammation, as well as changes in the differential white blood cell count, serum concentration of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, and acetylcholinesterase activity. It was demonstrated that the use of alcohol extracts of Capsicum annuum L. reduced the severity of nonspecific inflammation -edema decreased (by 50-60% in relation to the control group of animals), white blood cell left shift decreased, and the amount of alpha-1acid glycoprotein in the blood decreased. Treatment of animals with extracts of Capsicum annuum L. prevented the development of autoimmune inflammation. The result of work was experimental evidence of significant therapeutic effectiveness of alcohol extracts of Capsicum annuum L. in case of rheumatoid arthritis.
The results of accelerated tests on the influence of climatic factors on the operational and technical parameters and characteristics of carbon fiber reinforced plastics are presented, among which the main attention is paid to thermal and moisture aging, thermal aging, joint periodic changes in temperature and humidity, as well as immersion in water on the state of polymer composite materials in order to check physical and mechanical properties and improving their quality. The results of the experimental studies made it possible to establish how much and in what direction the strength characteristics of the materials under study changed as a percentage of the initial value. Ref. 24. Tab. 6.
Modern collections of flower-ornamental crops of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (NBG) are formed as a result of long-term introduction and breeding researches begun, respectively, for Rosa L. in 1812 and 1824., for Syringa L. in 1813 and 1941, for Iris × hybrida hort. in 1812 and 1986, for Hemerocallis × hybrida hort. In 1812 and 1995, for Clematis L. in 1817 and 1953, for Tulipa L. in 1812 and 1960, for Canna × hybrida hort. In 1812 and 1948, for Chrysanthemum × morifolium Ramat. in 1812 and 1939. Each collection currently includes cultivars of both foreign and domestic selection, including those created in the NBG. The total amount of the collections is 2406 species, cultivars and forms. The collections of roses, clematises, cannas and chrysanthemums are the largest in the Russian Federation. The Rosa collection includes 35 garden groups from 36 existing ones, Syringa – 6 from 7 groups of flower coloring, Iris – all 6 existing garden groups, Clematis – 14 garden groups, Tulipa – 14 garden classes from 15, Canna – both existing garden groups, Chrysanthemum – all 11 classes of this crop. Thus, the formed collections quite fully reflect the created varietal diversity of each of these crops and provide a full material for further breeding and identification of adapted assortment for landscaping in the South of Russia.
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