1. [Chemical composition and cryoprotective activity of ethanol extract from winter caterpillars Aporia crataegi L].
- Author
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Li NG, Osakovskiĭ VL, and Ivanova SS
- Subjects
- Animals, Biogenic Amines isolation & purification, Biogenic Amines pharmacology, Blood Preservation, Carotenoids isolation & purification, Carotenoids pharmacology, Cell Survival drug effects, Cell Survival physiology, Crataegus, Cryopreservation, Cryoprotective Agents isolation & purification, Ethanol chemistry, Freezing, Glycerol isolation & purification, Glycerol pharmacology, Humans, Lymphocytes physiology, Seasons, Tissue Extracts isolation & purification, Butterflies chemistry, Cryoprotective Agents pharmacology, Lymphocytes drug effects, Tissue Extracts pharmacology
- Abstract
Glycerol, alpha-carotene, and other yet unidentified compounds have been found in the ethanol extract from winter caterpillars of the black-veined white (Aporia crataegi L.). We have shown that the ethanol extract has a cryoprotective effect on human peripheral blood lymphocytes, and this activity is approximately three times higher than that of glycerol (particularly, in the case of repeated freezing), which is one of the best cryoprotectors.
- Published
- 2003