€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ Ritch-Krc EM Thomas S Turner NJ Towers GH Carrier herbal medicine: traditional and contemporary plant use. In: J Ethnopharmacol (1996 Jun) 52(2):85-94 ISSN: 0378-8741 The Carrier, an Athapaskan-speaking people of northcentral British Columbia, occupy the sub-boreal spruce forests of the central interior. This report, which is based on field study, documents some traditional and contemporary knowledge of the medicinal use of plants by the Carrier people. Important medicinal plants include: Abies lasiocarpa, Alnus incana, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Artemisia frigida, Fragaria virginiana, Juniperus communis, Picea glauca, Pinus contorta, Populus tremuloides, Rubus idaeus and Shepherdia canadensis. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ McCutcheon AR Ellis SM Hancock RE Towers GH Antibiotic screening of medicinal plants of the British Columbian native peoples. In: J Ethnopharmacol (1992 Oct) 37(3):213-23 ISSN: 0378-8741 One hundred methanolic plant extracts, 96 of which had documented medicinal uses by British Columbian native peoples, were screened for antibiotic activity against 11 bacterial strains. Eighty-five percent were found to have significant antibiotic activity against at least two of the bacteria tested. Ninety-five percent of the plants categorized as potential antibiotics based on their ethnobotanical usage were found to exhibit significant antibiotic activity. Seventy- five were found to be active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 46 were active against an antibiotic supersusceptible strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 18 of these were also active against a wild type strain. The extracts with the broadest spectra of activity were prepared from: Alnus rubra bark and catkins, Fragaria chiloensis leaves, Moneses uniflora aerial parts, and Rhus glabra branches. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****PHARMACEUTICA ACTA HELVETIAE***** Vennat B Gross D Pourrat H Pourrat A Bastide P Bastide J Anti-ulcer activity of procyanidins preparation of water-soluble procyanidin-cimetidine complexes. In: Pharm Acta Helv (1989) 64(11):316-20 ISSN: 0031-6865 The anti-ulcer properties of water-soluble procyanidins prepared by fermentation of tannins from Fragaria vesca were studied. Complexes of procyanidins and cimetidine were prepared. The procyanidins increased the water-solubility of the cimetidine and may prevent undesirable nitrosamine formation in the stomach as they block its cyanamide function. Registry Numbers: 154-23-4 (Catechin) 4852-22-6 (procyanidin) 51481-61-9 (Cimetidine) €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****UROLOGIIA I NEFROLOGIIA***** Davidov MI Goriunov VG Kubarikov PG [Phytoperfusion of the bladder after adenomectomy] Fitoperfuziia mochevogo puzyria posle adenomektomii. In: Urol Nefrol (Mosk) (1995 Sep-Oct)(5):19-20 ISSN: 0042-1154 (Published in Russian) For continuous irrigation of the bladder after prostatic adenomectomy herb infusion (Urtica dioica L. 12-15 g/l, Hypericum perforatum L. 8- 12 g/l. Marticaria recutita L. 8-10 g/l, folia Plantaginis majoris 7- 10 g/l, Herba Millefolii 4-6 g/l, folia Betula 3-5 g/l. Artemisia vulgaris L. 1-2 g/l, folia Fragaria vesca 3-4 g/l, water 11 maximum) was dripped through a thin suprapubic and urethral drainages. Such phytoperfusion of the urinary bladder used in 22 patients reduced postoperative blood loss, bacteriuria, prevented hemorrhagic and purulent inflammation following adenomectomy. Side systemic effects were not reported. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€