€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****CHEMISCHE BERICHTE***** Wagner H Horhammer L Aurnhammer G Farkas L [Structure clarification and synthesis of didymin, an isosakuranetin- 7-beta-rutinoside from Monarda didyma L] Strukturaufklarung und Synthese des Didymins, eines Isosakuranetin-7- beta-rutinosids aus Monarda didyma L. In: Chem Ber (1968) 101(2):445-9 ISSN: 0009-2940 (Published in German) [No Abstract Available] €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****PATOLOGICHESKAIA FIZIOLOGIIA I EKSPERIMENTALNAIA TERAPIIA***** Nikolaevskii VV Kononova NS Pertsovskii AI Shinkarchuk IF [Effect of essential oils on the course of experimental atherosclerosis] Vliianie efirnykh masel na techenie eksperimental'nogo ateroskleroza. In: Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter (1990 Sep-Oct)(5):52-3 ISSN: 0031-2991 (Published in Russian) The effect of volatile oils of lavender, monarda, and basil on the course of experimental atherosclerosis was studied in rabbit experiments. Inhalation of the volatile fractions of essential++ oils of lavender and monarda in a concentration of 0.1-0.2 mg/m3 of air has no effect on the content of cholesterol in the blood, but reduces its content in the aorta and reduces affection of the aorta by the atherosclerotic plaques, i.e. these oils produce an angioprotective effect. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****VRACHEBNOE DELO***** Shubina LP Siurin SA Savchenko VM [Inhalations of essential oils in the combined treatment of patients with chronic bronchitis] Ingaliatsii efirnykh masel v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh khronicheskim bronkhitom. In: Vrach Delo (1990 May)(5):66-7 ISSN: 0049-6804 (Published in Russian) The complex of health resort treatment of patients with chronic bronchitis was supplemented by inhalation of a complex of ether oils in natural concentration (0.1--0.5 mg/m3): ether oils of Mentha, Artemisia limonica, Salvia officinalis, Lavandula officinalis, Monarda (2:4:1:1:2). Inhalation course--10 +/- 4 procedures, duration: up to 30 min. The described treatment optimizes the result, increases the anti-inflammatory effect of health resort treatment. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ *****ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG. SECTION C. JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES***** Kaufmann M Wink M Molecular systematics of the nepetoideae (family Labiatae): phylogenetic implications from rbcL gene sequences. In: Z Naturforsch [C] (1994 Sep-Oct) 49(9-10):635-45 ISSN: 0341-0382 Total DNA was extracted from 41 species (20 genera) of the subfamily Nepetoideae (family Labiatae). Using rbcL-specific primers, the rbcL gene wsa amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced directly. RbcL sequences were evaluated with character state (maximum parsimony; PAUP) and distance methods (neighbour-joining; MEGA). In agreement with classical systematics all taxa studied cluster within the Nepetoideae and are clearly distinguished from members of the subfamily Lamioideae. A number of distinctive clades are apparent within the Nepetoideae: I-Collinsonia, II-Lavandula, III-Agastache, Glechoma, IV-Satureja, Hyssopus, Dracocephalum, V-Nepeta, VI-Hormium, VII-Prunella, VIII-Melissa, Ocimum, IX-Monarda, Mentha, X-Origanum, Thymus, XI-Salvia, XII-Rosmarinus, and XIII-Perovskia. At least five main branches representing the clades I, II, III to VII, VIII, and IX to XIII respectively, can be distinguished within the Nepetoideae studied. They might be considered representing the tribes (according to Cantino, 1992) Elsholtzieae (I). Lavanduleae (II), and Mentheae (III-XIII). The tribe Mentheae needs to be subdivided into at least three main groups (clades III-VII, VIII and IX-XIII). Majorana hortensis which is often classified as Origanum hortensis does not cluster with Origanum and deserves a genetic status of its own. Registry Numbers: EC 4.1.1.39 (Ribulosebiphosphate Carboxylase) €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€