http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu The ScholarSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Search the Channel search http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10125/151 Title: Antioxidant Potential of Seven Myrtaceous Fruits <br/> <br/>Author(s): Reynertson, Kurt A.; Basile, Margaret J.; Kennelly, Edward J. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Many fruits of the Myrtaceae have a rich history of use both as edibles and as traditional medicines in divergent ethnobotanical practices throughout the tropical and subtropical world. From South America to Southeast Asia, these fruits have been used for a wide variety of ailments, including cough, diabetes, dysentery, inflammation and ringworm. These same fruits are also used to make many food products. Based on information regarding ethnomedical use, known phytochemistry, fruit color, popularity as edibles and availability, the fruits of several edible species from the subtribe Eugeniinae have been selected for phytochemical analysis in an attempt to discover new antioxidants. The fruits of six species in this group have shown a strong antioxidant activity in the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhy-drazyl chemical assay. The UV absorbance spectrum of the most active compound in Eugenia uniflora L. indicates that it is a flavonoid. Polyphenolic compounds like flavonoids have an enormous range of biological activity and are known to inhibit oxidative damage in vivo better than the classical vitamin antioxidants. In plants, they protect against lipid peroxidation and UV damage that can affect tropical fruits growing under severe conditions including high heat and intense sunlight. Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1523 Title: Pacific Rim Russian Librarianship: Forgotten Collectors for the Hoover Institution on Manchuria <br/> <br/>Author(s): Polansky, Patricia <br/> <br/>Abstract: Collecting efforts by the Hoover Institution among Russian émigrés in China is a little-known story, told in this article through the biographies of Harold H. Fisher, Elena A. Varneck, Ivan I. Serebrennikov, and Robert V. Smith. The collection of documents, diaries, reports, books, and periodicals focuses on two broad topics: the Russian civil war in Siberia and the Far East, and the history of the Chinese Eastern Railway. The problems involved in collecting materials connected to events that recently occurred largely centered around money (especially the lack of it) and trying to decide whose materials were the most valuable. Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2300 Title: 48: Index - Pacific Science Fri, 29 Oct 1993 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2299 Title: Contribution to the Marine Algal Flora of San Felix Island, Desventuradas Archipelago, Chile <br/> <br/>Author(s): Meneses, I; Hoffmann, AJ <br/> <br/>Abstract: Only 12 species of marine algae were known until now from the Desventuradas Archipelago. A recent collection added 10 species yielding a total of six Chlorophyta, nine Phaeophyta, and seven Rhodophyta. Only one species, Padina tristromatica Levring, is endemic. More than half of the representatives are in common with the flora of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, but only five species are also found on the continental coasts of Chile and Peru. Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:58:59 GMT