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The aim of this paper was to obtain some fluid extracts from Romanian wild fruits such us, Cerasus avium L. Moench. (syn. Prunus avium L.), Morus nigra L. and Cornus mas L., with a rich content in polyphenols, carotenoids, vitamins, minerals and an increased antioxidant and antimicrobial activity, which bring important benefits to our health in preventing many diseases arose from free radicals of oxidative stress action. Vegetal fluid extracts obtained from wild fruits, at concentrations 50% v/v ethanol were obtai...

Dry eye disease became an important problem of public health, because of its increasing incidence, caused by pollution, global warming and expanding work on video terminals. Under the actual circumstances in which the ocular tissue lubricant, commonly referred as artificial tears, market includes every day new comers, the authors were interested to find out how the various active pharmacological agents impact on the eye surface. This different impact on the eye might be able to help practitioners to better individ...

The marine ecosystem has been the cradle of life on Earth, and the entire evolution of human populations was related to the sea. Always present, in most great civilizations, from economy to art, the marine ecosystem always played a special and complex part in the human conscience and sole. Our article focuses on the relationship between certain factors of the marine ecosystems and both wellness and pathology of the eyes. Just like the tide of the sea goes both ways, so do the effects of the sea water and its assoc...