Publications

Trees are among the longest-living organisms. They are sensitive to extreme climatic events and document the effects of environmental changes in form of structural modifications of their tissues. These modifications represent an integrated signal of complex biological responses enforced by the environment. For example, temporal change in stem increment integrates multiple information of tree performance, and wood anatomical traits may be altered by climatic extremes or environmental stress. Recent developments in preparative tools and computational image analysis enable to quantify changes in wood anatomical features, like vessel density or vessel size. Thus, impacts on their functioning can be related to climatic forcing factors.

Proceedings of the European Conference on the Reversal of Multidrug Resistance from Bacteria to Cancer Cells and Parasites, which took place in Budapest, Hungary on 22-25 April 2006.

Lectins, inhibitors of digestive enzymes, tannins, phytates, ?-galactosides, antivitamins and many other low molecular weight components in foodstuffs are called antinutrients because they have a negative impact on the nutritional value of diets containing them. Legumes are a rich source of these compounds. However, with proper storage, heat treatment, soaking, germinating and cooking most of the antinutritional effects can be eliminated or substantially reduced.