The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Center)

The State of Israel - Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development

Avi Perl

Yuval Eshdat

Jane Vishnevetsky

Yuval Cohen

Igal Elad

Margarita Velcheva

Moshe Flaishman

Uri Hanania

A pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition comprising a cell line callus culture of grape berry cells grown in vitro, whereby the cell line callus culture of grape berry cells is derived from one or more of grape-berry cross section, grape-berry skin, grape-berry flesh, grape seed, grape embryo of seeded or seedless cultivars or grape seed coat.

Composition of cultured grape cells

Provided are methods of treating an inflammatory disorder in a subject, including administering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a fruit, for example a grape, cell culture, cultured fruit cells, fruit cell culture extract, or cultured fruit cell extract, having an anti-inflammatory activity to treat the inflammatory disorder, wherein the inflammatory disorder is characterized by vascular endothelium dysfunction.

Methods for treating inflammatory disorders

A nucleic acid construct or construct system which includes (i) a first polynucleotide encoding endochitinase, (ii) a second polynucleotide encoding stilbene synthase and (iii) a third polynucleotide encoding superoxide dismutase. In addition, banana cells transformed with the nucleic acid construct or construct system, banana plants generated therefrom and methods of producing same.

Transgenic disease resistant banana

Growing community of inventors

Rishon-LeZion, Israel

Avi Perl