introduction salinity has various effects on plant growth by affecting physiological processes. the decline in plant productivity under saline condition, frequently linked with the reduction of photosynthetic capability. it has been reported that efficiency of psii photochemistry (fv/fm) of numerous plant species have been decreased due to salt stress studies have shown that salicylic acid (sa...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of hydrogen-rich saline on pancreatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats. METHODS Eighty heterotopic pancreas transplantations (HPT) were performed in syngenic rats. The receptors were randomized blindly into the following three groups: the HPT group and two groups that underwent transplantation and administration of hyd...

Bacillus halotolerans strain MS50-18A, isolated from saline soil, possesses antifungal activity toward root rot causal phytopathogens and has friendly interactions with the chili pepper plant. The draft genome sequence is 4.06 Mb in length and contains 4,215 genes. Genes related to glycine/betaine uptake and bacilysin biosynthesis are present, supporting its saline stress tolerance and antifung...

BACKGROUND Paraquat (PQ) intoxication causes lung oxidative stress damage. Saturated hydrogen saline, a newly explored antioxidant, has been documented to play a powerful antioxidant role in preventing oxidative stress damage. This study aimed to investigate the protective effects and the possible mechanisms of intoxication on rats with acute lung injury (ALI) caused by paraquat poisoning. ME...

phenotypic coefficient correlation is a relation criteria for traits. this coefficient can be used to differentiate insignificant traits of  varieties in selection programs. this survey was carried out with 10 breeding populations and susceptible controls in normal and stress conditions. the drought field was irrigated when plants reached wilting point. traits such as leaf length and width, pet...

abstract cumin (cuminum cyminum) is one of the most important medicinal plants in iranian dry region. in order to study the effects of irrigation times and salinity stress on yield and yield components of cumin, an experiment was conducted at the research farm ferdowsi university of mashhad in 2009. factors including irrigation times (1: one time irrigation, 2: two times irrigation 3: three tim...

BACKGROUND Fibrotic change is one of the important reasons for the poor prognosis of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The present study investigated the effects of hydrogen-rich saline, a selective hydroxyl radical scavenger, on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pulmonary fibrosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Male ICR mice were divided randomly into 5 groups: Control, LPS-treat...

1 intracellular trehalose required for recovery from saline stress in S. cerevisiae 2 3 4 Elena Garre and Emilia Matallana* 5 6 Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, and 7 Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, 8 CSIC, Valencia, SPAIN 9 10 11 Corresponding author: Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquím...

This study examined the changes of chlorophyll content and chloroplast ultrastructure in mesophyll cells of two rice (Oryza sativa L. spp. japonica) cultivars with different saline-alkali tolerance (Suijing NO.5: salinity-alkalinity-tolerant, and Songjing NO.6: salinityalkalinity-sensitive). Both rice cultivars were grown under three natural occurring saline-alkali conditions, as well as the no...

Scientific literature shows that inflammation and oxidative stress contribute in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The oxidative stress is the consequence of an imbalance between the free radical generation and elimination. One source of free oxygen radicals is cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and, therefore, inhibiting the activity of this enzyme is likely to reduce oxidative stress. In the present s...