Plant roots represent an important food source for soil-dwelling animals, but tracking herbivore food choices below-ground is difficult. Here, we present an optimized PCR assay for the detection of plant DNA in the guts of invertebrates, using general plant primers targeting the trnT-F chloroplast DNA region. Based on this assay, we assessed the influence of plant identity on the detectability ...

Pharmacognosy Research,2021,13,4,257-264.DOI:10.5530/pres.13.4.19Published:October 2021Type:Original ArticleAuthors:Shabnam Zahir, Tamal Kanti Pal, Abhijit Sengupta, Shibendu Biswas, Shyamal Bar, and Rehana Parveen Author(s) affiliations:Shabnam Zahir1,*, Pal2, Sengupta3, Biswas4, Bar5, Parveen6 1Department of Paediatrics Preventive dentistry, Guru Nanak Institute Dental Sciences Research, Sahi...

BACKGROUND The lymphocytes separated from whole blood are used in HLA flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) for renal transplantation. In this study, the methodology of whole blood flow cytometry was applied to FCXM, omitting lymphocyte separation step. METHODS In the 20 cases (including positive 5 cases) of T cell FCXM for renal transplantation, the standard assay using the separated mononuclear ...

ArisaemajacquemontiiBlume (Araceae) is reputed for its physiological properties in the folk medicine system and used in Chinese herbal medicine as anti-convulsant. Methanolic extracts of roots and fruits, the chloroform extracts of roots and shoots of ArisaemajacquemontiiBlume were investigated for immunomodulatory,antileishmanialand phytotixic activities. Immunomodulatory activitywas investiga...

this study investigated the in vitro production of interferon-γ, interleukin (il)-10, il-12, and il-13, after antigenic stimulation of the cells (with leishmania antigen and lipopolysaccharide) using whole blood from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions caused by leishmania tropica and in volunteers with history of cutaneous leishmaniasis. elisa results showed that the mean production ...

Midwest USA farmers have reported inconsistent control of Amaranthus tuberculatus (= rudis) (Moq ex DC) JD Sauer by glyphosate in glyphosate-resistant crops. The potential of selection for decreased A tuberculatus sensitivity to glyphosate was therefore investigated in a reportedly resistant Everly, IA population (P0-EV). Evaluation of six A tuberculatus populations from the Midwest USA estimat...