understanding the physiological processes associated with drought stress lead to an understanding of the basic mechanisms of resistance, maintaining yield potential and contribute to the identification of drought tolerant cultivars. for this purpose, the effects of drought stress in cowpea genotypes was evaluated using five different genotypes with different yield potential in a pot experiment ...

Metallothionein (MT) is a low molecular weight cysteine-rich protein with a number of roles in the pro/antioxidant balance and homeostasis of essential metals, such as zinc and copper, and in the detoxification of heavy metals, such as cadmium and mercury. Until now, detection of metallothionein in biological fluids remained difficult because of a lack of a broadly reactive commercial test. Mea...

Exercise in cold environments can cause significant metabolic regulation and antioxidant behavior. For discussing enzymatic responses towards cold adaptation, we investigated enzyme activities of adenylate cyclase (AC) and phosphodiesterase (PDE) in liver, skeletal muscle, and brown adipose tissue (BAT), as well as Na(+)·K(+) ATPase and Na(+)/K(+) ratio in blood. Malondialdehyde (MDA) and super...

Our previous studies have shown that exercise caused changes in the tissue activities of the antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase in spontaneously hypertensive (SH) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. To determine whether the changes observed were due to changes in mRNA levels of the enzymes, levels of tissue mRNA were determined by quantitative RNase protecti...

objective(s) phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (pap) catalyzes the dephosphorylation of phosphatidic acid to yield pi and  diacylglycerol. two different forms of pap in rat hepatocyte have been reported. pap1 is located in cytosolic and microsomal fractions and participates in the synthesis of triacylglycerols, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylethanolamine, whereas the other form of phosphatid...