The therapeutic effects of several plants used in traditional medicine are usually attributed to their antioxidant potential. Phragmanthera incana belonging the family Loranthaceae is a species mistletoe commonly found South-Western part Nigeria and ethno-medicinally management diseases such as diabetes, hypertension oxidative stress. This study evaluates compare potential methanol extracts P. ...

Effects of prolonged darkness on nitrogenase activity in vivo, nitrogenase activity in vitro, and the amounts of nitrogenase proteins were studied in symbiotic Frankia. Plants of Alnus incana (L.) Moench in symbiosis with a local source of Frankia were grown for 9 to 10 weeks in an 18/6 hour light/darkness cycle. After 12 hours of a light period, the plants were exposed to darkness for up to 40...

The features of accumulation rutin and apigenin-7-O-glucoside their distribution in the aboveground organs Alyssum lenense Adams (Brassicaceae Burnett) were revealed. content photosynthetic pigments was investigated depending on phytocenotic conditions plant growth territory Central Yakutia. data obtained flavonoids are characterized by an uneven over with respect to different cenopopulations. ...

The indomitable aspect of HIV-1 infection is not that HIV-1 proviral DNA is integrated into host DNA but that it can also turn itself off, remaining invisible to drug or immune surveillance. Thus, the goals of eradication include ways to precisely excise HIV-1 DNA or wake up the silent HIV-1 provirus and eliminate the infected cells thus identified. Methods to identify and fish out the latently...

Endophyllum osteospermi is an autoecious, endocyclic rust fungus, which has only been recorded on Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera (Asteraceae, Calendulae), a perennial woody shrub. Both organisms are indigenous to South Africa. Because E. osteospermi is being considered for release in Australia as a biocontrol agent against C. monilifera ssp. monilifera, it was necessary to determin...