Current studies elucidate the metal stress attenuation potential of melatonin in Cucumis sativus seedlings growing in cadmium contaminated conditions. Melatonin is an indoleamine molecule, capable of ameliorating environmental stresses and regulate plant growth. Seeds of C. sativus were immersed in different levels of melatonin and grown under cadmium stress for 15 days. Cadmi...

a wide range of biological activities of garlic in vitro and in vivo have been verified including its antioxidant, antitumor and anti-inflammatory effects. indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (ido) is an enzyme widely distributed in mammals and is inducible preferentially by ifn-γ. ido degrades the essential amino acid tryptophan to form n-formyl kynurenine. in the present in vitro study, the modulator...