Raphanus sativus L. var niger (black radish) is a plant of the cruciferous family with important ethnobotanical uses for the treatment of gallstones in Mexican traditional medicine. It has been established that the juice of black radish decreases cholesterol levels in plasma and dissolves gallstones in mice. Glucosinolates, the main secondary metabolites of black radish, can hydrolyze into its ...

Radish cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has been widely used for breeding in Raphanus and Brassica genera. However, the detailed regulation network of the male sterility remains to be determined. Our previous work has shown that the abnormalities in a CMS radish appeared shortly after the tetrad stage when microspores were malformed and the tapetal cells grew abnormally large. In this work, his...

The firmness of the mango fruit is one internal physical properties that can show its quality. Unfortunately, non-destructive methods to measure this are not yet available. In current study, we develop a calibration model using near infrared spectroscopy predict (firmness) cultivar Arumanis (Mangifera indica cv. Arumanis) via machine learning. Spectral data were acquired fourier transform near-...

Low-temperature blanching of sweetpotatoes (SP) prior to cooking has been shown to significantly increase firmness retention. This research investigated the effect of blanching on firmness, pectin methylesterase activity (PME), pectin methylation, and galacturonic acid and cell wall material concentrations in SP tissue subjected to blanching and cooking treatments. PME activity decreased 82% af...

The protective effects of an extract of young radish (Raphanus sativus L) cultivated with sulfur (sulfur-radish extract) and of sulforaphane, an isothiocyanate, on carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced liver injury were observed in mice. CCl(4) produced a marked increase in the serum level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), primed lipid peroxidation, and resulted in intense necrosis due to oxid...

Monomeric cytochrome f from Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus L. var acanthiformis Makino) leaves was isolated in a homogeneous state with an A420.5/A277 of 7.6. Radish cytochrome f is a single polypeptide chain with a molecular weight of about 33,000. The midpoint potential is 350 mV. The amino acid analysis indicates the existence of 3 residues of half-cystine. Radish cytochrome f contains on...

The 4.3BSD Reno release introduced the reduced radix tree for routing table to support variable length addresses and best-match based lookups instead of the hash-based scheme of the 4.3BSD Tahoe release. The lookup and maintenance algorithm of Radix is, however, complicated due to support of non-continuous subnet-mask and it is not easy to understand the source code. In order to support classle...

The antibiotic-producing bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens, is assumed to be important in protecting plants from soilborne diseases. S. fluorescens S272, a hyper-producing strain of pyoluteorin (PT) and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DG), had previously been isolated from soil. The present paper reported that the growth of water-cultivated Kaiware radish was promoted to 120-140% of its normal lev...

Hot water dips (45 /60 8C for 2.5 /60 min) were evaluated as potential treatments to reduce sprout and root growth in peeled or unpeeled cloves in which sprouts had begun internal development but not yet emerged. Water dips at 5/50 8C did not reduce sprout and adventitious root growth in cloves stored at 10 8C and /95% RH, while treatments at 55 8C for 10 min were effective. Several dips at 60 ...