Actinidia polygama has been used as a herbal folk medicine for treating pain, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation. In the present study, the anti‑obesity properties of Actinidia polygama extract (APE) were investigated in mice with high‑fat diet‑induced obesity. APE treatment of high‑fat diet (HFD)‑fed obese mice significantly reduced body weight, adipose tissue mass and serum triglycer...

We report the first case of plastid chimera within the Actinidia genus, where plastid inheritance was believed to be paternal. The heterogeneity of chloroplast DNA observed in the hexaploid Actinidia deliciosa cultivar D uno involves the presence or absence of a particular MspI restriction site in the region between the psbC gene and the tRNA-Ser(UGA) gene. The heterogeneity was first observed ...

Research studies have recently focused on circle RNAs (circRNAs) in relation to their regulatory functions in animals. However, the systematic identification of circRNAs in plants, especially non-model plants, is limited. In addition, raw report on the prediction of the potential role of circRNAs in plant response to pathogen invasion is currently available. We conducted the systematic identifi...

study of morphological traits of red fleshed apples is a critical step to improve the quality andcommercializing of them. in order to study genetic diversity of iranian red fleshed apples, a total of 17morphological characteristics were assessed for eight genotypes of red- fleshed (‘haji qermez’, ‘goushtqermez’, ‘shahroud-10’, ‘arous gousht qermz’, ‘b.9’, ‘qazvin 1, 2, 3’) and 12 iranian and fo...

Response surface optimization of the effect natural essential oils from clove, cumin and fennel in golden delicious apple fruit peroxidase inactivation