Abstract Background and Objective Two steryl ferulates (γ‐oryzanol), that is, cycloartenyl ferulate 24‐methylenecycloartanyl ferulate, were previously isolated as biomarkers for heat stress during ripening in rice ( Oryza sativa L.). γ‐Oryzanol is also known to exert several biomedical effects, such antihyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, anti‐inflammatory, anticancer activities. In the present study...

Watermelon is a satiating fruit supplemented with health promoting components like sugars, antioxidants mainly lycopene, minerals etc. The biochemical composition, including antioxidants, and the specific activities of enzymes of watermelon fruit of four icebox cultivars were compared at their sequential stages of development and ripening and also an attempt has been made to determine their nut...

Maintenance and release of seed dormancy is regulated by plant hormones; their levels and seed sensitivity being the critical factors. This study reports transcriptional regulation of brassinosteroids (BR), ethylene (ET), cytokinin (CK) and salicylic acid (SA) related wheat genes by after-ripening, a period of dry storage that decays dormancy. Changes in the expression of hormonal genes due to ...

To investigate whether the regulation of abscisic acid (ABA) content was related to germinability during grain development, two cDNAs for 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (HvNCED1 and HvNCED2) and one cDNA for ABA 8'-hydroxylase (HvCYP707A1), which are enzymes thought to catalyse key regulatory steps in ABA biosynthesis and catabolism, respectively, were cloned from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)...

Kajmak is a specific dairy product with long term tradition of manufacture in Serbia and few South-East European countries. It manufactured from the thin layer formed on surface hot milk during cooling process. may be consumed as fresh, immediately after manufacture, or maturation period, ripened Kajmak. usually up to 30 days at 15-18 0C stored refrigerator 4 0C. In this work we investigated ef...