Molecular mechanisms of osmotic stress tolerance were studied in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (ice plant), a facultative halophyte capable of adjusting to and surviving in highly saline conditions. We screened a subtracted cDNA library enriched for salt stress-induced mRNAs to identify transcripts involved in this plant's adaptation to salinity. One mRNA, Imt1, was found to be up-regulated in ...

Hypertension is a systolic blood pressure (SBP) value of 130mmHg or more and / diastolic (DBP) than 80 mmHg. One the factors in development essential hypertension patient's genetic ability to respond salt. Various non-pharmacological interventions have been shown be effective lowering preventing hypertension. The most are weight loss, reduced Na + intake, increased potassium physical activity, ...

Abstract Coking coal dust is extremely hydrophobic; therefore, combination with droplets in the air difficult and suppression challenging. Here, a suppressant spray for coking was studied order to improve of dust. Based on monomer optimization compounding analysis, two surfactant monomers, fatty alcohol ether sodium sulfate (AES) dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) were selected as components supp...

OBJECTIVE To examine dietary patterns among British adults, associations with Na and macronutrient intakes, and implications for dietary advice. DESIGN Principal component analysis of 7 d weighed dietary records. SUBJECTS Adults aged 19-64 years (n 1724). SETTING National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2000/2001). RESULTS High Na intake was associated with more energy-dense diets, higher in...

The development of crop plants with increased salt tolerance necessitates the study of naturally salt-tolerant eukaryotic species. We studied the bio-synthesis of glycerol as a compatible solute in the halophilic eukaryotic microorganism, black yeast Hortaea werneckii. A restriction fragment-differential display technique was used to investigate the transcriptome of the organism. Eight differen...

It has been shown that the enzymic addition of valine to valine transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) of Escherichia co2i is exceedingly sensitive to alcohol or salt concentrations and that the rate of the reaction is predictable from the Debye-Htickel equations, if it is assumed that there are somewhat more than 4 positive charges and 4 negative charges involved in the rate-determining step. (For i...

Mannitol is the most abundant sugar alcohol in nature, occurring in bacteria, fungi, lichens, and many species of vascular plants. Celery (Apium graveolens L.), a plant that forms mannitol photosynthetically, has high photosynthetic rates thought to results from intrinsic differences in the biosynthesis of hexitols vs. sugars. Celery also exhibits high salt tolerance due to the function of mann...

METHODS FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION of alpha-globulins in either blood or cerebrospinal fluid fall into three general categories: (a) alcohol or salt-fractionation technics, (b) electrophoretic analyses and (c) precipitation reactions with cationic detergents at controlled pH. Salt-fractionation procedures for a-globulins using sodium sulfate precipitation at a fixed concentration are th...

BACKGROUND Search for materials that may either replace titanium dental implants or constitute an alternative as a new dental implant material has been widely studied. As well, the search for optimum biocompatible metal surfaces remains crucial. So, the aim of this work is to develop an oxidized surface layer on tantalum using plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) similar to those existing on ora...

Hybrid polymer-inorganic membranes were prepared by crosslinking poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), maleic acid (MA) and silica via an aqueous sol-gel route. Membrane characterisation results revealed silica nanoparticles (<10 nm) were well dispersed in the polymer matrix and significantly reduced swelling of the membrane. The membranes were tested for pervaporation separation of aqueous salt solution ...