Peroxidases are the ubiquitous enzyme and reported to be present in all living genera. They catalyses reduction of peroxide and generate reactive oxygen species. In the present study we demonstrated that insect infestation induces peroxidase activity in sap and total soluble protein (TSP) of plant leaves. Three important crop plants viz. tomato, cowpea and cotton were used for this study. After...

Introduction: Kalanchoe pinnata extracts have been shown to possess beneficial cardiovascular effects, analgesic and myorelaxant activities. This study aimed at evaluating the haematological anti-fatigue effects of its aqueous extract. Materials methods: was an in vivo pharmacological experiment, carried out Laboratory Zoology, University Buea, from January May 2018. A total 48 mice were subjec...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate prevention of contralateral testicular injury with sildenafil citrate after unilateral testicular torsion/detorsion. METHODS Thirty-seven adult male rats were divided into four groups: sham operated (group 1, n = 7), torsion/detorsion + saline (group 2, n = 10), torsion/detorsion + 0.7 mg of sildenafil citrate (group 3, n = 10) and torsion/det...

BACKGROUND Cisplatin induced ototoxicity is a serious adverse effect of cisplatin therapy. Cisplatin induced ototoxicity shows significant interindividual variability. This variability is probably based on genetic background. Recent papers describe association of cisplatin ototoxicity with allelic variants of glutathion-S-transferase coding genes. PATIENTS AND METHODS We have analyzed 55 pati...

Changes in peroxidase activity as well as isozyme peroxidase pattern were analyzed in five cell wall (CW) fractions of barley roots exposed to 1mM CdCl2 for 48 and 72 h. Whereas strong inhibition of peroxidase activity was detected in fraction CW I and weak inhibition in fractions CW II, III and IV, strong activation of peroxidase was observed in fraction V after Cd application. Despite the inh...

Four selenocysteine-containing proteins (gastrointestinal glutathione peroxidase, plasma glutathione peroxidase, selenoprotein P, and thioredoxin reductase-alpha) are expressed in the colonic mucosa. Because of their antioxidant functions, a protective role in colon carcinogenesis is discussed. The aim of this study was to elucidate an involvement of gastrointestinal selenoproteins during the a...

Application of nanotechnology is crucial for a sustainable increase in food production to cope with the increasing demand burgeoning population. Wheat has significantly security Pakistan help nanotechnology. In biological systems, utilization nanoparticles been increased due their growth-promoting effects on germination, photosynthetic attributes, nutrient use efficiency and metabolic activitie...

The Plant peroxidases are remarkable enzymes due to their widespread use in industry. These enzymes, which capable of catalyzing the oxidation various organic and inorganic substrates, have been used clinical diagnosis, detoxification reactions synthesis. In this study, vitro production purification peroxidase enzyme from cauliflower plant was proposed. Firstly, sterile seedlings were obtained ...

In tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum) pith, sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), and carrot (Daucus carota) storage roots, differences were found between cell wall and protoplast peroxidases in their isoenzyme patterns, activity, and reaction to tissue injury.In the pith of elongating tobacco internodes, 90% of total activity was associated with the walls, 80% of which was due to the ionically and covalent...