The whole-genome sequence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cv. 'Francesco' was determined using a combination of different new-generation multiplex sequencing platforms. The total length of the non-redundant sequences was 568,887,315 bp, consisting of 45,088 scaffolds, which covered 91% of the 622 Mb carnation genome estimated by k-mer analysis. The N50 values of contigs and scaffolds we...

4 5 Rubén Sánchez-Eugenia, Julen Goikolea, David Gil-Cartón, Lissete 6 Sánchez-Magraner, Diego M. A. Guérin 7 8 9 1 Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Bo Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, 10 Bizkaia, Spain. 11 2 CIC bioGUNE, Structural Biology Unit, Parque Tecnológico Zamudio, 12 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain. 13 3 Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencia y 14 Tecnología, U...

In present study, the effect of alcoholic extract of Momordica charantia, Aegle marmelos and Eugenia jambolana was studied on serum glutamic oxaloacetate transminase and serum glutamic pyruvate transminase activities and on serum urea, total protein and albumin concentrations of streptozotocin diabetic rats. Diabetes in rats was induced by single dose of streptozotocin (30 mg/kg i. p.). On conf...

Opportunistic yeasts especially belonging to Candida sp. have been recognized lately as major fungal pathogens. Treatment of fungal infections, particularly nosocomial ones, has lagged behind bacterial chemotherapy and there are substantially fewer antifungal than antibacterial drugs due to the toxic side effects (fungi being eukaryotic cells similar in structure with the host cells) and to lim...

Eugenia singampattiana is an endangered medicinal plant used by the Kani tribals of South India. The plant had been studied for its antioxidant, antitumor, antihyperlipidemic, and antidiabetic activity. But its primary and secondary metabolites profile and its antiviral properties were unknown, and so this study sought to identify this aspect in Eugenia singampattiana plant through different ex...

BACKGROUND In spite of the tremendous progress achieved in medical sciences in the last century, the management of diabetes mellitus, a disease as old as mankind, is poor. Diabetes is currently the world's largest endocrine disorder, and estimates are that it affects almost 5% of the population. Ayurveda, the Indian traditional system of medicine, is one of the world's oldest systems to have do...