The relationship between the carotenoid zeaxanthin, formed by violaxanthin de-epoxidation, and nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching (q(NP)) in the light was investigated in leaves of Glycine max during a transient from dark to light in 2% O(2), 0% CO(2) at 100 to 200 micromoles of photons per square meter per second. (a) Up to a q(NP) (which can vary between 0 and 1) of about 0.7, the zeaxan...

AIM The aim of this study was to analyze the ethyl acetate extract of Nerium indicum (NIE) flower for its antioxidant effect in anxious Sprague-Dawley rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals were divided into six groups (n = 6) and treated with 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg p.o. of NIE for 21 days to assess its preventive and curative effects. Anxiety was induced by isolating animals socially for 21 da...

electrophoresis of proteins, especially seed proteins, and karyological studies are useful techniques for determining species and solving the problems of modern taxonomy. the present study was carried out on two species of the apocynaceae family, rhazya stricta decasine and nerium 01eancder.l. seed samples of these two genera were taken from the south-east of iran and sds-page analysis of their...

We have previously shown that the botanical drug candidate PBI-05204, a supercritical CO2 extract of Nerium oleander, provides neuroprotection in both in vitro and in vivo brain slice-based models for focal ischemia (Dunn et al., 2011). Intriguingly, plasma levels of the neurotrophin BDNF were increased in patients treated with PBI-05204 in a phase I clinical trial (Bidyasar et al., 2009). We t...

Oleander is very frequently planted as an ornamental shrub in urban areas of the Mediterranean. Its most common pest aphid Aphis nerii, and heavy infestations produce aesthetic damage disturbances to citizens, they are sprayed with insecticides order reduce population density. One alternative method conservation biological control which enhanced by provisioning food, refuges, reproduction sites...