Botanical insecticides have introduced a new concept in insecticide research. In response to insect attacks, some plants can release volatile compounds that alter insect metabolism and nervous system activity. In the present study, changes in the electrical activity of chemoreceptors and alteration of the fine structure of metathoracic ganglia of desert locust were examined after acute exposure...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. The management of the blood glucose level is a critical strategy in the control of diabetes complications. Inhibitors of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes have been useful as oral hypoglycemic drugs for the control of hyperglycemia especially in patients with type II disables mellitus. The goal of the present study...

Plastids rely on the import of extraplastidial precursor for the synthesis of their own lipids. This key phenomenon in the formation of plastidial phosphatidylcholine (PC) and of the most abundant lipids on earth, namely galactolipids, is poorly understood. Various suggestions have been made on the nature of the precursor molecule(s) transferred to plastids, but despite general agreement that P...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. The management of the blood glucose level is a critical strategy in the control of diabetes complications. Inhibitors of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes have been useful as oral hypoglycemic drugs for the control of hyperglycemia especially in patients with type II disables mellitus. The goal of the present study...

Tohum kalitesi ve gücü (vigor) sebze üretiminde verim kaliteyi etkileyen en önemli faktördür. Çabuk bozulma özelliği gösteren pırasa tohumlarının (Allium porrum L. cv. İnegöl) çıkış gücünü iyileştirmek için tohumlar -1.0 MPa osmotik potansiyele sahip PEG6000 and KNO3 çözeltilerinde (osmopriming) suda (hidropriming) farklı sürelerde (6, 12 24 saat) tutulmuştur. Daha sonra oda koşulları sabit 30°...