Background and objectives:  Haplophyllum canaliculatum isan endemicand endangeredIranian plant from Rutaceae family. The object of this work was to study the volatile production in established shoot and callus cultures of Haplophyllum canaliculatum as well as isolation, identification and sequencing of 18S rRNA gene from callus culture. ...

cell cultures of varthemia persica, peganum harmala and pycnocycla spinosa have been studied to evaluate their abilities to bioconvert exogenous hydroquinone. arbutin is an important substance that has several pharmaceutical applications; therefore, we have established v. persica and p. spinosa cultures which seem to be able to metabolize hydroquinone. callus cultures of v. persica were establi...

the enzymatic potential of the cultured plant cells can be employed for bioconversion purposes. plant enzymes are able to catalyze regio- and stereo-specific reactions, and therefore can be applied for the production of desired substances. the biotransformation of foreign substrates with suspension cells of peganum harmala was tested with (±) phenylethyl propionate. the callus cultures of pegan...

         Cell cultures of Varthemia persica DC. have been studied to evaluate their abilities in biotransformation of aromatic and aliphatic precursors. V. Persica (Asteraceae) is an aromatic plant growing in Iran. V. persica contain different terpens but its cell culture does not posses these compounds. Callus cultures of V. persica was established ...

Background: B cell CLL/lymphoma 2 protein, bcl-2, is an important anti-apoptotic factor that has been implicated in lithium’s neuroprotective effect. However, most studies have focused on assessing the effects of lithium in neurons, ignoring examination of bcl-2 in astrocytes, which also influence neuronal survival and are affected in bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate whet...