An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of concentration and mode of application of different growth regulators on growth and yield of Dendrobium hybrid “Thongchai Gold” in subtropical cool climate zone. Various concentrations of GA 3 and BA were applied as foliar spray and drenching mode. GA 100 ppm in combination with BA 100 ppm followed by GA 200 ppm 3 3 increased the plant he...

Previous research demonstrated the inhalation teratogenicity of the solvent 2-ethoxyethanol in rats and rabbits. As this is one of a class of widely used industrial solvents, we investigated the teratogenicity of five structurally related compounds. Each chemical was vaporized and administered to approximately 15 pregnant rats in one to three concentrations for 7 hr/day on gestation days 7 to 1...

background: autoxidation is considered to be the main route of edible oil deterioration, which produces undesirable odors and flavors during storage and heating. the unpleasant flavor of oxidized oil has been attributed to primary and secondary products of unsaturated fatty acids. the microwave heating is a rapid method when compared with other methods of heating. objective: in this research, t...

The present study investigated six varieties of locally grown wheat (Lasani, Sehar, Miraj-08, Chakwal-50, Faisalabad-08 and Inqlab) procured from Punjab Seed Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan for their proximate contents. On the basis of protein content and ready availability, Faisalabad-08 (FD-08) was selected to be used for the assessment of comparative efficiency of various methods used for glut...

In order to better characterize the toxicity of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and to provide its basic toxicity data for risk assessment of workers exposed to DMF, F344 rats and BDF1 mice of both sexes were exposed by inhalation (6 h/d x 5 d/wk) to 100, 200, 400, 800 or 1,600 ppm DMF for 2 wk, and 50, 100, 200, 400 or 800 ppm DMF for 13 wk. Three male and 7 female rats died during the 2-wk exposu...

An influence of initial nitrogen monoxide (NO) concentration on removal efficiency with a multipoint-to-plane electrode dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was investigated experimentally. Several hundreds ppm NO was diluted with nitrogen and oxygen gas mixture (N2:O2=9:1) and was fed to the DBD reactor as a diesel exhaust simulated gas. The experimental results were evaluated using a si...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the influence of polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) on hepatic excretory function in developing and adult rats and mice. Prenatal or postnatal dietary exposure to PBBs (50 ppm in diet of pregnant or lactating mother or in diet of rat weanlings) resulted in elevated liver weight in developing rats. In 15-day-old rats that had been treated with PBBs...