The tonoplast Na + /H + -antiporter and the tonoplast H + -pumps are essential components of salt tolerance in plants. The objective of this study was to investigate the transport activities of the tonoplast Na + /H + -antiporter and the tonoplast V-H + -ATPase and V-H + -PPase in a highly tolerant salt accumulating halophyte, Salicornia dolichostachya, and to compare these transport activities...

conclusions this study showed that aqueous allium cepa and ixora brachiata root extracts as natural products could be used as alternative drugs in treatment of leishmaniasis. results among tested plant extracts, ixora brachiata root extracts revealed the best activity against leishmania major promastigotes with ic100 value of 2.5 mg/ml and ic50 value of 0.078 mg/ml. patients and methods the par...

The article presents the current state of two pasture varieties types from Anabasis salsa: 1. salsa with Caroxylon orientale, Artemisia terrae-albae, A. kemrudica; 2. terrae-albae and sparse-mixed shrubs (Convolvulus fruticosus, Lycium ruthenicum, brachiata, Nanophyton erinaceum, Nitraria schoberi, Malacocarpus crithmifolius, Xylosalsola chiwensis), single specimens Crambe edentula in Karakalpa...

The whole saltwort plant (Salicornia herbacea) was micronized to develop the table salt substitute. The micronized powder was mixed with distilled water and made into a spherical granule by using the fluid-bed coater (SGMPDW). The SGMPDW had superior flowability to powder; however, it had low dispersibility. To increase the dispersibility of SGMPDW, the micronized powder was mixed with the solu...

Salinization of agricultural land is an increasing problem. Because of their high tolerance to salinity, Salicornia spp. could become model species to study salt tolerance. Moreover, they also represent promising saline crops. The salinity-growth response curve for Salicornia dolichostachya Moss was evaluated at 10 different salt concentrations in a hydroponic study in a greenhouse and at 5 dif...

Mycotic infections are probably the most common cause of skin disease in developing countries of tropical regions. Dermatophytosis is the most frequent superficial fungal infection in tropical and subtropical countries. The drugs used against dermatophytosis and exhibit several side effects and have limited efficacy. So that there is a distinct need for the discovery of new safer and more effec...

A Gram-positive-staining, aerobic, non-motile, coccoid shaped, halotolerant bacterium (strain JG 06(T)) was isolated from the roots of Salicornia brachiata, an extreme halophyte. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the novel strain had sequence similarities of 99.2% to Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum JCM 11608(T), 99.0% to Brachybacterium conglomeratum DSM 10241 ...

We investigate the survivorship, growth and diet preferences of hatchery-raised juvenile urchins, Tripneustes gratilla, to evaluate the efficacy of their use as biocontrol agents in the efforts to reduce alien invasive algae. In flow-through tanks, we measured urchin growth rates, feeding rates and feeding preferences among diets of the most common invasive algae found in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i:...

In the northwest of Mexico, a desert zone, new alternatives are required to satisfy the needs of food in goats; evidence indicate that feeding with Salicornia bigelovii forage, could be a contribution to goat obtaining system. Regarding to this halophyte, the information related to its use as a forage supplement in Sonora desert is very limited, specifically in goats. The goal of this ...