Field studies were conducted from 2006 to 2010 under weed-free conditions in south Texas and in the Texas High Plains to determine sesame tolerance to applied postemer‐ gence-directed herbicides. Injury was greatest when herbicides were applied to 15 cm of the main stem compared to herbicide applications made to 5 cm of the main stem height. Glyphosate at 0.84 kg ae/ha and pyrithiobac-sodium at...

Cardiovascular disorders continue to constitute major causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. In this study, the effect of chronic administration of sesame (Sesamum indicum L) seed feeding was studied on aortic reactivity of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. Male diabetic rats received sesame seed-mixed food at weight ratios of 3% and 6% for 7 weeks, one week after diabetes in...

PURPOSE To evaluated the long-term effect of scopolamine and sesame oil on spatial memory. METHODS Memory impairment induced by Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of scopolamine hydrochloride (10 μg/ rat). Animals were gavaged for 4 weeks with saline, sesame oil (0.5, 1, or 2 mL/kg/day), or 3 weeks with memantine (30 mg/kg/day) in advance to induction of amnesia. Morris water maze (MWM) ...

Fifty-day-old Sprague-Dawley females received daily feedings of 10 mg of 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA) in sesame oil for 30 days. Controls received only sesame oil. Thyroid activity was estimated using the thyroid secretion rate (TSR) method. TSR of each rat was determined prior to, during, and after MCA treatment. Average TSR of sesame oil controls did not change either during or after feeding. A...

Increased plasma lipid profiles are among the most important risk factors of CHD and stroke. Sesame contains considerable amounts of vitamin E, MUFA, fibre and lignans, which are thought to be associated with its plasma lipid-lowering properties. This study aimed to systematically review the evidence and identify the effects of sesame consumption on blood lipid profiles using a meta-analysis of...

The sequencing of the full nuclear genome of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) provides the platform for functional analyses of genome components and their application in breeding programs. Although the importance of microsatellites markers or simple sequence repeats (SSR) in crop genotyping, genetics, and breeding applications is well established, only a little information exist concerning SSRs at t...

BACKGROUND It has been known that hypertension is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed and developing countries. Elevation of blood pressure (BP) increases the adverse effect for cardiovascular outcomes. Prevention of increased BP plays a crucial role in a reduction of those outcomes, leading to a decrease in...

Introduction Passerelle is a plug-in developed for Protégé to support Sesame. It provides Protégé users with the possibility to connect their ontologies with Sesame architecture in order to store and query resource description framework (RDF) data from Protégé [1]. We have identified a lack of a strong query language in the previous versions of Protégé (versions preceding Protégé 3.0), which we...

Sesamin, the major lignan found in sesame, has been shown to increase vitamin E levels by inhibiting its metabolism via the cytochrome P450 isozyme CYP4F2. CYP4F2 and CYP4A11 are the predominant human isoforms that synthesize 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) from arachidonic acid. Considerable evidence suggests that 20-HETE may play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. We hypoth...

in order to evaluate the effect of intercropping with replacement and additive series for hemp (cannabis sativa l.) and sesame (sesamum indicum l.), a field experiment was conducted during growing season 2006-07 at the agricultural research station of ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran. a randomized complete block design with three replications was used. treatments included different combinat...