Medicinal plants have been conventionally used to sustain health and treat many diseases such as diabetes for years. Spinacia oleracea L., common name palak, belong the class Amaranths family Amaranthaceous. It is an anti-bacterial, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective agent. In this study, methanol, ethanol, n-hexane aqueous extracts of leaf were evaluate ...

Excision of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves had no effect on photosynthetic rates, but altered normal carbon partitioning to favor increased formation of starch and decreased formation of sucrose. The changes were evident within 2 hours after excision. Concurrently, leaf fructose-2,6-bisphosphate content increased about 5-fold (from 0.1 to 0.5 nanomoles per gram fresh weight). The activit...

In the study, a series of twelve ring-substituted 4-hydroxy-1H-quinolin-2-one derivatives were prepared. The procedures for synthesis of the compounds are presented. The compounds were analyzed using RP-HPLC to determine lipophilicity and tested for their photosynthesis-inhibiting activity using spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. All the synthesized compounds were also evaluated for a...

The subceliular distribution of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaves was studied using nonaqueous fractionation, showing that all, or almost all, is located in the cytosol. The amount of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate present in leaves during the diurnal cycle was measured and compared to the accumulation of starch and sucrose, and the amounts of selected phosphorylated in...

The influence of interleukin 4 (IL-4) on antibody titer in serum and spleen culture supernatant in mice immunized with spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Rubisco was investigated. Therefore, we boosted one mouse additionally to the antigen with recombinant mouse IL-4. We found that the Rubisco-specific antibody titer in serum as well as in spleen cell culture supernatant was significantly enhanced ...

A lipid requirement for photosystem I activity in Spinacia oleracea chloroplasts has been characterized. The transfer of electrons from tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine through the chloroplast photosystem to viologen dye was used as an assay of photosystem I activity. Activity is diminished by prolonged heptane extraction and is partially restored by readdition of the extracted lipid. Extracted c...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL’S) are a rapidly growing group of which have the ability to hydrolyze third generation antibiotics such as Cephalosporins and Aztreonam. The aim this study is determination virulence genes in ESBL- producing Escherichia. coli isolated from cabbage, spinach water leaf. but inhibited by Clavulanic Acid. randomised experimental design was used collect cabbage (...