henbane hyoscyamus reticulatus l. is a plant species in solanaceae family that seeds hardly germinate because of seed dormancy. in order to determine the best methods for seed dormancy breaking in henbane, a experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design with three replications. the treatments included moist pre-chilling (at 4 °c) for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days, combined treatment of gib...

Food waste and food processing wastes which are abundant in nature and rich in carbon content can be attractive renewable substrates for sustainable biohydrogen production due to wide economic prospects in industries. Many studies utilizing common food wastes such as dining hall or restaurant waste and wastes generated from food processing industries have shown good percentages of hydrogen in g...

Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) is a less common but well-recognized severe complication of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection post-liver transplant. This condition is fatal without successful treatment and to date; post-transplant antiviral interferon-based antiviral therapy has been associated with guarded success. The new era of protease inhibitors in the treatment of chronic ...

Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is one of the most important factors to affect the yield and quality of crops worldwide especially in wet harvest period. Breeding PHS-resistant cultivars has important implications to improve the wheat quality and production. The PHS is determined by environmental conditions, inner factors and interaction between these factors. We here reviewed recent advances influ...

In the context of seed technology, the use of physical methods for increasing plant production offers advantages over conventional treatments based on chemical substances. The effects of physical invigoration treatments in seeds can be now addressed at multiple levels, ranging from morpho-structural aspects to changes in gene expression and protein or metabolite accumulation. Among the physical...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of the type of chemo-radio therapy given before allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) on cytokine release. DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed serum cytokine levels during pre-transplant therapy in 178 HSCT recipients. Samples were drawn daily during the treatment and serum levels of tumor necrosis fact...