objectives: acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition of pancreas with sudden onset, high mortality rate and multiple organ failure characteristics. it has been shown that oxygen free radicals have an important role in development of pancreatitis and its complications. antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-hepatotoxicity and gastroprotective properties of cichorium intybus l. suggest that ...

ISSN:0975-1459 Five different crude e xtracts: petroleum ether, c hloroform, et hyl et her, e thanol a nd aqueous extract of Mirabilus jalap have be en st udied for bot h in vitro an tibacterial and an tifungal activ ites. Th e d ifferent ex tracts sh owed remarkable inhibitory action against various gram positive and gram negative bacteria and two fungal species. The methanolic extract of the ...

in order to investigate the effect of two spermidine concentrations (0.5 and 1 µ m ) on in vitro gynogenesis of six onion accessions from khorasan province this research was carried out. results showed that the highest and lowest percentage of gynogenesis rate was belonged to m2 and m5 media, respectively. the highest (1.41) and lowest (0.33) percentage of gynogenic embryo were belonged to rosh...

1 Department of Forest Genetic and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, SLU, SE-90183 Umeå, Sweden 2 Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Fuentenueva S/N, E-18071 Granada, Spain 3 Department Plant Biology, EUP Ingeniería Técnica Agrícola, E-04120 Almería, Spain 4 Department of Horticulture, CIFA-Camino de Purchil S/N, E-18004 Granada,...

Pathogen host shifts represent a major source of new infectious diseases. There are several examples of cross-genus host jumps that have caused catastrophic epidemics in animal and plant species worldwide. Cross-kingdom jumps are rare, and are often associated with nosocomial infections. Here we provide an example of human-mediated cross-kingdom jumping of Exserohilum rostratum isolated from a ...

The interactions between plant-eating insects and their hosts have shaped both the insects and the plants, driving evolution of plant defenses and insect specialization. The leaf beetle Trirhabda eriodictyonis (Chrysomelidae) lives on two shrubs with differing defenses: Eriodictyon crassifolium has hairy leaves, whereas E. trichocalyx has resinous leaves. We tested whether these beetles have di...