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INVESTIGATION OF PHYTOINDICATION EFFECTS DUE TO CADMIUM CONTAMINATION [PDF]
Heavy metals are one of the most dangerous contaminants in the natural environment that cause toxic effects in the cells of plants and animals. They are not decomposed in the environment but consequently accumulated in the tissues of living organisms.
Kovrov, Oleksandr, Tsunik, Ksenia
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Plant toxins: alkaloids and their toxicities [PDF]
Since ancient civilization, plants have been utilized in many aspects of life, especially in medicinal purposes due to the presence of distinctive secondary metabolites like alkaloids, phenolics and terpenoids. Among them, alkaloids represent a large group of secondary metabolites that have basic properties and comprise nitrogen atom within the ...
Mohamad Azzeme, Azzreena+1 more
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Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma+8 more
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Plantas tóxicas para suínos Toxic plants for swine
Revisam-se as intoxicações por plantas que ocorrem em suínos no Brasil, Uruguai e Argentina. Descrevem-se a intoxicação por sementes de Senna occidentalis, que causa necrose muscular segmentar e lesões hepáticas, e a intoxicação por sementes de ...
Cláudio Dias Timm+1 more
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Evaluation of the genotoxic and teratogenic potential of a municipal sludge and sludge-amended soil using the amphibian Xenopus laevis and the tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi Dulieu [PDF]
The toxic, genotoxic and teratogenicpotential of amunicipal sewage sludge was assessed using the micronucleus assay on the larvae of the amphibianXenopuslaevis and with the tobacco somatic mutation test using the yellow–green xanthiDulieu mutant a1+/a1 ...
Chenon, Pascale+4 more
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Jasmonic Acid Signaling Pathway in Response to Abiotic Stresses in Plants
Plants as immovable organisms sense the stressors in their environment and respond to them by means of dedicated stress response pathways. In response to stress, jasmonates (jasmonic acid, its precursors and derivatives), a class of polyunsaturated fatty
Md. Sarafat Ali, K. Baek
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Nitrite Toxicity to Plants [PDF]
IT is generally believed that nitrite is an intermediate product in the conversion of ammonium to nitrate in the soil where the conversion of nitrite to nitrate is important since relatively small quantities may have toxic effects on plant growth. Nitrite is not a stable intermediate and few cases of nitrite accumulation in soils are reported.
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Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors
ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla+9 more
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Cardiac Glycoside Plants Self-Poisoning
Cardiac glycosides are found in a diverse group of plants including Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata (foxgloves), Nerium oleander, Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley), Strophanthus gratus, etc.
Radenkova-Saeva J., Atanasov P.
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ECOLOGICAL AND HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF NEW PESTICIDES FOR GRAIN CEREALS CHEMICAL PROTECTION
Relevance. The use of pesticides in the national economy is to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful plants and to protect crops from pathogens requires a mandatory assessment of their environmental hygienic hazard.
M.M. Korshun, Y.V. Martіianova
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