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Influence of pH and plant growth regulators on secondary metabolite production and antioxidant activity of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background and purpose: Beside being rich with sweet glycosides, Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is an interesting source of flavonoids and phenols. The current study aimed to assess the potential for increasing total phenols and flavonoids in S.
Marijana Radić-Stojković   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

User preferences and willingness to pay for safe drinking water: Experimental evidence from rural Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Almost half of all deaths from drinking microbiologically unsafe water occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) systems, when consistently used, can provide safer drinking water and improve health.
Brown, Joe   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Application of Gamma Irradiation and Its Convergent Treatments on Several Varieties of Oriental Hybrid Lily to Control Leaf Blight

open access: yesResearch in Plant Disease, 2014
In order to seek more eco-friend, economic and safer quarantine method than current methyl bromide fumigation, the convergent treatment with 200 Gy of gamma irradiation and several chemicals such as nano-siver particles (NSS), sodium dichloroisocyanurate
Ji-Hoon Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Evaluation of Effectiveness of Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate and Calcium Hydroxide against Candida albicans

open access: yesThe Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 2012
ABSTRACT Introduction Candida albicans is the most commonly isolated fungi from the oral cavity. It is the most infective to various intracanal medicaments and is considered as invasive yeast. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) which is used as a disinfectant and as a biocide in treating potable water has similar action to that of sodium hypochlorite
Jacob, Kurian   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Controlling Botrytis elliptica Leaf Blight on Hybrid Lilies through the Application of Convergent Chemical X-ray Irradiation

open access: yesThe Plant Pathology Journal, 2016
X-ray irradiation with convergent chemicals such as nano-silver particles or sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) has been used to control leaf blight on cut lilies.
Sung-Jun Hong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential use of germicides in vase solutions for gladiolus ‘White Friendship’

open access: yesOrnamental Horticulture, 2017
Gladiolus (Gladiolus x hortulanus) is one of the most important crops for cut flowers worldwide, however having a short longevity. Usually, stems are harvested at the bud stage and need water and carbohydrates to support inflorescence development and to
Maria Carolina Casares   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical and isotopic characteristics of weathering and nitrogen release in non-glacial drainage waters on Arctic tundra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Soil–water interactions in coastal tundra soils are a potential source of nutrients for surrounding fjordal and coastal ecosystems. Changes in water chemistry and stable isotope composition from three streams in west Spitsbergen were examined to assess ...
Heaton, Timothy, Tye, Andrew
core   +1 more source

Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia levels in tobacco fillers of and sidestream smoke from different cigarette brands in Japan

open access: yesEnvironmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2018
Background The ammonia contained in tobacco fillers and mainstream and sidestream cigarette smoke accelerates nicotine dependence in cigarette smokers. Ammonia has been included in the non-exhaustive priority list of 39 tobacco components and emissions ...
Yohei Inaba   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling the microbial contamination characteristics of pork farms and disinfection efficacy assessment via high-throughput sequencing

open access: yesAnimal Diseases
The contamination of pork during breeding can negatively impact both food quality and safety. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), a chlorine-containing disinfectant, is widely used in animal environments.
Feng Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Propagation and antioxidative enzymes of Campanula velebitica Borbás grown in vitro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background and purpose: Micropropagation possibility for Campanula velebitica Borbás (Campanulaceae), a rare Croatian endemic plant was studied. Additionally, the activity of several antioxidative enzymes, as biomarkers of stress conditions, was ...
BISERKA JELENČIĆ   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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