The MIPS Rice (Oryza sativa) database (MOsDB; http://mips.gsf.de/proj/rice) provides a comprehensive data collection dedicated to the genome information of rice. Rice (O. sativa L.) is one of the most important food crops for over half the world's population and serves as a major model system in cereal genome research. MOsDB integrates data from two publicly available rice genomic sequences, O....

In this study, the chemopreventive efficacy of Nigella sativa seed powder as an important chemopreventive herb on the formation of colon tumor has been examined through measuring the levels of hepatic oxidative stress and metabolizing enzymes in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colon cancer in rats. Male Wistar rats were divided into 6 groups as untreated control, Sham, DMH (30mg/kg b.w) rec...

Nigella sativa (N. sativa) is an annual plant and widely used as medicinal plant throughout the world. The seeds of the plant have been used traditionally in various disorders and as a spice to ranges of Persian foods. N. sativa has therapeutic effects on tracheal responsiveness (TR) and lung inflammation on induced toxicity by Sulfur mustard. N. sativa has been widely used in treatment of vari...

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using seeds of Nigella sativa as reducing agent was evaluated in this study. Homogenized extract of N. sativa exposed to sunlight gave a better synthesis of nanoparticles when compared to other methods. Antibacterial activity of nanoparticles was studied against urinary tract infection (UTI) causing bacteria by disc diffusion method. Further, the silver nanopar...

Auxin signaling events in plants play important role in developmental regulation as well as gravitropic responses and plays crucial role in the development of root, lateral root and root hairs. The gene that is known to be most important in the development of root, lateral root and root hairs is commonly known as auxin efflux carrier (PIN). Being commonly known as orphan plant, the genome seque...

Nigella sativa had been documented to possess many therapeutic functions in medicine but the least expected is sero-reversion in HIV infection which is very rare despite extensive therapy with highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). This case presentation is to highlight the complete recovery and sero-reversion of adult HIV patient after treatment with Nigella sativa concoction for the p...

Metabólitos secundários atuam como mecanismos de defesa espécies vegetais, na adaptação ao meio, nos processos polinização e dispersão sementes, sendo também estudados explorados para a produção fitoterápicos e, em um cenário contemporâneo, bioherbicidas ou biofertilizantes. Nesse contexto, este estudo objetivou avaliar o potencial alelopático Zingiber officinale Roscoe sobre germinação, emergê...

Background and objectives: Garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa L. (Asteraceae), is an herbaceous plant cultivated in different parts of Iran including Isfahan. In Iranian traditional medicine, it is classified as a medicinal food because it is nutritive and has therapeutic effects. As the therapeutic effects of the plant parts may be related to some volatile active constitu...

For 24 rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties, genetic variation was studied of the Lox3 gene in samples of the two subspecies, japonica and indica. The genomic DNA was amplified, followed by DNA sequencing to detect sequence variation. A total of 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was detected in the exon 4 containing lipoxygenase domain. The nucleotide diversity in the Lox3 region of O. sati...

Data obtained by independent tests on each of 483 batches of Rhizobium inoculants for Glycine max, Medicago sativa, and Arachis hypogaea, manufactured commercially in South Africa, are reported and discussed. Whereas the average cell count per gram per batch was well in excess of 10, inoculants for G. max and M. sativa manufactured with peat treated with gamma irradiation at a dose of 50 kGr co...