The effects of the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine (CBZ) were studied in three freshwater invertebrate species representing different taxonomic groups, life histories, and habitats in aquatic ecosystems. The oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus was exposed by way of CBZ-spiked sediments at nominal concentrations between 0.625 and 10 mg/kg dry weight (dw) for 28 days. At the end of the test, repr...

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) fronds (OPF) are the most abundant oil palm solid wastes that are generated during oil palm agriculture and harvest. Palm oil and some other palm wastes have been reported to contain high concentrations of carotenoids with vital bioactive properties. However, the extraction and quantification of carotenoids from OPF have not been reported. In this study, ultra...

BACKGROUND Potato frying quality is a complex trait influenced by sugar content in tubers. Good frying quality requires low content of reducing sugars to avoid the formation of dark pigments. Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja is a valuable genetic resource for breeding and for genetic studies. The sugar content after harvest was analyzed in a germplasm collection of Group Phureja to contribute to...

Fungal endophytes have shown to affect plant growth and to confer stress tolerance to the host; however, effects of endophytes isolated from water plants have been poorly investigated. In this study, fungi isolated from stems (stem-E) and roots (root-E) of Mentha aquatica L. (water mint) were identified, and their morphogenetic properties analysed on in vitro cultured Arabidopsis (L.) Heynh., 1...

Lithium (Li) therapy has long been used as an effective treatment for bipolar affective disorders and research continues on its reported benefits in treating neurodegenerative brain diseases. However, it also elicits side-effects which may be related to the form quantity of dosage. The mycelium fruiting bodies popular edible macrofungi, A. bisporus P. ostreatus have shown promising results abil...

Although mercury (Hg) occurs naturally, human activity is currently the greatest source of release and ocean receives Hg inputs by rivers atmospheric deposition. Seabirds including chicks serve as valuable bioindicators contamination, reflecting local contamination around colony. This study investigates ecological drivers (trophic position foraging habitat) influencing concentrations in blood f...

We developed a chemical analytical procedure for sampling, extracting and determining epidermal skin cortisol concentrations (SCCs) in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. In brief, this involved a pressurized liquid extraction with a two-step solid-phase clean-up. A derivatization step was conducted prior to detection. To evaluate the new ...

The current research aimed to increase biomass production by manipulating the light intensity between 300 and 2500 μmol m−2 s−1 into a semi-continuous culture system. growth productivity, photosynthetic performance, pigments, lipids, fatty acids compositions of Tetraselmis tetrathele were closely investigated. This microalga could tolerate high (1500 s−1), where per cell ranged 13 g-dw−1 cell−1...

Herein, fluorescent silica (F-SiO2) ENMs (50 nm) were synthesized, which could be taken up and translocated from rice root to shoot, promoting the plant growth resistance planthopper compared with Si ion fertilizers under hydroponic conditions. Particularly, upon exposure F-SiO2 (5 mg?L?1) suspension for 9 days, fresh dry weight (FW DW) of length, surface area, tip number increased by 33.58%, 6...

Yellow sweet clover is a widely spread legume species that has potential to be used as a forage crop in Western China. However, limited information is available on the genetic variation for herbage yield, key morphological traits, and coumarin content. In this study, 40 half sib (HS) families of M. officinalis were evaluated for genotypic variation and phenotypic and genotypic correlation for t...