Abstract Obtaining high potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber yield through increased number and weight of quality tubers is important for farmers while the quality factors are of interest for food processing industries. Potato processing industries require high quality tubers having the highest possible dry matter, starch and protein contents. A two-year field study was carried out as a factoria...

pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive disease of the lungs, which leads to death in human. it has been suggested that transforming growth factor beta 1 (tgf-β1) together with oxidative stress play a central role in the pathogenesis of the ailment. the objective of this study was to evaluate the possible curative effects of black radish, raphanus sativus l . var niger (rsn) on bleomycine (blm) -in...

withania somnifera (ws) possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. ws preparations have a potential therapeutic role in the central nervous system (cns) related disorders in animal models. in this study, the possible protective effect of acute aqueous ws root extract on behavioral despair was explored and compared with fluoxetine, an antidepressant with selective serotonin (5-ht) reu...

Field trials with Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel were conducted at the experimental farm of Faculty of Agriculture, University Azad Jiroft in 2012 growth seasons. The aim of this work is to study the effect of foliar application with benzyladenine (BA) at 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg.L-1 and gibberellic acid (GA3) at 0, 100 and 200 mg.L-1 on the vegetative grow...

Most clinical laboratories directly measure serum triglyceride, total cholesterol, and high- density lipoprotein cholesterol. They indirectly calculate low-density lipoprotein cholesterol value using the Friedewald equation. Although high serum triglyceride (>400 mg/dL or 4.52 mmol/L) devaluates low-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculation by using this formula, effects of low serum triglyce...

The optimization of nitrogen application for root crops such as radish is important not only for yield and product quality (sponginess and hollowness) but also for the environment. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of four levels of N application (0, 150, 300 and 450 mg l-1 N) on three radish cultivars (Saxa, Red Fuoko and White Ghiaccio) grown in pots in autumn/winter (from mid-October to mid...

Organic compounds including seaweed extract were applied in organic production system and sustainable agriculture. One of these compounds is humic acid that was used widely in research and commercial programs. Humic acid is an organic acid obtained from humus and other natural resources with hormonal effects and improving nutrient absorption, increasing root and shoot biomass. In order to inves...

We read with great interest the letter of Sodemann et al. on successful treatment of a patient with refractory absence status epilepticus (ASE) with lacosamide (LCM). In particular, Sodemann et al. reported the case of a 64-year-old male with juvenile absence epilepsy (he was on 400 mg/day lamotrigine, 400 mg/day topiramate and 2500 mg/day levetiracetam; plasma concentrations were not investiga...

The effect of dietary magnesium (Mg) on the development of atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed rabbits was investigated. Male New Zealand White rabbits (n = 31) were placed on five kinds of diets: regular, 1% cholesterol, and 1% cholesterol diets supplemented with either 300, 600, or 900 mg (as Mg) of Mg sulfate. The regular and 1% cholesterol diets contained 400 mg of Mg per 100 g. Each rabbit ...

Aiming at the problem of environmental pollution caused by heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Cu, and Cr, Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) were enriched in mining soil. SRB was added to AMD containing different concentrations Cr batch experiments explore potential for treating AMD. Testing combining Scanning Electron Microscopy–Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Photoel...