Endophytes have a symbiotic relationship with the different parts of plants and could play a very important role in supporting the plant growth. In present study, 11 most efficient isolates were selected out of more than 200 endophytic bacteria isolated previously from roots of chickpea (Cicer arietinum), field pea (Pisum sativum), Lucerne (Medicago sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and oat (A...

The effects of L-histidine (LH) on anxiety and memory retrieval were investigated in adult male Swiss Albino mice (weight 30-35 g) using the elevated plus-maze. The test was performed on two consecutive days: trial 1 (T1) and trial 2 (T2). In T1, mice received an intraperitoneal injection of saline (SAL) or LH before the test and were then injected again and retested 24 h later. LH had no effec...

The overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a central role in the pathogenesis of endothelial damage in diabetes. To assess the effect of oat on experimental diabetic retinopathy, five groups of Albino rats were studied: nondiabetic control, untreated diabetic, and diabetic rats treated with 5%, 10%, and 20% (W/W) oat of the diet for 12 weeks. Novel data were obtained in this stud...

BACKGROUND The use of oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) to prevent non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) related-strokes is often sub-optimal. We aimed to evaluate whether implementing guidelines on antithrombotic therapy (AT) by a multifaceted strategy may improve appropriateness of its prescription in NVAF-patients discharged from a large tertiary-care hospital. METHODS A survey was conduc...

Oat (Avena sativa) is an important forage and grain crop in countries of the southern cone region of South America. Approximately 600,000 ha of oats are grown for grain in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. Also, more than 4,000,000 ha are grown for forage (17,19,22), although in Brazil much of the forage oat is A. strigosa rather than A. sativa. In the subtropical to temperate climate of...

Four pigs fitted with two sets of re-entrant cannulas in the upper jejunum were used to study the effect of two oat-flour (F)- and oat-bran (B)-based diets without or with (FC and BC respectively) addition of 148 g wood cellulose/kg on jejunal flow and absorption of glucose over an isolated loop of jejunum. Mean transit time (MTT) of flow from the proximal re-entrant cannula increased from appr...

McCartney, D. H. and Vaage, A. S. 1994. Comparative yield and feeding value of barley, oat and triticale silage. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 74: 91-96. The yield and feeding value of barley (Hordeum vulgare 'Johnson'), oat (Avena sativa 'Calibre') and triticale (Triticosecale 'Carmen') silages were compared in a field study, a heifer growth trial (1 19 d in length, with four pens of eight Charolais cros...

A primary oat-cell carcinoma of the oesophagus is described with an adjacent squamous carcinoma, both parts having characteristic ultrastructure. The origin of this mixed tumour is discussed together with the literature on oesophageal carcinomas having an oat-cell pattern.