Background & Aim: Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) includes species that have high drug and nutritional values. Considering the importance of the antioxidant enzyme system as an effective factor in increasing the resistance of plants to different environmental stresses, in this research, some biochemical properties of catalase and peroxidase enzymes of rosemary pla...

Abstract The combined effects of Spirulina platensis (SP) and Pediococcus acidilactici (PA) on growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, antioxidative status, immune genes in zebrafish were investigated the present study. Four experimental diets designed: control three test mixed with SP at 2.5%, PA 10 7 CFU/g, or a combination 2.5% CFU/g PA. After 56 days, fish treated mixture had higher ...

To assess the effects of ABA deficiency on tomato fruit growth, mutant flacca was grown in an optimal soil water regime and various analyzes were performed, including morphological (fruit number, diameter biomass), physiological (duration growth rate), biochemical (ABA accumulation, enzyme cell wall peroxidase activity) as well proteomics. The analysis showed that slower rate development result...

Monascus purpureus is known to produce pigment molecules. The pigments were extracted from M. fermented rice. In-vitro antioxidant effects of observed and presumed alleviate oxidative stress related atherosclerosis effect in rats fed with high fat diet (HFD) for 14 weeks. formation lipid peroxide due the oxidation serum was higher HFD. While, feeding rice (groups III-V) significantly lowered (2...

This study optimizes the preparation conditions for mackerel protein hydrolysate (MPH) by response surface methodology (RSM) and investigates the stability of the antioxidant activity of MPHs (<2.5 kDa). The optimal conditions were as follows: enzyme concentration of 1726.85 U/g, pH of 7.00, temperature of 39.55°C, time of 5.5 h, and water/material ratio of 25 : 1, and the maximum DPPH scavengi...

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are synthetic ligands of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. TZDs are known to increase insulin sensitivity and also to have an antioxidative effect. In this study, we tested whether TZDs protect pancreatic β-cells from oxidative stress, and we investigated the mechanism involved in this process. To genera...

Maesil (Prunus mume Siebold and Zucc.), a member of the genus Rosaceae, has been reported to have antioxidative effects, as well as anticancer influence in many cancer lines. Thus, this present study was designed to investigate the inhibitory effect of fermented Maesil with probiotics against 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA)-induced mouse skin c...

We previously showed that the transcription factor Mafb is essential for podocyte differentiation and foot process formation. Podocytes are susceptible to injury in diabetes, and this injury leads to progression of diabetic nephropathy. In this study, we generated transgenic mice that overexpress Mafb in podocytes using the nephrin promoter/enhancer. To examine a potential pathogenetic role for...

Changes in the activities of four enzymes involved in antioxidative plant defence against low temperature treatment were studied in winter wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L cv. Sadovo 1) grown on acid soil (pH 4.2, KCl) under controlled environmental conditions. To investigate the effect of molybdenum (Mo) deficiency on antioxidative defence of these plants, Mo was added to part of the plants a...

Luobuma (Apocynum venetum L. (AVL)) is a popular beverage in Asia and has been reportedly to be associated with the bioactivities such as cardiotonic, diuretic, antioxidative, and antihypertensive. However, its biofunction as chemoprevention activity is seldom addressed. Herein, we aimed to characterize the anti-androgen-insensitive-prostate-cancer (anti-AIPC) bioactive compounds of Luobuma, an...