The structure of the complex of the tetrameric peanut lectin with lactose has been refined to an R-value of 16.4% using 2.25 angstroms resolution X-ray diffraction data. The subunit conformation in the structure is similar to that in other legume lectins except in the loops. It has been shown that in the tertiary structure of legume lectins, the short five-stranded sheet plays a major role in c...

Peanut is one of the calciphilous plants. Calcium serves as a ubiquitous central hub in a large number of signaling pathways. In the field, free calcium ion (Ca2+)-deficient soil can result in unfilled pods. Four pod stages were analyzed to determine the relationship between Ca2+ excretion and pod development. Peanut shells showed Ca2+ excretion at all four stages; however, both the embryo of S...

This study investigated the prospect of using peanut shells as an alternative and green sound-absorbing material. The sound-absorption coefficients were determined after filling impedance tubes 30, 60, 90 mm in height with shells. ability increased increased, showing noise reduction coefficient (NRCs) 0.23, 0.43, 0.54 for 30-, 60-, 90-mm heights, respectively. In addition, sounds greater than 2...

Almond (Prunus dulcis) and Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) both are the edible dry fruits, belong to families "Rosaceae" "Fabaceae" respectively. There number of studies have reported biological activities fruit but a very little data is available on shells. Shells extracts possess antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, anticancer due presence bioactive compounds, such as alkaloids,...

Three commercial peanut varieties (Starr Spanish, Florunner, and Florigiant) were grown in field plots treated with 0, 1, and 4 kg dieldrin per hectare. Soil samples were taken at planting; soil and aerial portions were sampled 10 weeks into the growing season. Peanuts were grown to maturity (16 weeks), harvested, and dried before shelling. Soils, hay, shells, and meats were analyzed for dieldr...

Based on agricultural biomass resources and utilization in Shaanxi province, this experiment used decomposing mushroom residues, pine needles, peanut shells compounded with river sand as organic cultivation substrates, compared garden soil, carried out pot experiments to study the effect of different soilless substrates tomato yield, size number. The results show that CK1 (garden soil) CK2 (dec...

The main aim of this study was to perform a parametric for treating model dye containing wastewater (i.e., methylene blue, MB) using locally available biomass wastes in Palestine as the adsorbent. Eight different types biomasses were investigated batch adsorption tests, including coffee grains, almond shells, pistachio date pits, jute sticks, sunflower peanut and grapevine sticks. experiments c...