Weanling Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and salt-resistant (DR) rats were used to compare effects of feeding high or low NaCl diets on taste preference for, and intake of, a wide range of saline concentrations. The DS and DR were fed either 8.0 or 0.4% dietary NaCl for 4 weeks. Then, with all animals fed the 0.4% NaCl diet, their taste preferences for 0.0001 to 0.56 M saline were assessed using three...

Abstract High total P content but insufficient available in soil is an obstacle that restricts the efficient utilization of saline-alkali regions. Although resistant P-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) solubilize insoluble P, few studies have focused on their application plant growth. We isolated a PSB strain, identified as Bacillus sp. DYS211, from bird droppings regions and determined its growth ch...

Arsenic (As) contamination is an important environmental consequence in some parts of salinity-affected South (S) and South-East (SE) Asia. In this study, we investigated the individual and combined phytotoxicity of arsenic (As) [arsenate; As(V)] and salinity (NaCl) on early seedling growth (ESG) of saline-tolerant and non-tolerant rice varieties. Germination percentage (GP), germination speed ...

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effect <em>Rhizobium sp.</em> and phosphate solubilizing bacteria saline-resistant application rock growth production soybean plants in saline soils. The carried out using a 3 x 4 factorial design on basis Completely Randomized Design with replications. first factor is treatment (CFU 109 cells/g) at levels, namely F0 : 0 mg/pot, ...

Arsenic (As) contamination is an important environmental consequence in some parts of salinity-affected South (S) and South-East (SE) Asia. In this study, we investigated the individual and combined phytotoxicity of arsenic (As) [arsenate; As(V)] and salinity (NaCl) on early seedling growth (ESG) of saline-tolerant and non-tolerant rice varieties. Germination percentage (GP), germination speed ...

With the expansion of saline-alkaline tolerant rice in China, effects salinity stress (NaCl) on quinclorac-resistant Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv (E. crus-galli) is unclear. In this study, growth chamber experiment was conducted to test germination and physiology seven populations E. with quinclorac-different resistance levels which were collected from Hunan province. The results showed th...

Objective(s): The novel healing choices for handling of infections due to multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus are reguired. HAMLET has been reported to be able to sensitize bacterial pathogens to traditional antimicrobial agents. The aim was to assess wound healing activity of methicillin in presence of HAMLET in methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infected wounds. Materials and Method...

Prehypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive rats on low sodium diet have impaired baroreceptor and cardiopulmonary receptor function as compared with Dahl salt-resistant control rats. We tested whether these abnormalities influenced the ability of conscious prehypertensive Dahl saltsensitive rats to excrete a moderate intravenous isotonic saline volume load (0.9% NaCl, 3% body weight i.v.). During cont...

PURPOSE To examine laser damage to three commercially available devices used to prevent stone retropulsion during ureteroscopic lithotripsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two experiments were performed with five Accordion, Stone Cone, and NTrap devices each. All devices had a 7-mm outer diameter. The holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser was set at 8 watts. Experiment 1 was performed in an acrylic tu...

Within the respiratory epithelium of asthmatic patients, copper/zinc-containing superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) is decreased. To address the hypothesis that lung Cu/Zn SOD protects against allergen-induced injury, wild-type and transgenic mice that overexpress human Cu/Zn SOD were either passively sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA) or actively sensitized by repeated airway exposure to OVA. Controls...