abstract background and objectives: soil salinity is one of the most important limited factors of plant productions. physiological drought resulting from salinity stress is one of the main reasons of limiting water absorption from soil. moreover, increasing the salt absorption by plants cause to disorder in physiological and cellular processes. spearmint (mentha spicata l.) is from lamiaceae fa...

Absorption characteristics of Mg(2+) and Cl(-) were investigated with 5-day-old excised corn (Zea mays) roots. Uptake from both 0.5 and 10 milliequivalents per liter MgCl(2) solutions occurred at steady state rates for the first 6 hours. Inhibition by dinitrophenol and low temperatures established that absorption during this period was metabolically mediated in the absence and presence of Ca(2+...

In photo-acoustic imaging, energy absorption causes thermo-elastic expansion of optical absorbers, which in turn leads to propagation of a pressure wave. Recently, we have developed an efficient method for locating small absorbing regions inside a bounded domain from boundary measurements of the induced pressure wave and reconstructing the absorbed density. However, it is the absorption coeffic...

Amongst the various routes of drug delivery, oral route is perhaps the most preferred to the patient and the clinicians. Based on our present understandings of biochemical and physiological aspects of absorption and metabolism, many drugs cannot be delivered successfully through the conventional oral route, because after administration the drugs are subjected to extensive presystemic clearance,...

Vegetarians who eat a varied and well balanced diet are not at any greater risk of iron deficiency anaemia than non-vegetarians. A diet rich in wholegrains, legumes, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, iron-fortified cereals and green leafy vegetables provides an adequate iron intake. Vitamin C and other organic acids enhance non-haem iron absorption, a process that is carefully regulated by the gut. Pe...

In this contribution, we review the molecular and physiological barriers to oral delivery of peptides and nanoparticles. We discuss the opportunities and predictivity of various in vitro systems with special emphasis on human intestine in Ussing chambers. First, the molecular constraints to peptide absorption are discussed. Then the physiological barriers to peptide delivery are examined. These...

The extensive use of chemical fertilizers is responsible for numerous environmental problems including low food quality, soil degradation, and toxicity to beneficial living organisms in the soil. Nano-fertilizers (NFs) application may be a promising solution combat these challenges. current study focused on efficiency applying small amounts NFs incorporated with conventional nitrogen, phosphoru...

We have improved Zeeman atomic absorption spectrometric determination of selenium in serum by using an acidic solution of Ag + Cu + Mg as a matrix modifier and performing the charring step in flowing O2. Under these conditions, we could calibrate serum results with selenium standards in bovine albumin solutions. Mean analytical recovery was 98%, and the CV was 1.8% within runs, 2.9% between run...