Soil salinity and drought compromise water uptake and lead to osmotic adjustment in xero-halophyte plant species. These important environmental constraints may also have specific effects on plant physiology. Stress-induced accumulation of osmocompatible solutes was analysed in two Tunisian populations of the Mediteranean shrub Atriplex halimus L.-plants originating from a salt-affected coastal ...

Kheiria Hcini1, David J. Walker2, Elena González3, Nora Frayssinet4, Enrique Correal2 and Sadok Bouzid1 1Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Tunis, 2Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDA), C/Mayor, s/n 30150 La Alberca, Murcia, 3Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNPSJB – Comodoro Rivadavia, 4Facultad de Agronomía, ...

Safety and anti-diabetic effects of Glucolevel, a mixture of dry extract of leaves of the Juglans regia L, Olea europea L, Urtica dioica L and Atriplex halimus L were evaluated using in vivo and in vitro test systems. No sign of toxic effects (using LDH assay) were seen in cultured human fibroblasts treated with increasing concentrations of Glucolevel. Similar observations were seen in vivo stu...