Objective: Spinacia oleracea L. extract has been reported to possess potent antioxidant activity in several animal models of neurodegenerative disease but its anti-inflammatory role has not been established much. Thus, the present study had been undertaken to evaluate the possible neuroprotective mechanism of S.oleracea against Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced PD. Methods: LPS, a bacterial endo...

The aim of the present study is to determine the antioxidant, carotene and alkaloids content of the selected plant leaves namely spinach oleracea and Annona squamosa. The antioxidant screening was done by DPPH free radical scavenging assay using shade dried leaf extracts. The results showed that IC50 for Annona squamosa and Spinach oleracea was 68.24 (μg/ml), 42.57 μg/ml respectively. Annona sq...

Polyploidy plays a crucial role in plant evolution. Brassica napus (2n = 38, AACC), the most important oil crop in the Brassica genus, is an allotetraploid that originated through natural doubling of chromosomes after the hybridization of its progenitor species, B. rapa (2n = 20, AA) and B. oleracea (2n = 18, CC). A better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between B. napus and B. r...

A detailed comparative map of Brassica oleracea and Arabidopsis thaliana has been established based largely on mapping of Arabidopsis ESTs in two Arabidopsis and four Brassica populations. Based on conservative criteria for inferring synteny, "one to one correspondence" between Brassica and Arabidopsis chromosomes accounted for 57% of comparative loci. Based on 186 corresponding loci detected i...

Palms are distinctive plants of tropics and have peculiar allometric relations. Understanding such relations is useful in the case of introduced species because their ability to establish and invade must be clarified in terms of their responses in the new site. Our purpose was to assess the survival and invasive capacity of an introduced palm species in the Atlantic rainforest, Euterpe oleracea...

Aquaporins (AQPs) are essential channel proteins that regulate plant water homeostasis and the uptake and distribution of uncharged solutes such as metalloids, urea, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. Despite their importance as crop plants, little is known about AQP gene and protein function in cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and other Brassica species. The recent releases of the genome sequences of B. ...

Demand-driven signaling will contribute to regulation of sulfur acquisition and distribution within the plant. To investigate the regulatory mechanisms pedospheric sulfate and atmospheric H(2)S supply were manipulated in Brassica oleracea. Sulfate deprivation of B. oleracea seedlings induced a rapid increase of the sulfate uptake capacity by the roots, accompanied by an increased expression of ...