abstract one of the most important cut foliage plants is strelitzia (strelitzia spp.) which has several usages. this research program was focused on increasing the vase life of strelitzia cut foliage in the normal storage condition. the experiment was arranged as completely randomized design with three replications. treatments included combinations of four different levels of gibberellic acid (...

field trials with ficus benjamina l.were conducted at the experimental farm of faculty of agriculture, university azad jiroft in 2012 growth seasons. the aim of this work is to study the effect of foliar application with gibberellic acid (ga3) and benzyladenine (ba) at 0, 100 and 200 mg.l-1 on the vegetative growth and photosynthetic pigments of ficus benjamina plants. the obtained results show...

Because adenine is effective for managing cases of radiation-induced and drug-induced leukopenia, it may be effective in cases of antipsychotic-induced leukopenia and neutropenia. Here, we report our experience with patients with leukopenia and neutropenia caused by an antipsychotic overdose or discontinuation of lithium carbonate, in whom adenine administration ameliorated the white blood cell...

By monitoring the growth of several adenine auxotrophs of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on cytokinin-supplemented media, we have demonstrated that this organism can utilize some of these derivatives as a source of adenine. Growth of a mutant lacking adenylosuccinate synthetase suggests that the conversion of cytokinins to adenine does not involve a hypoxanthine intermediate and may be cata...

Ricin A-chain is an N-glucosidase that attacks ribosomal RNA at a highly conserved adenine residue. Our recent crystallographic studies show that not only adenine and formycin, but also pterin-based rings can bind in the active site of ricin. For a better understanding of the means by which ricin recognizes adenine rings, the geometries and interaction energies were calculated for a number of c...

Inflammation and oxidative stress are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease in humans, and in chronic renal failure (CRF) in rats. The aim of this work was to study the role of inflammation and oxidative stress in adenine-induced CRF and the effect thereon of the purported nephroprotective agent gum arabic (GA). Rats were divided into four groups and treated for 4 w...

The crystal structure of a DNA duplex dodecamer d(CGCAAAAATGCG) and its complementary strand has been determined at 2.6-A resolution. Although our goal was to deduce the structural features of the static bending of the helical axis exhibited by adenine-tract structures in solution, we conclude that the overall bend of 20 degrees in the direction of the major groove observed here arises from the...

In addition to their action upon adenine, the adenine aminohydrolases of Azofobacfer vinelandii and of Candida ufilis have been found capable of acting upon 6-chloropurine, 6-iodopurine, 6-hydrazinopurine, 2-amino-6-chloropurine, 2,6-diaminopurine, and 7-aminothiazolo[5,4-dlpyrimidine. In each case the enzyme catalyzes the replacement by a hydroxyl group of the substituent on position 6 or on t...

Adenine nucleotides of guinea-pig neocortical tissues were labelled by incubation with [(14)C]adenine and excess of adenine was then removed by superfusion with precursor-free medium. Adenine derivatives released from the tissue during continued superfusion, including a period of electrical stimulation of the tissue, were collected by adsorption and examined after elution and concentration. The...