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Protective Effect of Black Seed and Lettuce Oils Against Paracetamol-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats
Conclusion: This study revealed that the oils of black seed (Nigella sativa) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) have a protective role in improving body weight gain, food intake, feed efficiency ratio, liver enzymes, kidney functions, lipid profiles and some immune biomarkers against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in experimental rats.PMID:38516747 | DOI:10.3923/pjbs.2024.59.68 (Source: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences: PJBS)
Source: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences: PJBS - March 22, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Elsayed Hamed Ali Bakr Areej Abdulhamid Hamdan Almuraee Source Type: research

Excitation transfer and quenching in photosystem II, enlightened by carotenoid triplet state in leaves
Photosynth Res. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s11120-024-01086-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAccumulation of carotenoid (Car) triplet states was investigated by singlet-triplet annihilation, measured as chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence quenching in sunflower and lettuce leaves. The leaves were illuminated by Xe flashes of 4 μs length at half-height and 525-565 or 410-490 nm spectral band, maximum intensity 2 mol quanta m-2 s-1, flash photon dose up to 10 μmol m-2 or 4-10 PSII excitations. Superimposed upon the non-photochemically unquenched Fmd state, fluorescence was strongly quenched near the flash maximum (minimum yield ...
Source: Cell Research - March 19, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Agu Laisk Richard B Peterson Vello Oja Source Type: research

Mitigation of arsenic accumulation in crop plants using biofertilizer
This study focused on the utilization of biofertilizer which is a combination of arsenic-accumulating microorganisms and adsorbent (carrier) in order to achieve high efficiency of arsenic immobilization and ability to apply in the field. Thirty-two bacterial strains were isolated from 9 soil samples collected from the Dongjin and Duckum mining areas in Korea using a nutrient medium amended with 2 mM sodium arsenite. Among isolates, strain DE12 identified as Bacillus megaterium exhibited the greatest arsenic accumulation capacity (0.236 mg/g dry biomass) and ability to resist up to 18 mM arsenite. Among the three agricultur...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - March 18, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Anh T P Hoang Kyoung-Woong Kim Source Type: research

Evaluation of a new automated viral RNA extraction platform for hepatitis A virus and human norovirus in testing of berries, lettuce, and oysters
Int J Food Microbiol. 2024 Mar 7;416:110664. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2024.110664. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFruits, vegetables, and shellfish are often associated with outbreaks of illness caused particularly by human norovirus (HuNoV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV), the leading causative agents of foodborne illness worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate a new automated nucleic acid extraction platform (EGENE-UP EASYPREP) for enteric viruses in several at-risk food matrices and to test its limit of detection in comparison to a semi-automated method (EGENE-UP) using Boom methodology for nucleic acid extraction...
Source: International Journal of Food Microbiology - March 16, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Mathilde Trudel-Ferland Marie- Ève Collard Val érie Goulet-Beaulieu Eric Jubinville Fabienne Hamon Julie Jean Source Type: research