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Renu Khanna-Chopra Anjana Jajoo Vimal Kumar Semwal 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2011,(4):522
Thermal stability of antioxidant defense enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX, EC 1.11.1.11) was studied in chloroplasts and mitochondria of leaf and inflorescence in heat adaptive weed Chenopodium album. Leaf samples were taken in March (31 °C/14 °C) and young inflorescence (INF) was sampled at flowering in April (40 °C/21 °C). Leaf and INF chloroplast and mitochondrial fractions were subjected to elevated temperatures in vitro (5–100 °C) for 30′. SOD and APX showed activity even after boiling treatment in both chloroplast and mitochondria of leaf and INF. SOD was more heat stable than APX in both chloroplasts and mitochondria in both the tissues. Chloroplast contained more heat stable SOD and APX isozymes than mitochondria in both leaf and INF. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report showing presence of thermostable APX isozymes (100 °C for 30′) in chloroplasts and mitochondria in C. album. Heat stable isozymes of SOD and APX in chloroplasts and mitochondria in leaves and inflorescence may contribute to heat tolerance in C. album. 相似文献
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Muhammad Afzal Imran Kazmi Susmita Semwal Fahad A. Al-Abbasi Firoz Anwar 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2014,386(1-2):27-34
Hypothyroidism is a chronic condition characterized by abnormally low thyroid hormone production. The decreased serum level (>5.1 mIU/l) of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in blood indicates hypothyroidism. The study was an attempt to access the effect of betulinic acid on chemically induced hypothyroidism in female albino rats. Betulinic acid is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid, which has antiretroviral, antimalarial, and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as anticancer potential, by inhibiting topoisomerase. Hypothyroidism was induced in female albino rats using propylthiouracil (PTU) at a dose of 60 μg/kg body weight orally for 1 month. Induction of hypothyroidism was confirmed by increased TSH level. At the end of second month, blood was collected, centrifuged and serum was analyzed for TSH, T3, and T4 level and protocol was terminated by killing of animals. The animals exposed to PTU were treated with pure standard drug thyroxine at a dose of 10 μg/kg of body weight by oral route and the test drug betulinic acid 20 mg/kg by oral route through force feeding in their respective groups. Treatment was carried out for a period of 2 months. Group with PTU-induced hypothyroidism showed an elevation in serum TSH and reduction level, which was restored by the betulinic acid in treated female albino rats. Betulinic acid also reduced the damage caused in the thyroid tissues by PTU, thus minimizing the symptoms of hypothyroidism. Histopathological examinations of the thyroid tissue showed changes in the thyrocytes of PTU-treated group while thyroxine group showed normal thyroid follicles cell architecture and the group treated with betulinic acid also showed marked improvement in the follicles integrity which shows that betulinic acid has some protective activity. This study shows that the betulinic acid has thyroid-enhancing potential by lowering down the TSH levels and reducing the damage caused in the thyroid tissues, thus minimizing the symptoms of hypothyroidism when used anaphylactically in rats. 相似文献
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Cleome viscosa, an annual herb locally known as Jakhiya, grows naturally from seed in rainfed agricultural land and abandoned crop fields at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1500 m in scattered pockets of the Garhwal Himalaya. The seeds are mostly used as condiment. This species is a good substitute of cumin (Cuminum cyminum). Traditionally it is also used to cure a variety of diseases. It provides, three times higher yield when maintained by the farmers as a pure crop compared to yield obtained in mixed cropping conditions. With other food commodities, it is exchanged by the traditional farmers of Garhwal with the people of the areas where it does not grow. Because of its increasing demand, it is being sold in the market and is gaining more and more popularity. Until now no systematic attempt has been made to study the ecological significance and economic potential of Cleome viscosa. This paper describes the agronomy, yield, cost-benefit analysis, uses, and ethnobotany of Cleome viscosa. Systematic efforts are needed to promote its cultivation on a larger scale in village community degraded land and in marginal agricultural land where traditional crops grow with difficulty. 相似文献
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Endosulfan tolerant lines of mustard (Brassica campestris cv. Brown Sarson) have been developed through tissue culture methods. Cotyledonary expiants excised from eight day old in vitro grown seedlings were used for inducing callus. Fast growing friable callus was then transferred to MS medium containing (0.1–2.0 ugl–1) endosulfan for selection. Five alternating exposures with and without endosulfan containing medium yielded an endosulfan tolerant cell line (ETL). The plants regenerated from ETL were found to tolerate three fold higher concentrations of endosulfan. Callus induced from randomly selected endosulfan tolerant regenerated plants were also tolerant to 3.0 ugl endosulfan, thereby, suggesting that tolerance has been acquired at the gene level.Biochemical investigation revealed higher levels of total free sugar, free amino acids, protein and activity of peroxidase in the tolerant cell line.Abbreviations MS
Murashige and Skoog medium (1962)
- NSM
non-selective medium
- SM
selective medium
- BAP
6-Benzylaminopurine
- NAA
-naphthaleneacetic acid
- Z
zeatin 相似文献
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Protective effect of coenzyme Q10 in simvastatin and gemfibrozil induced rhabdomyolysis in rats 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Farswan M Rathod SP Upaganlawar AB Semwal A 《Indian journal of experimental biology》2005,43(10):845-848
Administration of simvastatin (80 mg/kg, po. evening dose) and gemfibrozil (600 mg/kg, po twice) for 30 days produced significant decrease in the level of reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase and increase in the level of lipid peroxidation and various serum parameters (creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, creatinine, urea and blood urea nitrogen). This suggested involvement of oxidative stress in rhabdomyolysis. Increase in the level of reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase and decrease in the level of lipid peroxidation and serum parameters after administration of antioxidant CoQ10 (10 mg/kg.ip) proved the protective effect of CoQ10 in rhabdomyolysis. 相似文献
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Molecular genetics of schizophrenia: past, present and future 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Suman Prasad Prachi Semwal Smita Deshpande Triptish Bhatia V. LNimgaonkar B. K. Thelma 《Journal of biosciences》2002,27(1):35-52
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with a polygenic mode of inheritance which is also governed by non-genetic
factors. Candidate genes identified on the basis of biochemical and pharmacological evidence are being tested for linkage
and association studies. Neurotransmitters, especially dopamine and serotonin have been widely implicated in its etiology.
Genome scan of all human chromosomes with closely spaced polymorphic markers is being used for linkage studies. The completion
and availability of the first draft of Human Genome Sequence has provided a treasure-trove that can be utilized to gain insight
into the so far inaccessible regions of the human genome. Significant technological advances for identification of single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and use of microarrays have further strengthened research methodologies for genetic analysis
of complex traits. In this review, we summarize the evolution of schizophrenia genetics from the past to the present, current
trends and future direction of research. 相似文献
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Rasika S. Vartak Manpreet Kaur Semwal Yidong Bai 《Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes》2014,46(4):323-328
Defects in Complex I assembly is one of the emerging underlying causes of severe mitochondrial disorders. The assembly of Complex I has been difficult to understand due to its large size, dual genetic control and the number of proteins involved. Mutations in Complex I subunits as well as assembly factors have been reported to hinder its assembly and give rise to a range of mitochondria disorders. In this review, we summarize the recent progress made in understanding the Complex I assembly pathway. In particularly, we focus on the known as well as novel assembly factors and their role in assembly of Complex I and human disease. 相似文献
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Semwal Ruchi Badoni Semwal Deepak Kumar Combrinck Sandra Viljoen Alvaro 《Phytochemistry Reviews》2020,19(4):761-785
Phytochemistry Reviews - Chromones are naturally occurring phenolic compounds that are universally present in a healthy human diet. To date, thousands of chromone derivatives, including chromone... 相似文献
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M.K. Semwal Sukhvir Singh A. Sarin S. Bhatnagar H.C. Pathak 《Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)》2012,28(3):269-272
X-knife and gamma knife techniques are well-established for cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Due to differences in their radiation delivery methods, some of the dosimetric parameters of these two techniques differ which may have clinical significance. There are many dosimetric studies comparing linear accelerator based techniques such as X-knife with gamma knife but generally from different institutions. We carried out a retrospective comparative study of the dosimetric parameters of the SRS treatments performed at our centre with X-knife (circular cones) and gamma knife. Our results indicate that the dose conformity and dose fall-off in the vicinity of the target volumes were better for patients treated with gamma knife as compared to X-knife. However, the dose fall-off pattern shows a reversal at a larger distance from the target. It was better for the X-knife as compared to gamma knife in the low dose region. 相似文献
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Candidate gene polymorphisms among North Indians and their association with schizophrenia in a case-control study 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Knowledge of candidate gene polymorphisms in a population is useful for a variety of gene-disease association studies, particularly
for some complex traits. A number of candidate genes, a majority of them from the monoaminergic pathway in the brain, have
been very popular in association studies with schizophrenia, a neuropsychiatric disorder. In this study diallelic/multiallelic
polymorphisms in some dopaminergic, serotonergic and membrane-phospholipid-related genes have been evaluated in a control
population recruited from North India. Association, if any, of these allelic variants with schizopherenia has been tested
using a case-control approach. The case data have been taken from our published family-based association studies in schizophrenia.
Of the eight genes tested in this study, association with schizophrenia was observed for only two gene polymorphisms, one
in the promoter region of the serotonin 2A receptor gene and the other in the tryptophan hydroxylase gene. One new allele
for the dopamine transporter gene (with eight repeats, 570-bp size), not reported in any population so far, has been identified
in one individual in our sample. The data generated in this study, besides providing a normative background for various disease
association studies, are a significant contribution to the population-specific genome database, a currently growing requirement. 相似文献