Bidah Pomegranate Landrace: Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activity.

Pomegranate ( L.) belongs to the Punicaceae family and is native to Central Asia; yet, it has a wide geographical distribution globally, reflecting its adaptation to different climatic conditions. Pomegranate is among the oldest and most significant cultivated crops, thriving extensively in tropical and subtropical climates.

Strigolactone and nitric oxide collaborate synergistically to boost tomato seedling resilience to arsenic toxicity via modulating physiology and antioxidant system.

Arsenic (As) poses a significant environmental threat as a metalloid toxin, adversely affecting the health of both plants and animals. Strigolactones (SL) and nitric oxide (NO) are known to play crucial roles in plant physiology. Therefore, the present experiment was designed to investigate the potential cumulative role of SL (GR24-0.

Melatonin involves hydrogen sulfide in the regulation of H-ATPase activity, nitrogen metabolism, and ascorbate-glutathione system under chromium toxicity.

Contamination of soils with chromium (Cr) jeopardized agriculture production globally. The current study was planned with the aim to better comprehend how melatonin (Mel) and hydrogen sulfide (HS) regulate antioxidant defense system, potassium (K) homeostasis, and nitrogen (N) metabolism in tomato seedlings under Cr toxicity. The data reveal that application of 30 μM Mel to the seedlings treated with 25 μM Cr has a positive effect on HS metabolism that resulted in a considerable increase in HS.

Molybdenum and hydrogen sulfide synergistically mitigate arsenic toxicity by modulating defense system, nitrogen and cysteine assimilation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seedlings.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) has emerged as a potential gasotransmitter in plants with a beneficial role in stress amelioration. Despite the various known functions of HS in plants, not much information is available to explain the associative role of molybdenum (Mo) and hydrogen sulfide (HS) signaling in plants under arsenic toxicity. In view to address such lacunae in our understanding of the integrative roles of these biomolecules, the present work attempts to decipher the roles of Mo and HS in mitigation of arsenate (AsV) toxicity in faba bean (Vicia faba L.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) and potassium (K) synergistically induce drought stress tolerance through regulation of H-ATPase activity, sugar metabolism, and antioxidative defense in tomato seedlings.

Exogenous potassium (K) and endogenous hydrogen sulfide (HS) synergistically alleviate drought stress through regulating H-ATPase activity, sugar metabolism and redox homoeostasis in tomato seedlings. Present work evaluates the role of K in the regulation of endogenous HS signaling in modulating the tolerance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. Mill.

Ascorbate and glutathione independently alleviate arsenate toxicity in brinjal but both require endogenous nitric oxide.

In this study, we have explored the possible role of ascorbic acid (ASC) and glutathione (GSH) in alleviating arsenate (As ) toxicity in brinjal roots. Moreover, we have also focused our attention on the possible involvement of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in accomplishing this task. As treatment negatively impacts the length and fresh weight of roots and shoots as well as the dry weight and fitness of roots, and this was accompanied by greater As accumulation in roots and shoots of brinjal.

Calcium-hydrogen sulfide crosstalk during K-deficient NaCl stress operates through regulation of Na/H antiport and antioxidative defense system in mung bean roots.

Present investigation reports the role of calcium (Ca) and hydrogen sulfide (HS) crosstalk associated with Vigna radiata seedlings subjected to K deficient conditions under short-term (24 h) and long-term (72 h) NaCl stress. Perusal of the data reveals that under short-term NaCl stress an initial decline in K level led to the elevation in Ca and HS levels along with improvement in antioxidant system and reduction in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Under long-term NaCl stress a further decline in K content was deleterious that led to a lower K/Na ratio.

Crosstalk of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide requires calcium to mitigate impaired photosynthesis under cadmium stress by activating defense mechanisms in Vigna radiata.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) and nitric oxide (NO) have been known to affect vast number of processes in plants under abiotic stresses. Also, calcium (Ca) works as a second messenger in plants, which underpins the abiotic stress-induced damage. However, the sequence of action of these signaling molecules against cadmium (Cd)-induced cellular oxidative damage remains unidentified.

In silico authentication of amygdalin as a potent anticancer compound in the bitter kernels of family Rosaceae.

Amygdalin a naturally occurring compound, predominantly in the bitter kernels of apricot, almond, apple and other members of Rosaceae family. Though, amygdalin is used as an alternative therapy to treat various types of cancer but its role in cancer pathways has rarely been explored yet. Therefore, present study was intended with the aim to investigate the alleged anti-cancerous effects of amygdalin specifically on PI3K-AKT-mTOR and Ras pathways of cancer in human body.

Priming of tomato seedlings with 2-oxoglutarate induces arsenic toxicity alleviatory responses by involving endogenous nitric oxide.

Metal toxicity in crop plants is a matter of scientific concern. Therefore, in recent years efforts have been made to minimize metal toxicity in crop plants. Out of various strategies, priming of seedlings with certain chemicals, like e.

Melatonin and calcium function synergistically to promote the resilience through ROS metabolism under arsenic-induced stress.

The interplay between melatonin (Mel) and calcium (Ca) in enhancing tolerance to metalloid toxicity and underlying physiological and biochemical mechanisms of this relationship still remains unknown. The present study reveals that the signaling molecules Mel and/or Ca enhanced tolerance of Vicia faba (cv. Tara) plant to metalloid arsenic (As) toxicity.

In vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of polyherbal extracts from , , and on HeLa and MCF-7 cell lines.

Various metabolites exist in the medicinal plants have lot of potential to cure various diseases and disorders. Plants such as, , , and were collected from Western Ghats, Tamilnadu, India. Phytochemicals were extracted from these plants using various organic solvents and tested against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Exogenous nitric oxide alleviates sulfur deficiency-induced oxidative damage in tomato seedlings.

Despite numerous reports on the role of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating plants growth and mitigating different environmental stresses, its participation in sulfur (S) -metabolism remains largely unknown. Therefore, we studied the role of NO in S acquisition and S-assimilation in tomato seedlings under low S-stress conditions by supplying NO to the leaves of S-sufficient and S-deficient seedlings. S-starved plants exhibited a substantial decreased in plant growth attributes, photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll (Chl) and other photosynthetic parameters, and activity of enzymes involved in Chl biosynthesis (δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase), and photosynthetic processes (carbonic anhydrase and RuBisco).

Potential roles of melatonin and sulfur in alleviation of lanthanum toxicity in tomato seedlings.

Owing to the active use of rare-earth elements in many areas, it is necessary to study their behavior in the environment and their biological impact on plants. Despite the role of melatonin and sulfur in plant growth, development and abiotic stress tolerance; it is still not clear how they have a strong regulatory influence and synergistic effect on growth, physiological and biochemical characteristics of plants under different environmental stresses. Therefore, this study highlights how melatonin and sulfur together potentially involved in a reversal of lanthanum-inhibited photosynthetic and growth responses in tomato seedlings.