15 articles in this issue
Dušan Igic,Milan Borišev,Dragica Vilotic,Mirjana Šijacic-Nikolic,Mirjana Cuk,Miloš Ilic,Branislav Kovacevic
Paper description:The hard-to-root property of white poplar hardwood cuttings is one of the principal problems in white poplar nursery production.This research analyses vegetative propagation by hardwood cuttings of four genotypes of white poplar and the ... see more
Lei Li,Yilin Xie,Li Shen,Juanjuan Tan,Yingchun Qin,Zhiqiang Yan
Paper description:Cytoglobin is involved in injury-induced vascular remodeling.Decreased expression of cytoglobin was detected in the aorta of hypertensive rats compared to normotensive rats.Cytoglobin overexpression was capable of promoting proliferation... see more
Nilüfer Gülmen Imir
Paper description:This study investigates whether miRNA-29a has a potential role in PRIMA-1Met-induced apoptosis.Cell viability, apoptosis and miRNA-29a expression were examined by MTS, FACS analysis, and by RT-qPCR, respectively, in human ovarian cancer ... see more
Erinç Çelik,Olga Sak
Paper description:Our aim was to improve our understanding of the influence of plant growth regulators on insect biology and physiology.Kinetin effects were examined for the life history traits and hemocytes of Achroia grisella by addition to moth diet or... see more
Ahmet Emir,Ceren Emir
Paper description:Due to their wide range of biological effects, phenolic compounds are one of the most significant secondary metabolite groups of plants.The determination of phenolics, total bioactive compounds, and antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory acti... see more
Mustafa Çelik,Yavuz Bagci,Esra Martin,Halil E. Eroglu
Paper description:Chromosome data is valuable and very useful for understanding processes of evolution and speciation.This paper reports the chromosomal data, including karyotype asymmetry, karyological relationships and polyploidy variations, of 10 taxa,... see more
Xiang Wang,Mi-Jun Peng,Zhi-Hong Wang,Qiu-Ling Yang,Sheng Peng
Paper description:The aim of this study is to improve the yield of flavonoid active ingredients from E. ulmoides leaves by establishing a high-performance extraction method.Ultrasound-microwave-assisted extraction was studied and the operational parameter... see more
Katerina Koiou,Ioannis Vasilakoglou,Kico Dhima
Paper description:The phytotoxicity of ten major essential oil components of lavender on the weed bristly foxtail was determined in a perlite-based Petri dish bioassay.Terpinen-4-ol, lavandulol and linalyl acetate exhibited similar phytotoxicity to carvon... see more
Mirjana Mihailovic,Aleksandra Uskokovic,Jelena Arambašic Jovanovic,Nevena Grdovic,Svetlana Dinic,Goran Poznanovic,Aida Franic,Marija Ðordevic,Melita Vidakovic
Paper description:The effects of Castanea sativa and Lactarius deterrimus extracts on the mechanisms of hepatoprotection in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were studied.Both extracts caused activation of the prosurvival-Akt kinase and decreases in O-... see more
Xin Zhang,Zhonghua Sun,Yuepei Zou
Paper description:lncRNA-long non-coding RNA nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1) is involved in the initiation and progression of multiple cancers.We examined the function of NEAT1 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); cytobiological and bioch... see more
Slavica M. Grujic,Željko D. Savkovic,Mihailo S. Ristic,Ana M. Džamic,Milica V. Ljaljevic Grbic,Jelena B. Vukojevic,Petar D. Marin
Paper description:Lamium purpureum L. (Lamiaceae) glandular trichomes and the composition of essential oil were analyzed.Two types of trichomes, non-glandular and glandular (peltate and capitate) were identified. The main compounds of essential oil were t... see more
Jovana S. Todorovic,Zorica J. Terzic Šupic,Sanja D. Mazic,Jelena M. Suzic Lazic,Dejan T. Žikic,Dejan M. Nešic
Paper description:The growth hormone secretagogue receptor R1a, the receptor for ghrelin, is expressed in immune cells.The influence of intracerebroventricularly administered ghrelin (1 µg/day/rat for 5 days) to rats of different ages (peripubertal (5 wee... see more
Monika Mishra,Aarti Sharma,Vinay Singh Dagar,Sarita Kumar
Paper description:Helicoverpa armigera is a global agricultural pest of serious concern. As repeated field application of chemical insecticides has caused negative impacts on the human health, non-targets and the environment, the effects of ß-sitosterol, ... see more
Nataša Nikolic,Sladana Popovic,Danijela Vidakovic,Gordana Subakov Simic,Jelena Krizmanic
Paper description:Extreme habitats such as caves (entrances and spaces near artificial light) are inhabited by phototrophic microorganisms, including diatoms.Biofilm samples from 19 caves in Serbia were investigated to collect data about aerophilic diatom... see more
Ivanina A. Vasileva,Juliana G. Ivanova,Liliana G. Gigova
Paper description:Growth and nitrogen metabolizing enzyme responses of microalgae to changes in the nitrogen source have been characterized well only when ammonium is replaced by nitrate or nitrate by ammonium.We investigated the simultaneous effect of cu... see more