... vitamins L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), folic acid, and niacin were determined inthe research Vitamin C was determined by the 2,6-dichlorophenolindo- 1190 N Caglarırmak ... method, in which this dye is reduced by the ascorbic acid, resulting inthe disappearance of the color of the dye (AOAC, 1995) B complex vitamins B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), folic acid, and niacin ... research will be a contribution to the literature from the point of interesting ratios for both Turkey and the world consumption Inthe other nutrients of the Shiitake and Oyster mushrooms that...
... compounds inthe phloem exudates, amounting to 51% of the total amino acids inthe light and 56% inthe dark (Fig 7A) The total amount of alanine, serine and glycine was reduced from 33% inthe light ... light to 25% inthe dark (Fig 7A) Glutamine and asparagine were the major amino acids inthe xylem sap in both the light (63% of the total amino acids) and dark (60%) (Fig 7B) The amino acid percentage ... al acid synthesis in these cells, from which the amino acids are loaded to the phloem for the grain Inthe phloem sap, glutamine is the preferred nitrogen carrier rather than asparagine (Table...
... foray) in his coverage of macrofungi in British Columbia The horn of plenty fruits during the same cold weather as the winter craterellebeginning in late fall in southern Oregon and continuing on into ... ectomycorrhizae in these plots will determine the persistence and growth of the inoculated chanterelle strain Whether chanterelles fruit on young seedlings in these field plots, as they did inthe greenhouse, ... another In these cases, the name of the author who first described the species is placed in parentheses, followed first by the name of the author who placed the species into the current genus, and then...
... mushroom poisoning The toxins involved belong to the phallotoxin and amatoxin complexes The phallotoxin phalloidin binds specifically to actin While the phallotoxins are not active following ingestion, ... different from the materials used inthe cultivation of the mushroom, or they may be the same Substrates may be used singly or in combination Some of the substrates used inthe spawn making include ... localized inthe cells It is the amatoxin such as α-amatine that is involved in amanita poisoning α-Amatine is a specific inhibitor of RNA polymerase present in all eukaryotes This blocking of the enzymes...
... a subtle difference inthe amino-acid residues lining the active-site pocket [35] In other AKRs a single amino acid substitution has determined a new enzyme activity, i.e the change of activity ... family of proteins One is located inthe N-terminus (42–59 numbered according to DpARs); the second signature is at 150–160 amino acids, and the third pattern is located inthe C-terminus (256–266) ... for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal Biochem 72, 248–254 15 Laemmli, U.K (1970) Cleavage of structural proteins during the...
... was incorporated into arginine as a nitrogen storage compound The GLU1 mutant showed a 5.8-fold increase in arginine relative to the wild-type plants in air, whereas in high CO2, arginine remained ... with the mesophyll (Fig 6F), indicating that GLT was mainly expressed inthe vascular cells signal was detected inthe mesophyll cells and inthe vascular cells of minor veins bordering the mesophyll ... acid synthesis in Arabidopsis [9] The amino acids are then translocated inthe apoplasm and inthe phloem via the plasma membrane-located amino acid transporters [10] Glutamine and asparagine, and...
... believe that the blackening of the fungus explains why it colonizes the brain It may attempt to grow in other locations inthe human body, but inthe absence of the precursors for melanin synthesis, ... be too late to save thepatient From the nasal sinus they are just centimeters from the brain, and they work their way in through tiny fissures inthe bone or by following the walls of blood vessels ... my side, preferring to disappear into the woods across the street than stay with me inthe shed Other fungi that infect humans synthesize melanin—a different kind of melanin than the cryptococcal...
... Figure 1g, the Pd micro/nano-leaves consisting of branches up to 500 nm in width and μ m in length were formed, as shown inthe high magnification image (inset in Figure 1g) To pin down the related ... deliver reduction peaks at ca 0.41 V while by potentiostatic deposition thereduction peaks shift to ca 0.52 V The peaks are attributed to thereduction of the oxide formed on the Pd during the forward ... of the oxidized Pd oxide and the removal of the incompletely oxidized carbonaceous species formed inthe forward scan The oxidation peak inthe forward scan is usually employed to evaluate the...
... Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 15 (2009) 5–7 infections, thus minimizing the development of resistance to such agents Shiitake, Lentinula edodes is one of the most popular edible mushrooms in ... agents tested, including the mushroom extracts and ciprofloxacin The shiitake extract demonstrated good activity against the MRSA isolate tested (S aureus (MRSA) 43300), inthe manner in which honey ... genera Of the fungi examined, five were yeasts, with the remaining five being filamentous fungi, from five genera overall These organisms are detailed in Table Sterile 0.1% [w/v] peptone saline was...
... bisporus during the cultivation process (are there differences in chitin content among the repeating 3–5 day cycles, i.e., flushes or breaks of cultivation?), (b) to compare the chitin contents ... rats (Mathew & Ramachandran-Nair, 1998) fed 0.5% chitin or partially hydrolysed chitin during 13 weeks Based on the experimental data the following conclusions were drawn: Chitin content of the cultivated ... and 3.31% of DM According to data of Manzi et al (2001) the cooking of A bisporus increased the chitin content for normal, fresh mushrooms, for the deep frozen and for the canned variants, too...
... then the path in T from v to x0 remains intact in T , unless rp = xp for some integer p and the path from v to x0 in T contains the edges {cp−1 , xp } and {cq , xp }, for some integer q > p Therefore, ... where the maximal interior path has order t and there are k leaves on one side of the binary star and l on the other See Figure Let R(n, t) denote the binary star of order n where the maximal interior ... Fajtlowicz was interested in this conjecture inthe hope that its proof might result in a more elegant proof of Theorem (the current proofs are rather unwieldy) Note that the following Conjecture...
... where the weather conditions are milder There are two main constraints inthe Mediterranean habitat for these plants, cold during the winter and drought during the summer The thermal crisis of the ... growing inthe Canary Islands in order to understand whether the effect of freezing temperatures inthe past could be the cause of their present confinement Chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator ... observed in this regard during the cold season Moreover, in all three species leaves were more sensitive to freezing temperatures inthe warm season with respect to the cold season In L azorica the...
... a single extraction was about 40 from the beginning to the resuspension in TE buffer and it was easy to process a large number of samples in a workday The most laborious step is the grinding ... samples are extracted, they may be kept on ice or in freezer (-20 °C) until going on with the 65 °C incubation step for all samples The grinding step could be optimised with the use of automated ... immersion inthe 65 °C water bath, the mixture became clear in a few seconds, as soon as the different reagents interacted with proteins, phenolic compounds and polysaccharides After incubation,...
... concentration inthe guard cells, gw inthe dark was not significantly increased In fact the raise in guard cell turgor, required for stomatal opening, depends on the ratio in osmoticum between the epidermal ... [31] This reductionin photosynthesis was ascribed to reduced CO2 avaibility inthe chloroplast In both oak [31] and beech (this study) seedlings, the constancy inthe CO2 mole fraction inthe sub ... stomatal opening Therefore, a depletion in malate2-, resulting in a lower negative charge inthe guard cell vacuole, may explain the reduced accumulation of K+ With excess Al inthe nutrient...
... rate or the initial slope of the photosynthetic light curve Concerning stomatal conductance however, leaves of the inner crown were slightly adapted to the prevailing lower PPFD, in that their ... to an increased carbon gain of the shaded leaves, but the interesting issue is that this additionally gained carbon can be used to build more biomass and more carbon gaining leaves On the other ... flow in ALMIS Pools and procedures are explained inthe text The equations of the shown relationships are given in table I y-coordinate (= vertical axis), and into by 12 steps in z-coordinate...
... leaves from the same seedlings are indicated inthe insert Interestingly, they were very close to the value computed from equation [4] (α The points obtained during ) c increasing water stress ... inthe species with lowest assimilation rates, suggesting that the differences inthe net CO assimilation rate between species are linked to the CO availability inthe chloroplasts Finally, the ... availability decreased with increasing drought inthe soil, stressing the importance of reduced influx of CO as an important factor for drought-induced declines of photosynthesis These results are discussed...
... experiments was to assess whether the decline in leaf photosynthesis was accompanied by a change inthe partitioning of photosynthates and whether this change reflected an increased requirement of ... hydrolysis in waterstressed leaves (Jones et al, 1980) and/or a change inthe partitioning between starch and sucrose synthesis (Vassey and Sharkey, 1989) In spinach, this change inthe partitioning ... stressed saplings In contrast to starch and sucrose, a fivefold increase was observed inthe hexose The large decrease inthe starch/soluble carbohydrate ratio (table II) may reflect an increased...
... are essentially inthe epidermis of NFA + 50 and inthe endodermis The main changes in Istebna occurred inthe endodermis, mesophyll and vascular bundle and in beech, they were inthe parenchyma ... during the vegperiod and the ozone levels (monthly averages) since the trees were planted Ozone showed the often reported fluctuations during the year with the maximum levels occurring in spring ... applied in conjunction with a drought stress, but the direction of the effects was nevertheless the same, that is, increasing ozone concentration was associated with increasing calcium In beech, the...
... was inincrease in PS II thermal deexcitation related to reduced electron consumption and decreased activity of the carbon reduction and photorespiratory cycles The question nevertheless remains ... in m’ /F v’ a few minutes as soon as the actinic light had been switched off, which indicates that the decreases were due to a fast relaxing non-photochemical quenching Highest levels of D finally ... /F v ences appeared inthe precocity of the decline of photochemical efficiency at 220 -2 -1 , μmol m s revealing changes in photosynthetic activity But surprisingly, the species which was...