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The bioactive profile of lettuce produced in a closed soilless system as configured by combinatorial effects of genotype and macrocation supply composition
(2020)The effect of cultivar and nutrient solution macrocation proportions (SK, SCa, SMg) on the bioactive content of hydroponically cultivated lettuce was evaluated on two lettuce cultivars (red and green-pigmented Salanova®) ... -
Biostimulants application: A low input cropping management tool for sustainable farming of vegetables
(2021)Biostimulants, are a diverse class of compounds including substances or microorganism which have positive impacts on plant growth, yield and chemical composition as well as boosting effects to biotic and abiotic stress ... -
Chemical composition, nutritional value and antioxidant properties of Mediterranean okra genotypes in relation to harvest stage
(2018)The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of fruit size on nutritional value, chemical composition and antioxidant properties of Mediterranean okra genotypes. For this purpose, pods from four okra cultivars ... -
Crocins, the active constituents of Crocus sativus L., counteracted apomorphine-induced performance deficits in the novel object recognition task, but not novel object location task, in rats
(2017)Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disease that affects nearly 1% of the population worldwide. Several lines of evidence suggest that the dopaminergic (DAergic) system might be compromised in schizophrenia. Specifically, ... -
Crocins, the bioactive components of crocus sativus l., counteract the disrupting effects of anesthetic ketamine on memory in rats
(2021)Consistent experimental evidence suggests that anesthetic doses of the non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine cause severe memory impairments in rodents. Crocins are among the various ... -
Crocus sativus L. extracts and its constituents crocins and safranal; Potential candidates for schizophrenia treatment?
(2021)Schizophrenia is a chronic mental devastating disease. Current therapy suffers from various limitations including low efficacy and serious side effects. Thus, there is an urgent necessity to develop new antipsychotics with ... -
The effect of covering material on the yield, quality and chemical composition of greenhouse-grown tomato fruit
(2019)BACKGROUND: During the last few decades, greenhouse technology for horticultural crops has focused on retaining optimum conditions within the greenhouse environment that could allow for a compromise between maximum yields ... -
Effects of short-term saffron (Crocus sativus L.) intake on the in vivo activities of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes in healthy volunteers
(2019)Crocus sativus L., a perennial plant grown mainly around the Mediterranean and Iran, has many medicinal properties including anti-inflammatory, anti-depressive and cancer preventing properties. Aqueous herbal extracts may ... -
Effects of the active constituents of Crocus sativus L. crocins and their combination with memantine on recognition memory in rats
(2018)Crocus sativus L., is a plant cultivated in many countries of the world. Crocins are among the active constituents of C. sativus and their implication in cognition has been proposed. The present study was designed to ... -
The gabaa-benzodiazepine receptor antagonist flumazenil abolishes the anxiolytic effects of the active constituents of crocus sativus l. Crocins in rats
(2020)Anxiety is a chronic severe psychiatric disorder. Crocins are among the various bioactive components of the plant Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae) and their implication in anxiety is well-documented. However, which is the ... -
Metal nanoparticles: Phytotoxicity on tomato and effect on symbiosis with the Fusarium solani FsK strain
(2021)The effect of copper (Cu-NPs, CuO-NPs), silver (Ag-NPs) and zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs) nanoparticles (NPs) on plant growth, physiological properties of tomato plants and their symbiotic relationships with the endophytic Fusarium ... -
Modulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system by marine natural products
(2021)The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a key player in the maintenance of cellular protein homeostasis (proteostasis). Since proteasome function declines upon aging leading to the acceleration of its progression and the ... -
Nutritional Characterization of Leaves and Herbal Tea of Moringa oleifera Cultivated in Greece
(2017)Moringa oleifera tree was cultivated for the first time in the mild temperate climate of Greece. Moringa oleifera leaf protein and amino acid content, total phenols and flavonols, lipids, fatty acids, ash and minerals, ... -
Petals of Crocus sativus L. as a potential source of the antioxidants crocin and kaempferol
(2015)Saffron from the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, is highly prized and has been awarded a formal recognition by the European Union with EU Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. Despite this, ... -
The potential of pumpkin seed oil as a functional food—A comprehensive review of chemical composition, health benefits, and safety
(2022)The growing interest in foods that can be beneficial to human health is bringing into focus some products that have been used locally for centuries but have recently gained worldwide attention. One of these foods is pumpkin ...