Publications by authors named "A Ben Mihoub"
Pesticides and antibiotics usually sink into soil, posing serious phytotoxic effects on plants. However, studies are elusive regarding the phytotoxic effects of fungicide Consento (CON) and antibiotic ampicillin (AMP) co-exposure. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important plant signaling molecule known for abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
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- Insecticides and fungicides can hurt crops that aren't meant to be affected, and how they do this together isn't fully understood.
- Silicon (Si) is known to help plants cope with harmful substances, and this study looks at how it helps tomato plants when exposed to two specific pesticides, CYP and HML.
- The research found that using Si on stressed seedlings helped them grow better and reduced damage caused by the pesticides, which suggests that Si could be an important tool for protecting plants in farming.
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- - The study looked at how a harmful fungicide called Consento (CON) affects wheat seedlings and whether a helpful molecule called nitric oxide (NO) can reduce the damage caused by the fungicide.
- - The results showed that high doses of CON made the wheat seedlings grow poorly, reducing their weight, height, and chlorophyll levels significantly.
- - When NO was added, it helped the seedlings recover by improving their growth and health, showing that NO can protect plants from the negative effects of CON.
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- The study focuses on creating new nanocurcumin-based products to combat oxidative stress and diabetes.
- Nanocurcumin is encapsulated in biopolymers from corn starch and fenugreek, achieving high encapsulation rates and demonstrating improved stability and dissolution rates.
- Both formulations showed strong antioxidant activity and significantly lowered blood sugar levels in diabetic rats, supporting their potential as therapeutic options.
Curcumin is known for its anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and antioxidant properties, but its use in biological applications is hindered by its sensitivity to light, oxygen, and temperature. Furthermore, due to its low water solubility, curcumin has a poor pharmacokinetic profile and bioavailability. In this study, we evaluated the potential application of curcumin as a neuroprotective agent encapsulated in RGD peptide-PEGylated nanoliposomes developed from salmon-derived lecithin.
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