In vitro and in vivo copper-treated Myrtus communis L.: terpene profiles and evidence for potential cultivation on metal-contaminated soils.

The intensive application of agro-chemicals, and in particular of copper (Cu)-based compounds, causes increasing pollution of agricultural land, with serious risks for human health. Aromatic plants used for purposes other than food, can be considered for the exploitation and/or remediation of metal-polluted substrates, since contamination of the essential oils by these metals was not significant. Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.

Transgenerational effects of chromium stress at the phenotypic and molecular level in Arabidopsis thaliana.

In this study, we describe the results obtained in a study of the transgenerational phenotypic effects of chromium (Cr) stress on the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. The F1 generation derived from parents grown under chronic and medium chronic stress showed significantly higher levels of the maximal effective concentration (EC) compared with F1 plants generated from unstressed parents. Moreover, F1 plants from Cr-stressed parents showed a higher germination rate when grown in the presence of Cr.

Hemorrhagic risk after intravenous thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in patients with cerebral microbleeds and white matter disease.

Objectives: Aim of this study was to evaluate the association between cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and white matter disease (WMD) with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with rt-PA. We also evaluated whether CMBs characteristics and WMD burden correlate with symptomatic ICH and outcome.

Methods: We included acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with IVT.

Extracting cadmium in the presence of salt: a study on three poplar clones under controlled conditions.

This study aimed at determining the cadmium phytoextraction potential of three Populus alba L. clones cultivated in the presence of increasing sodium chloride concentrations. Plantlets of a commercial and two autochthonous poplar clones were grown in perlite with nutrient solution enriched in CdSO (50 and 100 μM) and NaCl (25 and 50 mM), administered either alone or in combination.