[Effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on mitochondrial free radicals after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats].

Objective: To investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen(HBO)therapy on mitochondrial free radicals after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats.

Methods: The male SD rats were randomly assigned into two groups, control and HBO groups. All animals were subjected to 90 min intra-luminal middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) with the regional cerebral blood flow monitored in vivo by laser Doppler flowmetry.

Effects of osmotic stress on antioxidant enzymes activities in leaf discs of PSAG12-IPT modified Gerbera.

Leaf senescence is often caused by water deficit and the chimeric gene P(SAG12)-IPT is an auto-regulated gene delaying leaf senescence. Using in vitro leaf discs culture system, the changes of contents of chlorophylls, carotenoids, soluble protein and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) and antioxidant enzymes activities were investigated during leaf senescence of P(SAGl2)-IPT modified gerbera induced by osmotic stress compared with the control plant (wild type). Leaf discs were incubated in 20%, 40% (w/v) polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 nutrient solution for 20 h under continuous light [130 micromol/(m(2) x s)].

[Effects of excess Mn on photosynthesis characteristics in cucumber under different light intensity].

By a solution culture experiment, this paper studied the effects of excess Mn on the growth, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthesis of cucumber under different light intensity. The results indicated that excess Mn inhibited plant growth, which was more obvious under high light intensity than under low light intensity. The primary maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (v/Fm), quantum efficiency of non-cyclic electron transport of PSII (phiPSII), and photochemical quenching (qP) were significantly decreased in excess Mn treatment under high light intensity, while no significant effects on Fv/Fm and qP were observed under low light intensity.

Silicon-mediated alleviation of Mn toxicity in Cucumis sativus in relation to activities of superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase.

The effects of exogenous silicon (Si) on plant growth, activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), glutathione reductase (GR) and catalase, and concentrations of ascorbate and glutathione were investigated in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants treated with excess manganese (Mn) (600 microM). Compared with the treatment of normal Mn (10 microM), excess Mn significantly increased H2O2 concentration and lipid peroxidation indicated by accumulation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances.

Genotypic differences in effects of cadmium exposure on plant growth and contents of cadmium and elements in 14 cultivars of bai cai.

Fourteen cultivars of bai cai (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var.

[Effects of chilling and low light on cucumber seedlings growth and their antioxidative enzyme activities].

Studies on the growth and antioxidative enzyme activities of cucumber seedlings grown under low light and low temperature indicated that exposure of cucumber plants to low light at normal temperature and chilling under low light resulted in a retardation and a complete inhibition of plant growth, respectively, and their root vigor was also decreased. Chilling under low light increased the activities of SOD and GPOD, showing more significant effects at 7 degrees C than at 12 degrees C. The activities of these enzymes returned to normal after 5 days of recovery under normal conditions.