Publications by authors named "R A Khavari-Nejad"

The study aimed to assess the effects of nine combinations of phytohormones, salicylic acid (SA), gibberellic acid (GA), and jasmonic acid (JA) on the growth, physiology, and biochemistry of Aurantiochytrium sp. Parameters like optical density (OD), biomass, protein content, hydrogen peroxide (HO), malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase activity (CAT), and gene expression (malic enzyme (ME) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase)) were assessed at various cultivation stages (24, 48, 72, and 96 h). The research also analyzed fatty acid composition, unsaturated fatty acids (UFA), saturated fatty acids (SFA), and the UFA to SFA ratio (USS) to understand the biochemical changes induced by phytohormones.

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  • This study investigates the effects of chitosan and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the biochemical and phytochemical performance of Salvia nemorosa L., which is important for the pharmaceutical and food sectors.
  • The experiment involved multiple levels of AMF (both non-inoculated and specific strains) and varying concentrations of chitosan to assess their impact on growth and secondary metabolite production over four months.
  • Results showed that the highest effectiveness in enhancing plant performance and secondary metabolite accumulation occurred with a combination of 400 mg/L chitosan and the AMF treatment, indicating potential for optimizing this medicinal plant's cultivation.
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A skin wound leads to the loss of skin integrity and the influx of pathogens into the tissue. Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) are cytokines released from alpha granules during wound healing and interact with their cell surface receptors and activate signals involved in chemotaxis, growth, proliferation, and differentiation pathways. Due to the low stability of growth factors (GFs), a new peptide-derived PDGF-BB was designed, expressed in the Shuffle strain of E.

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Unlabelled: is an important medicinal plant with antioxidant and anticancer properties attributed to its phytochemicals. To develop a method for bulk production of valuable phytochemicals, cell suspension culture of were grown in liquid B5 medium and then treated in their log growth phase with chitosan (0, 10, 20, and 40 mg L) and yeast extract (0, 400, 800, and 1200 mg L) for 3 days. The levels of hydrogen peroxide (HO), nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), and the main terpenoids and phenylpropanoids in the cell extracts were determined by HPLC and spectrophotometric techniques.

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There is an increasing interest for plant hormones to modulate the harmful effects of drought on crops. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of foliar-applied cytokin (CK) and abscisic acid (ABA) on yield, organic acids, minerals, and fatty acid profile of wheat ( L.) cultivars (MV17 and Pishgam) in response to drought stress.

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