Impact of Some Toxic Metals on Important ABC Transporters in Soybean ( L.).

In plants, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters facilitate the movement of substrates across membranes using ATP for growth, development, and defense. Soils contaminated with toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg) might adversely affect the metabolism of plants and humans. In this study, a phylogenetic relationship among soybeans' () ATP binding cassette (GmABCs) and other plant ABCs was analyzed using sequence information, gene structure, chromosomal distribution, and conserved motif-domain.

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of fennel oil.

It is of interest to estimate the effects of foliar spray (ISA) on essential oil yield, chemical constituents, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill).Fennel was treated with ISA solutions at 40 and 80 mg L-1 doses. Application of ISA significantly augmented antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in addition to essential oil yield and its principal elements in fennel.