Publications by authors named "Sridharan Ramalingam"
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- The study compares the flexural strength of three materials: autopolymerizing PMMA, CAD/CAM milled PMMA, and CAD/CAM milled PEEK, when used for provisional restorations in dental rehabilitation.
- Sixty samples were tested under different aging and thermocycling conditions, with flexural strength evaluated using a three-point bend test and statistical analysis performed.
- Results showed that PEEK had the highest flexural strength after aging and thermocycling, significantly outperforming the other materials, but its strength decreased by about 44% with extended aging.
Some medicinal plants need to be cultivated commercially in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for medicinal plants for the indigenous systems of medicine as well as for the pharmaceutical industry; in this regard, it seems significant to test the important medicinal plants for their salt-tolerance capacity, with a view to exploiting the saline lands for medicinal plant cultivation. Phyllanthus amarus plants were grown in the presence of NaCl in order to study the effect of NaCl (80 mM NaCl) in the induction of oxidative stress in terms of lipid peroxidation (TBARS content), H2O2 content, osmolyte concentration, proline(PRO)-metabolizing enzymes, and antioxidant enzyme activities. Groundwater was used for irrigation of control plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of paclobutrazol (PBZ) treatments on the antioxidant metabolism of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) was investigated in the present study. PBZ @ 15 mg l(-1) plant(-1) was given to plants by soil drenching, 30, 60, and 90 days after planting (DAP).
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