Plant Biochemistry Science News
Plants exist in a delicate balance with insects and other pests, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. It has long been known that the pests are able to disrupt the metabolism of plants, but only recently has it been recognized that plants produce chemicals with the same effect on pests. It is now becoming apparent that at least some plants have rather remarkable defense mechanisms that help them ward off attacks by pests. Experimental manipulation of these mechanisms for defense against
plant pests has been hampered by the limited knowledge of how they operate. But key elements of two different mechanisms were reported at the recent Centennial Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). One group of investigators reported the identification of a group of naturally occurring inhibitors of juvenile hormone, a chemical that is important in insect development. A second reported the identification of a substance that elicits in plants the accumulation of a chemical that is analogous to interferon in humans. Both discoveries represent potential first steps in the development of new types of pesticides that would be safer for the environment. Juvenile
hormones are relatively simple compounds that are present in all insects throughout most of their normal development.They are absent only during metamorphosis, the period when a larva changes into an adult insect. Juvenile
hormones and synthetic analogs have been used as insecticides because their application to insects.
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Complexity of differentiating cerebral-renal salt wasting from SIADH, emerging importance of determining fractional urate excretion
John K. Maesaka
Abstract: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Complexity of differentiating cerebral-renal salt wasting from SIADH, emerging importance of determining fractional urate excretion
John K. Maesaka
Abstract: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Blood pressure in renal disease: Objectives, surrogate markers and treatment
Nicolas Roberto
Editorial: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Blood pressure in renal disease: Objectives, surrogate markers and treatment
Nicolas Roberto
Editorial: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Role of PAX1 gene in the occurrence of human neural tube defects: a study in North Indian population
Roumi Deb1, Jyoti Arora, Ratika Samtani, Saraswathy KN and Kalla KA
Short Communication: Research on Chronic Diseases
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Role of PAX1 gene in the occurrence of human neural tube defects: a study in North Indian population
Roumi Deb1, Jyoti Arora, Ratika Samtani, Saraswathy KN and Kalla KA
Short Communication: Research on Chronic Diseases
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Early detection of kidney function in diabetic kidney disease: An approach to prevent end stage renal disease
Raisa N Kazi
Short Communication: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Early detection of kidney function in diabetic kidney disease: An approach to prevent end stage renal disease
Raisa N Kazi
Short Communication: Journal of Interventional Nephrology
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Dysphonia as the initial presenting symptom in post-polio syndrome: a case report
Tamar Ference & Joshua Cutler
Case Report: Research on Chronic Diseases
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Dysphonia as the initial presenting symptom in post-polio syndrome: a case report
Tamar Ference & Joshua Cutler
Case Report: Research on Chronic Diseases
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