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Chicory Inulin: A Versatile Biopolymer with Nutritional and Therapeutic Properties
Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) is a widely distributed plant which belongs to the family Asteraceae. It is used for the treatment of many diseases related to the heart, kidney, and liver. It is reported as an ant...
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Nanotechnology: An Innovative Tool to Enhance Crop Production
With the explosion of population pressure and growing limitation in arable land and water resources, the only way to increase the resource use efficiency is the development of agriculture using efficient moder...
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Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Heavy metal (HM) pollution causes various issues to both plants and animals. Therefore, growing plant species that have the greater efficiency to accumulate these toxic metals without exhibiting any symptoms c...
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Growth and physiological responses in chicory towards mercury induced in vitro oxidative stress
Plants experience oxidative stress upon exposure to heavy metals that leads to cellular damage. Plants accumulate metal ions that disturb cellular ionic homeostasis. Currently the main interest in metal accumu...
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Development of Nano-Bioformulations of Nutrients for Sustainable Agriculture
Nanobiotechnology is being utilized for crop improvement programs around the world. It is being felt that the solution for increasing the yield of crops by efficient utilization of fertilizers lies in nanotech...
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Integration of “Omic” Approaches to Unravel the Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants
Recent adverse climatic changes have limited crop productivity, which in turn causes food crises throughout the globe, but this is more concerning for develo** countries. Interest for practical genomics as w...
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Cellulases: Industrial Workhorse in Bioenergy Sector
There exists a diverse array of microorganisms in the environments which secretes cellulase enzyme. Cellulases are multienzyme proteins acting on cellulose to convert them into smaller sugar components such as...
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Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Application in Pharmaceutical Industry
Nanotechnology originates from the physical, chemical, biological, and engineering sciences where novel approaches are being unfolded to investigate and maneuver single atoms and molecules for multiple applica...
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Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Application in Pharmaceutical Industry
Nanotechnology emerges from the different fields of science, viz. physical, chemical, biological and engineering sciences, where novel approaches are being unfolded to investigate and apply single atoms and mo...
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Power Reservoirs of Jumble-Based Biomass in Asia
Technology-based efforts towards the treatment of unwanted bugs rejected by the human population which cause unhealthy lifestyle need to be restored as renewable energy. Available data for the utilization of b...
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Biomass Pellet Technology: A Green Approach for Sustainable Development
The supply of sustainable or green energy is the main challenge that mankind will face over the coming decades, especially because of the need to address climatic changes. Biomass being abundantly available in...
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Lignocellulosic Biomass: As Future Alternative for Bioethanol Production
Biofuels provide a potential and promising green alternative to avoid the global political instability and environmental crises that arise from dependence on petroleum. It has an important role to mitigate glo...
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Signaling in Response to Cold Stress
World population is growing at a fast pace and is projected to reach 6.5 billion by 2050. At the same time, numbers of changes that are occurring in regular environmental parameters are posing threats to the a...
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Plant Signaling: Response to Reactive Oxygen Species
It is noteworthy to mention how the last 20 years have modified the concept of signalling in plants, especially the molecular crosstalk associated with it. Plants have the ability to show remarkable developmen...
