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English
Biotechnology
M. Naeem
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Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment: Conclusions and Future Perspectives
In view of the rapidly increasing global population and frequently changing environmental conditions, it becomes imperative to produce more food to secure the food security which created tremendous pressure on...
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Plastics in the Soil Environment: An Overview
Contamination of soil by plastics is a global environmental issue. Plastics pollution has been detected and is showing a regular increase in both water and land ecosystems. There are many researches reporting ...
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Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment: An Overview
Frequently changing environmental conditions pose serious threat to the global agriculture by putting extra burden in the form of environmental insults (biotic and abiotic factors) and challenge to food securi...
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Biosynthesis of Lemongrass Essential Oil and the Underlying Mechanism for Its Insecticidal Activity
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) is an aromatic perennial grass grown extensively for its essential oil. Lemongrass oil is chiefly a mixture of various cyclic and acyclic bioactive monoterpenes. We reviewed lemo...
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Natural Polysaccharides: Novel Plant Growth Regulators
The recent decades have marked the applications of numerous growth promoters to meet the demands of the ever-growing population. However, their toxicity and side effects have always been a concern. This led th...
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Potential Uses of Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants and Their Mode of Action in Several Human Diseases
Herbal medicines are the prime source of medical care for a great proportion of the population of the develo** world. The control of human diseases by the use of plant products has several advantages besides...
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An Insight into the Role of Plant Growth Regulators in Stimulating Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Some Medicinally Important Plants
Abiotic stress occur when the environmental condition changes abundant to disturb the cellular functions. The most common stresses that frequently occur are salinity (in the form of NaCl), drought, heavy metal...
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Augmentation of photosynthesis, crop productivity, enzyme activities and alkaloids production in Sadabahar (Catharanthus roseus L.) through application of diverse plant growth regulators
Exogenous application of plant growth regulators (PGRs) has vital impact on the growth and productivity of plants. Foliar application of selected PGRs, viz. indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA)...
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Spectrofluorimetric Protocol for Ceftriaxone in Commercial Formulation and Human Plasma After Condensation with Formaldehyde and Ethyl Acetoacetate
A new spectrofluorimetric method has been developed and validated for the quantification of ceftriaxone in bulk powder, pharmaceutical formulations and spiked human plasma. The developed method is reproducible...
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Salicylic acid acts as potent enhancer of growth, photosynthesis and artemisinin production in Artemisia annua L.
Plant secondary metabolites constitute the most important class of natural products with diverse and valuable chemical properties and biological activities. Artemisinin, isolated from Artemisia annua L., is poten...
