Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids of Marine Macroalgae: Potential for Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Applications     

Hugo Pereira  Luísa Barreira  Filipe Figueiredo  Luísa Custódio  Catarina Vizetto-Duarte  Cristina Polo  Eva Re?ek  Aschwin Engelen  Jo?o Varela 《Marine drugs》2012,10(9):1920-1935

As mammals are unable to synthesize essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), these compounds need to be taken in through diet. Nowadays, obtaining essential PUFA in diet is becoming increasingly difficult; therefore this work investigated the suitability of using macroalgae as novel dietary sources of PUFA. Hence, 17 macroalgal species from three different phyla (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) were analyzed and their fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) profile was assessed. Each phylum presented a characteristic fatty acid signature as evidenced by clustering of PUFA profiles of algae belonging to the same phylum in a Principal Components Analysis. The major PUFA detected in all phyla were C₁₈ and C₂₀, namely linoleic, arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids. The obtained data showed that rhodophytes and phaeophytes have higher concentrations of PUFA, particularly from the n-3 series, thereby being a better source of these compounds. Moreover, rhodophytes and phaeophytes presented “healthier” ∑n-6/∑n-3 and PUFA/saturated fatty acid ratios than chlorophytes. Ulva was an exception within the Chlorophyta, as it presented high concentrations of n-3 PUFA, α-linolenic acid in particular. In conclusion, macroalgae can be considered as a potential source for large-scale production of essential PUFA with wide applications in the nutraceutical and pharmacological industries.  相似文献   

Discovery and characterization of Plum pox virus isolates in Montenegro     

M. Vir&#;&#;ek Marn  I. Mavri&#; Ple&#;ko  J. Zindovi&#; 《Plant pathology》2008,57(2):393-393

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Comparison of the effectiveness of standard and drift-reducing nozzles for control of some winter wheat diseases     

Vajs  S.  Leskošek  G.  Simončič  A.  Lešnik  M. 《植物病害和植物保护杂志》2008,115(1):23-31

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - Field experiments were conducted over three consecutive growing seasons (20042–2006) to determine the effect of use of drift-reducing nozzles (ISO...  相似文献   

Glutelin protein fraction as a tool for clear identification of Amaranth accessions     

Mária Džunková  Dagmar Janovská  Petra Hlásná Čepková  Anna Prohasková  Michal Kolář 《Journal of Cereal Science》2011

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Comment on ‘Current bycatch levels in Auckland Islands trawl fisheries unlikely to be driving New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) population decline’          下载免费PDF全文

Stefan Meyer  Anthony R. Davidson  Martin Krkošek  Bruce C. Robertson 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2015,25(4):584-586

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Occurrence and pathogenicity of Phytophthora × cambivora on Prunus laurocerasus in Serbia          下载免费PDF全文

I. Milenković  N. Keča  D. Karadžić  Z. Radulović  M. Tomšovský  T. Jung 《Forest Pathology》2018,48(4)

Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is a native plant species in Serbian forests, but is also widely used for ornamental plantings. Following two extremely wet summers in 2014 and 2015, in spring and summer of 2016 and 2017, numerous cherry laurel plants with symptoms indicative for Phytophthora diseases, like wilting and chlorosis of leaves, dieback and bleeding bark necroses, were recorded in a park in Belgrade and in two ornamental nurseries in central Serbia. From necrotic bark samples and rhizosphere soil, self‐sterile Phytophthora isolates with woolly colonies were obtained. Due to the production of ellipsoid and elongated, non‐papillate sporangia in water and of ornamented oogonia with two‐celled antheridia in mating tests with tester strains of both Phytophthora × cambivora and P. cryptogea, these isolates were identified as P. ×cambivora which was confirmed by ITS sequence analysis. Pathogenicity of P. ×cambivora from cherry laurel (PCCL) was tested by inoculating one‐year‐old seedlings of cherry laurel under the bark. P. ×cambivora from European beech (PCB), and isolates of P. cactorum (CAC), P. cryptogea (CRY), P. plurivora (PLU) and P. ×serendipita (SER) were included as comparison. Three and a half months after inoculation, nine of the twelve plants in PCB, three in PCCL and CAC and two in PLU declined with longitudinal necroses and chlorosis, wilting and premature shedding of leaves. These results demonstrate the ability of P. ×cambivora to infect and cause decline of cherry laurel plants. The particularly high aggressiveness of the P. ×cambivora isolate from beech shows that this pathogen poses a serious risk to cherry laurel in the rare natural communities of cherry laurel and beech in Serbia.  相似文献   

Biological control of chestnut blight in Croatia: an interaction between host sweet chestnut,its pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica and the biocontrol agent Cryphonectria hypovirus 1          下载免费PDF全文

Ljiljana Krstin  Zorana Katanić  Marin Ježić  Igor Poljak  Lucija Nuskern  Ivana Matković  Marilena Idžojtić  Mirna Ćurković‐Perica 《Pest management science》2017,73(3):582-589

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Evaluation of a decision support strategy for the control of powdery mildew,Erysiphe necator (Schw.) Burr., in grapevine in the central region of Chile          下载免费PDF全文

Héctor Valdés‐Gómez  Miguel Araya‐Alman  Carolina Pañitrur‐De la Fuente  Nicolás Verdugo‐Vásquez  Mauricio Lolas  César Acevedo‐Opazo  Christian Gary  Agnès Calonnec 《Pest management science》2017,73(9):1813-1821

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Area‐wide mass trapping by pheromone‐based attractants for the control of sugar beet weevil (Bothynoderes punctiventris Germar,Coleoptera: Curculionidae)          下载免费PDF全文

Zrinka Drmić  Miklós Tóth  Darija Lemić  Dinka Grubišić  Milan Pospišil  Renata Bažok 《Pest management science》2017,73(10):2174-2183

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Monitoring of libido and semen quality parameters in melatonin‐treated French alpine bucks during the non‐breeding season          下载免费PDF全文

H Valpotić  V Berta  S Milinković‐Tur  M Samardžija  J Grizelj  B Špoljarić  D Đuričić  I Nazansky  I Žura Žaja 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2017,52(6):953-961

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exogenous melatonin on libido and semen quality parameters in bucks during the non‐breeding season. Twelve bucks of the French alpine breed from 1.5 to 4 years of age were assigned into melatonin (MG) and control (CG) groups, with 6 bucks in each group. The experimental period was 3 months (March–May), divided into six periods of 15 days each. The bucks in the MG group received four melatonin implants at the end of March. Two semen samples were taken from the bucks by artificial vagina once per week and their libido estimated. Volume and spermatozoa concentration, their mass motility and motility, proportion of live and total abnormal and forms with abnormal head and tail were determined in the obtained ejaculate samples. The total number of spermatozoa and functional spermatozoa fraction in the ejaculate was also calculated. The MG bucks had significantly higher mass motility and motility of spermatozoa in the first half of April, and a higher proportion of live spermatozoa in the first and second half of April (p < .05). Differences in libido intensity were not significant. The results indicated that the application of melatonin significantly improved the qualitative parameters of semen in bucks, as seen in increased mass motility, motility of spermatozoa and proportion of live spermatozoa shortly following melatonin insertion. Therefore, the results of the current study are novel regarding the use of melatonin treatment during the non‐breeding season to improve the qualitative parameters of ejaculates in bucks.  相似文献