age of the plant, climatic conditions, moisture content, technical process involved during harvesting, retting, and decortication. Major components present in the fibers
75.1 Introduction: Similarities between Human and Plant Cells Plants and humans evolutionarily diverged 1.6 billion years ago. Yet there are many striking similarities between plant and human biology. Plants may even possess cells that function similarly to the nervous system. In plant roots, intense ...
The relationship between plants and microbes is a multifaceted one. Plant–microbe interactions reach our attention most effectively when they are negative—for example, when crop diseases threaten harvests and livelihoods, or when epidemics such as chestnut blight or ash dieback cause unmissable alterati...
Mulberry leaf flavonoids (MLFs), derived from mulberry leaves and primarily composed of rutin, quercetin, astragalin, isoquercetin, and kaempferol, exhibit pronounced potential to increase glucose uptake in the muscle of db/db mice, ameliorate skeletal muscle insulin resistance, and optimize ...
Animal studies have demonstrated that the compound dietary fiber composed of mulberry leaf and konjac flour (CMK) can reduce the pH of the intestine, elevate the content of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) (Deng, Luo, Zhang, & Zhong, 2020) and enhance beef protein metabolism in mice consuming...
To investigate how natural substances influence these two processes, we examined the effects of lotus leaf extract (Nelumbo nucifera-extract solution obtained from Silab, France) and L-carnitine on human preadipocytes and adipocytes. Methods For our in vitro studies, we used a lotus leaf extract ...
(common mallow) is a plant species widely used in phytotherapy and ethnobotanical practices since time immemorial. Characterizing the components of this herb might promote a better comprehension of its biological effects on the human body but also favour the ...
Rice is a major crop that feeds about half of the human population in the world. Flag leaves are postulated to play an especially vital role in transporting nutrients into young panicles. During the grain-filling period, on one hand, photosynthesis supplies carbon components for the seeds, and...
Plants belonging to the genus Cotoneaster can be valuable sources of phytochemicals with potential therapeutic properties. The natural habitats of most of these species are situated in Asia, Africa and southern Europe. Introducing them into other climati
This method achieved 90 % accuracy, and is good in running time. However, it is not rotation invariant and requires human intervention during the process of feature extraction. Leaf Classification using Convexity Measure of Polygons 53 2.2 Texture Based Approaches Esma et al. [8] proposed a ...