Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 17, 2022

Exploring the anticancer and antioxidant properties of Vicia faba L. pods extracts, a promising source of nutraceuticals

Jessica Ceramella, Chiara La Torre, Michele De Luca, Domenico Iacopetta, Alessia Fazio, Alessia Catalano, Gaetano Ragno, Pasquale Longo, Maria Stefania Sinicropi, Camillo Rosano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13683 PubMed 35996664

August 2, 2022

Phytotoxic effects of Acacia saligna dry leachates on germination, seedling growth, photosynthetic performance, and gene expression of economically important crops

Haifa Abdulaziz Sakit ALHaithloul, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Arafa Musa, Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Ayshah Aysh ALrashidi, Imtiaz Khan, Ehab Azab, Adil A. Gobouri, Mahmoud R. Sofy, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Mona H. Soliman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13623 PubMed 35935250

August 9, 2022

Deep evaluation of the evolutionary history of the Heat Shock Factor (HSF) gene family and its expansion pattern in seed plants

Yiying Liao, Zhiming Liu, Andrew W. Gichira, Min Yang, Ruth Wambui Mbichi, Linping Meng, Tao Wan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13603 PubMed 35966928

August 16, 2022

Testing the effectiveness of rbcLa DNA-barcoding for species discrimination in tropical montane cloud forest vascular plants (Oaxaca, Mexico) using BLAST, genetic distance, and tree-based methods

Sonia Trujillo-Argueta, Rafael F. del Castillo, Abril Velasco-Murguía

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13771 PubMed 35990900

August 9, 2022

Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of bHLH gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)

Lin Zhang, Wei Chen, Rongrong Liu, Ben Shi, Youju Shu, Haoyu Zhang