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The Inhibition Of The Genotoxic Effects Ofenvironmental Pollutants And The Aging Processesby Plant Antimutagens, Urkhan Alekperov, Rena Gulieva, Ramiz Alekperov Jan 1999

The Inhibition Of The Genotoxic Effects Ofenvironmental Pollutants And The Aging Processesby Plant Antimutagens, Urkhan Alekperov, Rena Gulieva, Ramiz Alekperov

Turkish Journal of Biology

We investigated the effects of bioactive compounds obtained from fruits of Diospyros kaki L., Cydonia oblonga Mill. and roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra L., as well as their action in a complex mixture on the mutability in marrow cell chromosomes induced by genotoxicants (X-rays, N-Methyl-N-Nitrosurea, Cyclophosphamide) and aging. The plant products tested separately and in a complex mixture showed an ability to decrease the frequency of induced mutations in experimental animals. Antimutagenic properties of the complex mixture turned out to be considerably higher than its components separately. More antimutagenic activity of the mixture was revealed when mutagenesis was the result of …


The Changes In Glycogen Levels Of Pimpla Turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) In The Conditions Of Starvation, Feeding, Parasitism And Aging, Deni̇z Akman Şeker, Ati̇la Yanikoğlu Jan 1999

The Changes In Glycogen Levels Of Pimpla Turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) In The Conditions Of Starvation, Feeding, Parasitism And Aging, Deni̇z Akman Şeker, Ati̇la Yanikoğlu

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The changes in glycogen levels depending on starvation, feeding, aging and parasitisation in the mature female of Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), which is a biological control agent, have been observed. Glycogen level, which is a major energy source in insects, increased when the females of P.turionellae are fed with 30% honey, but it decreased depending on aging, starvation and parasitism. There was a positive relationship between the glycogen level of an insect and the number of its eggs laid within the host pupae.