Variability and genetic diversity among selfed lines (S1) of onion (Allium cepa L.)

563-568Onion is a highly cross-pollinated crop, high variability could possibly come from traditional seed production by out-crossing or by open pollination and it could lead to more diversity and variation. The high phenotypic, genotypic variation coefficients reveal high-quantifiable variation of traits in S1 lines. Selection of lowest premature bolting and split bulbs producing genotypes, least incidence of purple blotch incidence and thrips incidence with the highest weight of ten bulbs and maximum plot yielding genotypes were more appropriate for genetic improvement of onion. The traits aided the yield witnessed high traits heritability (h2) and maximum genetic-advance-mean (GAM) and isolation of S1 lines in terms of selection indices fixed for higher values of measurement. Whereas traits like premature bolting, split bulbs, purple blotch incidence, thrips incidence and were selected at least values although these traits were high heritability (h2) and GAM could contribute for additive-gene-action and hence it indicates the straight mass selection be more effective for genetic improvement of onion genotypes or lines. The genetic distance was highly flanked by Cluster-II and –IV groups and was highly divergent. Hence, the selection of parental lines from these groups is more appropriate for traditional heterosis breeding

Deficiency of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Dyslipidemia in Indian Subjects

Background. Vitamin D deficiency is widespread throughout the world. Several reports have incriminated vitamin D deficiency as the cause of rickets, osteomalacia, and other chronic diseases. Recent studies have suggested a possible link between deficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and dyslipidemia. Aim. To investigate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and dyslipidemia in Indian subjects. Methodology. We recruited 150 asymptomatic consecutive subjects from patients' attendees at the Departments of Neurology and Medicine in Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad, India. Study period was from October 2011 to March 2012. All subjects underwent 25-hydroxyvitamin D assay by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay, fasting blood sugar and lipid profile, calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Results. Out of 150 subjects, men were 82 (54.6%), and mean age was 49.4 (±15.6) years. Among risk factors, hypertension was noted in 63/150 (42%), 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in 59/150 (39.3%), diabetes in 45/150 (30%), dyslipidemia in 60 (40%), smoking in 35/150 (23.3%), and alcoholism in 27/150 (18%). Deficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was significantly associated with dyslipidemia ( = 0.0001), mean serum glucose ( = 0.0002) mean CRP ( = 0.04), and mean alkaline phosphatase ( = 0.01). Multivariate analysis showed that 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency was independently associated with dyslipidemia (odds ratio: 1.9; 95% CI : 1.1-3.5). Conclusions. We found that deficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was independently associated with dyslipidemia in Indian subjects

Formation Constants of Metal Complexes of Substituted Benzimidazoles with Different Bivalent Metal Ions

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Solving Multi Objective ORPD Problem Using AIS Based Clonal Selection Algorithm with UPFC

In this paper, a solution for the multi objective optimal reactive power dispatch problem by using an artificial immune system (AIS) based clonal selection algorithm was presented. The proposed AIS based clonal selection algorithm uses cloning of antibodies and followed by hyper maturation to minimize the voltage stability index (L-index), voltage deviations at all load buses and the transmission real power losses by incorporating the multi type FACTS device namely the UPFC. The proposed algorithm also uses concepts of non dominated sorting and crowding distance comparison procedures to solve the multi objective optimization problem. Finally, a fuzzy decision maker strategy is applied to find the best compromise solution. The algorithm was implemented and tested on two standard IEEE 30-bus and 57-bus test systems with UPFC. The proposed results are compared with and without placing the UPFC by considering two objectives for optimization

Metal Chelates of 3-(o-Hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenylisoxazole with Be(II), Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) & Dioxouranium(VI)

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Hydroxylation of 4-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid monosodium salt catalysed by horseradish peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide: Computation of kinetic parameters including its application to crude plant extracts

The new spectrophotometric assay method for the quantification of peroxidase activity uses 4-amino-5- hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonicacid monosodium salt (AHNDSA) as chromogenic co-substrate. The method is based on hydroxylation of AHNDSA in presence of H2O2/peroxidase forming quinone, having λmax = 460 nm in the acetate buffer (pH = 4.0) at 30 °C. The linearity of H2O2 by kinetic method was 10-332 μM and for peroxidase by kinetic and fixed time methods were 1.18-18.92 and 1.18-9.46 nM, respectively. Catalytic efficiency and catalytic power for peroxidase assay were 7.965 � 104M-1min-1 and 3.76 � 10-4 min-1, respectively. Fromthe plot of d(1/Ao) vs d(1/Vo) and d(1/Ho) vs d(1/V o), the apparent Michaelis-Menten constants for H2O 2 and AHNDSA were Km H2O2 = 68 and Km A = 275 μM, respectively. The method was tested with some plant extracts and also compared with guaiacol/peroxidase system. Except Boerhavia diffusa, all other tested plant samples showed highest peroxidase activity. The proposed method is a rapid and convenient method to determine peroxidase activity by spectrophotometer. This method for the first time reports peroxidase activity in Lantana camara and Oplismenus compositus plants. Kinetic results showed that AHNDSA/peroxidase system can be better hydrogen donor for peroxidase assay than guaiacol system

Spectral studies of platinum(II) complexes with 2,3-disubstituteq quinazolin- (3H)-4-ones

622-624A number of platinum(II) complexes of 2,3-disubstituted quinazolin-(3H)-4-ones have been synthesized and characterized based on analytical, conductivity, magnetic, infrared, electronic and PMR data. The reactions between PtCl2 and O-O donor ligands such as 2-(R)-3-(X) substituted quinazoline-(3H)-4-ones, where R = methyl/phenyl and X = hydroxyl (MHQ/ PHQ), hydroxyethyl (MHEQ/PHEQ), o-hydroxyphenyl (MHPQ/PHPQ) and carboxymethyl (MCMQ/ PCMQ), yield neutral complexes of the type Pt(O-O)2. The O-N donor ligands like 2-(R)-3-(X) substituted quinazoline-(3H)-4-ones, where R = methyl/phenyl and X = amino (MAQ/PAQ), anilino (MANQ/PANQ), o-aminophenyl (MAPQ/PAPQ) and 2'-pyridyl (MPQ/PPQ), yield ionic complexes of the type Pt(O-N)2Cl2. The infrared and PMR spectral data or the metal complexes indicate that MHQ, PHQ, MHEQ, PHEQ, MHPQ, PHPQ, MCMQ and PCMQ act as mononegative bidentate ligands and MAQ, PAQ, MANQ, PANQ, MAPQ, PAPQ, MPQ and PPQ act as neutral bidentate. The complexes are assigned square-planar structures