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ArticleScientific reports2021

Nigella sativa callus treated with sodium azide exhibit augmented antioxidant activity and DNA damage inhibition.

Mohammed Shariq Iqbal, Zahra Iqbal, Abeer Hashem, Al-Bandari Fahad Al-Arjani, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Asif Jafri, Shamim Akhtar Ansari, Mohammad Israil Ansari

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohammed Shariq IqbalAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, 226 028, India.
Zahra IqbalMolecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Abeer HashemBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Bandari Fahad Al-ArjaniBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Elsayed Fathi Abd-AllahPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Asif JafriMolecular Endocrinology Lab, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226 007, India.
Shamim Akhtar AnsariInstitute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi, 835303, India.
Mohammad Israil AnsariDepartment of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226 007, India. ansari_mi@lkouniv.ac.in.
King Saud University · SAUniversity of Lucknow · INChulalongkorn University · THInstitute of Forest Productivity · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nigella sativa L. (NS) is an herbaceous plant, possessing phytochemicals of therapeutic importance. Thymoquinone is one of the active phytochemicals of NS that confers noteworthy antioxidant properties. Sodium azide, an agent of abiotic stress, can modulates antioxidant system in plants. In the present investigation, sodium azide (0, 5 µM, 10 µM, 20 µM, 50 µM, 100 µM and 200 µM) doses administered to the in vitro NS callus cultures for production/modification of secondary metabolites with augmented activity. 200 µM sodium azide treated NS callus exhibited maximum peroxidase activity (1.286 ± 0.101 nanokatal mg

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DNA DamageAntioxidantsBenzoquinonesCatalaseCatechol OxidaseDNAGerminationNigella sativaPeroxidaseSeedsSodium AzideTime FactorsAntioxidantsBenzoquinonescalf thymus DNACatalaseCatechol OxidaseDNAPeroxidaseSodium Azidethymoquinone

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PMID34230566
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