High impact information on Chenopodiaceae

• Borszczowia aralocaspica (Chenopodiaceae) has the photosynthetic features of C4 plants, yet lacks Kranz anatomy [1].
• Proof of C4 photosynthesis without Kranz anatomy in Bienertia cycloptera (Chenopodiaceae) [2].
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy study shows that the rapid selenium volatilizer, pickleweed (Salicornia bigelovii Torr.), reduces selenate to organic forms without the aid of microbes [3].
• Members of the Chenopodiaceae, such as sugar beet and spinach, accumulate glycine betaine in response to salinity or drought stress [4].
• The rise in AR during late summer in Kuwait is mainly associated with the pollination of Chenopodiaceae species [5].

Biological context of Chenopodiaceae

• Macrophage activation by polysaccharide fraction isolated from Salicornia herbacea [6].

Associations of Chenopodiaceae with chemical compounds

• From the fruits of Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad, five triterpenoid glycosides were isolated for the first time from this plant [7].
• Kochia contained 4.8% oxalate [8].
• Kochia hay that had elicited mild toxicosis in sheep and cattle when fed for 21 d was fed to young, growing steers to evaluate the efficacy of metoclopramide for preventing kochia toxicosis [9].
• Serum bilirubin (total and unconjugated) was elevated (P less than .05), indicating early, mild hepatotoxicosis characteristic of kochia toxicosis [9].
• The leaf tonoplast V-H(+)-Atpase activity of a C3 halophyte Suaeda salsa is enhanced by salt stress in a Ca-dependent mode [10].

Gene context of Chenopodiaceae

• Inhibition of methanol extract from the fruits of Kochia scoparia on lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide, prostaglandin [correction of prostagladin] E2, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production from murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells [11].
• Consistent with these observations, the protein and mRNA expression level of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 was inhibited by MeOH extracts of Kochia scoparia (KSM) in a dose-dependent manner [11].
• Ten fine-wool wethers (29 +/- kg BW) pair-fed kochia or alfalfa hay for 21 d had similar levels of PRL and INS at d 0, 5, 10, and 21; however, GH was lower in wethers fed kochia at d 5 (P less than .05) and somewhat lower at d 10 and 21 [12].
• However, Bienertia cycloptera (Chenopodiaceae), which grows in salty depressions of Central Asian semi-deserts, has unusual chlorenchyma, lacks Kranz anatomy, but has photosynthetic features of C4 plants [2].
• Kochia hay decreased serum prolactin and insulin concentrations (P less than .01) from 12.4 to 1.5 ng/ml and from .53 to .23 ng/ml, respectively [9].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Chenopodiaceae

• Molecular cloning and characterization of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase gene from Suaeda liaotungensis and its use in improved tolerance to salinity in transgenic tobacco [13].

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