Disease relevance of Salsola

• Russian thistle (Salsola kali), the most common plant referred to as "tumbleweed" in the western United States, can cause a dermatitis in persons who come into direct contract with it [1].

High impact information on Salsola

• Double-blind, placebo-controlled study with a modified therapeutic vaccine of Salsola kali (Russian thistle) administered through use of a cluster schedule [2].
• Salsola imbricata is found growing extensively in most areas of the country, flowering mainly in autumn, when the most common pollen is of the Chenopod-Amaranth type and when most patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis become symptomatic [3].
• Usnic acid is unambiguously confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in tumbleweed shield lichen, Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa [4].
• In addition, it was found that in most of the experiments, Cr(III) exhibited more toxic effects on tumbleweed plants than Cr(VI) [5].
• Tumbleweed seeds were grown in an agar-based media containing different concentrations of either Cr(III) or Cr(VI) [5].

Biological context of Salsola

• BACKGROUND: The inhalation of Salsola kali pollen is a common cause of respiratory diseases in Europe and North America. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a depigmented and glutaraldehyde-polymerized therapeutic vaccine of S kali [2].

Associations of Salsola with chemical compounds

• Immunochemical characterization of Russian thistle (Salsola kali) pollen extracts. Purification of the allergen Sal k 1 [6].
• The results suggest that there is no restricted cadmium movement in tumbleweed plants [7].
• The interaction of several biogenic amines and Compound A (2-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-2-chloro- N-methyl-ethylammonium chloride), an analogue of the active substance in a HPLC fraction isolated from the shrub, Salsola tuberculatiformis Botsch., with cytochrome P450c11 was investigated [8].
• Ethanol whole plant extracts of three halophytic plants from Bahrain Sesuvium verrucosum, Salsola baryosma, Zygophyllum quatarense have been tested for their cytotoxic activity by the brine shrimp method [9].
• Production of low-molecular weight thiols as a response to cadmium uptake by tumbleweed (Salsola kali) [10].

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