| fungal assemblages associated with roots of halophytic and non-halophytic plant species vary differentially along a salinity gradient. | structure of fungal communities is known to be influenced by host plants and environmental conditions. however, in most cases, the dynamics of these variation patterns are poorly understood. in this work, we compared richness, diversity, and composition between assemblages of endophytic and rhizospheric fungi associated to roots of two plants with different lifestyles: the halophyte inula crithmoides and the non-halophyte i. viscosa (syn. dittrichia viscosa l.), along a spatially short salinity ... | 2012 | 22573239 |
| native-invasive plants vs. halophytes in mediterranean salt marshes: stress tolerance mechanisms in two related species. | dittrichia viscosa is a mediterranean ruderal species that over the last decades has expanded into new habitats, including coastal salt marshes, ecosystems that are per se fragile and threatened by human activities. to assess the potential risk that this native-invasive species represents for the genuine salt marsh vegetation, we compared its distribution with that of inula crithmoides, a taxonomically related halophyte, in three salt marshes located in "la albufera" natural park, near the city ... | 2016 | 27148301 |
| inula crithmoides extract protects against ochratoxin a-induced oxidative stress, clastogenic and mutagenic alterations in male rats. | ochratoxin a (ota) is a mycotoxin often found in cereals and agricultural products. there is unequivocal evidence of renal carcinogenicity of ota in male rats, although the mechanism of action is unknown. several reports suggest that exposure to ota resulted in oxidative stress, genotoxicity and dna damage. therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the protective effects of aqueous extract of inula crithmoides growing in egypt against ota-induced mutagenicity and oxidative stress. ... | 2008 | 18694774 |