Emy Luiza Ishii-Iwamoto

TL;DR: The results indicate that intact seeds and primary roots are less sensitive than isolated mitochondria, and the solubility of monoterpenes may be the major factor implicated in these differences.

TL;DR: The results indicate that α-pinene acts by at least two mechanisms: uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation and inhibition of electron transfer and that the actions of α- pinene on isolated mitochondria are consequences of unspecific disturbances in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

TL;DR: The effects of silibinin on liver glucose metabolism may explain its antihyperglycaemic property, and this effect was, in part, secondary to impairment in cellular energy metabolism, a finding that should be considered in its therapeutic usage.

TL;DR: The results showed that the extract administered in a prolonged period produced toxic effects in the experimental animals.

TL;DR: The data indicate that during seed germination and initial growth of I. triloba, a period when antioxidant enzyme activity increases to counteract the harmful ROS effects produced during mitochondrial metabolism resumption, the presence of allelochemicals, which cause further oxidative stress, may leave the seeds/seedlings more vulnerable to cellular dysfunction and cell death.