Background Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become
an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol …

Accepted: 17/Oct/2018, Online: 31/Oct/2018 Abstract—India being an agricultural country,
more than 80% population of rural India depends on agriculture and its associated activities …

The aim of study was to elucidate the influence of foliar sprays of androsterone in alleviating
detrimental effects of chilling stress in maize seedlings. Eleven-days-old maize seedlings …

Progesterone is a steroid hormone that performs important functions in mammals. However,
studies on its physiological functions in plants have gradually increased in recent years …

This research was an attempt to study the effects of exogenous cysteine (Cys) on early
seedling growth, amylase activity, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant systems …

Although the only known steroid hormones in plants are brassinosteroids, interestingly,
mammalian steroid hormones such as androgens or estrogens are also part of the plant …

Salicylic acid (SA), a plant phenolic compound, is now considered as a hormone-like
endogenous regulator, and there is a great interest to clarify its role in the defence …

In the present study, it was aimed to investigate the influence of exogenous mammalian sex
hormones (MSH)(progesterone, β-estradiol and androsterone) on the morphological (root …

Field peas (Pisum sativum L.) are widely cultivated throughout the world as a cool season
grain and forage crop. Boron (B) toxicity is caused by high B concentration in the soil or …

This experiment was conducted to monitor the influence of foliar progesterone application
on the chilling tolerance of chickpea seedlings. Twelve-day-old chickpea seedlings were …