Shoumen Lasker, Md Mizanur Rahman, Faisal Parvez, Mushfera Zamila et al.
The main objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of yogurt supplementation on fat deposition, oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis in the liver of rats with high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity. Male Wistar rats were used in this study and were separated into the following fou...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Khursheda Parvin, Kirti Bardhan, Kamrun Nahar et al.
Global food security for a growing population with finite resources is often challenged by multiple, simultaneously occurring on-farm abiotic stresses (i.e., drought, salinity, low and high temperature, waterlogging, metal toxicity, etc.) due to climatic uncertainties and variability. Breeding for m...
W. Abdullah Brooks, Anowar Hossain, Doli Goswami, Amina Tahia Sharmeen et al.
We confirmed a bacteremic typhoid fever incidence of 3.9 episodes/1,000 person-years during fever surveillance in a Dhaka urban slum. The relative risk for preschool children compared with older persons was 8.9. Our regression model showed that these children were clinically ill, which suggests a ro...
Jubayer Al Mahmud, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan et al.
Cadmium (Cd) is a serious environmental threat because it accumulates in plants from soil and is subsequently transported into the food cycle. Increased Cd uptake in plants disrupts plant metabolism and hampers crop growth and development. Therefore, remediation of Cd from soil and enhancing plant t...
Kamrun Nahar, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Md. Mahabub Alam, Masayuki Fujita
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan, Kamrun Nahar, Md. Shahadat Hossain et al.
Among the plant nutrients potassium (K) is one of the vital elements required for plant growth and physiology. Potassium is not only a constituent of plant structure but also plays regulatory function in several biochemical processes related to protein synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, enzyme acti...
W. Abdullah Brooks, Mohammad Yunus, Mathuram Santosham, MA Wahed et al.
Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. Early reversal of severity signs--chest indrawing, hypoxia, and tachypnoea--improves outcome. We postulated that zinc, an acute phase reactant, would shorten duration of severe pneumonia and time in hospital. Metho...
Kamrun Nahar, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Anisur Rahman, Md. Mahabub Alam et al.
The physiological roles of PAs (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine) were investigated for their ability to confer salt tolerance (200 mM NaCl, 48 h) in mung bean seedlings (Vigna radiata L. cv. BARI Mung-2). Salt stress resulted in Na toxicity, decreased K, Ca, Mg, and Zn contents in roots and sho...
Kamrun Nahar, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Md. Mahabub Alam, Masayuki Fujita
Drought is considered one of the most acute environmental stresses presently affecting agriculture. We studied the role of exogenous glutathione (GSH) in conferring drought stress tolerance in mung bean (Vigna radiata L. cv. Binamoog-1) seedlings by examining the antioxidant defence and methylglyoxa...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Taufika Islam Anee, Masayuki Fujita
Cadmium (Cd) brings a devastating health hazard to human being as a serious consequence of agricultural and environmental contamination. We demonstrated the protective effect of silicon (Si) on cadmium (Cd)-stressed rapeseed (Brassica napus L. cv. BINA Sharisha 3) plants through regulation of antiox...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Kamrun Nahar, Hesham F. Alharby
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Taufika Islam Anee, Maryam Khan et al.
Drought stress is considered as a major constraint for the production of crops around the world; therefore we need some mechanistic strategies to cope drought stress adverse effects. Silicon (Si) plays a vital role in major physiological, metabolic, and/or functional roles in plants facing abiotic s...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Masayuki Fujita
Global climate change is currently viewed as the most devastating threat to the environment, and is now gaining considerable attention from farmers, researchers, and policy makers because of its major influence on agriculture. The situation is becoming more serious due to gradual increases in the co...
Nusrat Homaira, Md. Abdur Rahman, Jahangir Hossain, Jonathan H. Epstein et al.
In February 2007 an outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) encephalitis in Thakurgaon District of northwest Bangladesh affected seven people, three of whom died. All subsequent cases developed illness 7-14 days after close physical contact with the index case while he was ill. Cases were more likely than con...
Anisur Rahman, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Jubayer-Al Mahmud, Kamrun Nahar et al.
Hydroponically grown 12-day-old rice ( Oryza sativa L. cv. BRRI dhan47) seedlings were exposed to 150 mM NaCl alone and combined with 0.5 mM MnSO 4 . Salt stress resulted in disruption of ion homeostasis by Na + influx and K + efflux. Higher accumulation of Na + and water imbalance under salinity ca...