Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Chapter 16
B
RASSINOSTEROIDS AS
P
OSSIBLE
N
ANOREGULATORS OF
B
IOLOGICAL
S
YSTEMS
Mikhail A. Egorov
*
Astrakhan State University, Astrakhan, Russia
A
BSTRACT
Currently the brassinosteroid plant hormones has attracted attention of the scientists,
who are engaged in the synthesis and extraction of natural compounds, studies of their
biological properties, development of new specimens for agricultural needs, due to their
extremely high biological activity. As per their structure brassinosteroids are close to
steroid hormones of animals, they have specific influence on the cell membrane
permeability, due to the system of adenylate cyclasa they have impact on the activity of
definite enzymes (biocatalysts, ferments), regulating the metabolic process and functions
of the cells, and directly on the functions of the cells genome. Concentrated in the growth
segments of browses and pollen, brassinosteriods penetrate the organisms of invertebrates
and vertebrates, causing different specific and general protective effects.
Keywords:
Brassinosteroids, biological systems, hormone activity, antioxidant processes,
nanoregulators, plants, animals
1.
I
NTRODUCTION
The role of nanotechnology has significantly grown during the recent decade.
Nanobiotechnology has become an independent interdisciplinary field of science. Expected
time of wide implementation of modern researches is the mid-21
st
century. Due to their
extremely high biological activity the brassinosteroid plant hormones has currently attracted
attention of the scientists, who are engaged in the synthesis and extraction of natural
compounds, studies of their biological properties, development of new specimens for
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