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The effects of molecular hydrogen on plant physiology and metabolism: An overview (2024)
Journal Article

Gaseous hydrogen (H2) has emerged as a molecule that has a significant influence on the growth and development of plants, particularly if they are under stress. Often research has shown the ameliorating effects of H2 during drought, in the presence o... Read More about The effects of molecular hydrogen on plant physiology and metabolism: An overview.

Recent knowledge on the applications of molecular hydrogen in plant physiology, crop production, and food processing (2024)
Journal Article

This is an Editorial for a Topics Issue. It briefly summarises the field, highlighting its importance. It also gives a brief overview of each of the papers published in that issue.

Molecular hydrogen: A sustainable strategy for agricultural and food production challenges (2024)
Journal Article

The world is confronting numerous challenges, including global warming, health epidemics, and population growth, each presenting significant threats to the stability and sustainability of our planet's ecosystems. Such issues have collectively contrib... Read More about Molecular hydrogen: A sustainable strategy for agricultural and food production challenges.

Interorgan, intraorgan and interplant communication mediated by nitric oxide and related species (2024)
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Plant survival to a potential plethora of diverse environmental insults is underpinned by coordinated communication amongst organs to help shape effective responses to these environmental challenges at the whole plant level. This interorgan... Read More about Interorgan, intraorgan and interplant communication mediated by nitric oxide and related species.

Animal Welfare in a Pandemic: What Does COVID-19 Tell us for the Future? (2024)
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Animal Welfare in a Pandemic explores the impact of COVID-19 on a wide array of animals, from those in the wild to companion and captive animals. During the height of the pandemic, a range of animals were infected, and many died, but this was hard to... Read More about Animal Welfare in a Pandemic: What Does COVID-19 Tell us for the Future?.

How hydrogen (H2) can support food security: From farm to fork (2024)
Journal Article

Molecular hydrogen (H2) is a low-molecular-weight, non-polar and electrochemically neutral substance that acts as an effective antioxidant and cytoprotective agent, with research into the effects of H2 incorporation into the food chain, at various st... Read More about How hydrogen (H2) can support food security: From farm to fork.

Oxygen: Highlights from the papers published in the journal up to February 2024 (2024)
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An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen (2024)
Book Chapter

Molecular hydrogen (H2), supplied either as a gas or in a solution, has been gaining popularity as a treatment for a variety of conditions and diseases. For example, it has been suggested to be beneficial for neurodegenerative diseases, to ease the i... Read More about An exploration of the direct biological targets of molecular hydrogen.

An interplay of gases: oxygen and hydrogen in biological systems (2024)
Journal Article

Produced by photosynthesis, oxygen (O2) is a fundamentally important gas in biological systems, playing roles as a terminal electron receptor in respiration and in host defence through the creation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Hydrogen (H2) play... Read More about An interplay of gases: oxygen and hydrogen in biological systems.

Preharvest application of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide improves floral traits and postharvest performance of cut gladiolus inflorescences (2023)
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Gladiolus is a well-known bulbous plant producing impressive cut spikes. Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide are vital signaling molecules for the proper functioning of plant metabolism. Preharvest applications of these molecules to crops have gained a... Read More about Preharvest application of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide improves floral traits and postharvest performance of cut gladiolus inflorescences.

H2S priming and plant abiotic stress tolerance (2023)
Book Chapter

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an emerging multitasking signaling molecule involved in plant responses to many abiotic stresses, promoting tolerance and growth under limiting conditions. There is experimental evidence of cross talk between H2S and nitric... Read More about H2S priming and plant abiotic stress tolerance.

Reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur species cellular crosstalk (2023)
Book Chapter

Accumulating data highlight the fact that nitric oxide (NO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as intercellular key signaling molecules in plants. These molecules act in a well-orchestrated manner that regulates cells redo... Read More about Reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur species cellular crosstalk.

Molecular hydrogen as a beneficial postharvest treatment (2023)
Book Chapter

Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been shown to have significant effects in plants, especially during stress responses. H2 treatment can be used as a gas or as an H2-enriched solution, often termed hydrogen-rich water (HRW). Cellular effects of H2 are ofte... Read More about Molecular hydrogen as a beneficial postharvest treatment.

The therapeutic potential of oxyhydrogen gas in oncology: A study on Epstein–Barr Virus-immortalised B-lymphoblastoid (TK6) cells (2023)
Journal Article

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. B-cells are a keystone of the adaptive immune response and are essential for the presentation of tumor-associated antigens to various types of T-cells. Approximately 1.5% of global cancer cases, inclu... Read More about The therapeutic potential of oxyhydrogen gas in oncology: A study on Epstein–Barr Virus-immortalised B-lymphoblastoid (TK6) cells.

Nanotechnology improves disease resistance in plants for food security: Applications and challenges (2023)
Journal Article

Green synthesis of nano-fertilizers is emerging as a potential strategy and could play a crucial role in disease mitigation, diagnosis, or suppression. Different nanoscale devices (nanoparticles, NPs), biosensors, nano-diagnostic kits, nanofabricatio... Read More about Nanotechnology improves disease resistance in plants for food security: Applications and challenges.

Are protein cavities and pockets commonly used by redox active signalling molecules? (2023)
Journal Article

It has been well known for a long time that inert gases, such as xenon (Xe), have significant biological effects. As these atoms are extremely unlikely to partake in direct chemical reactions with biomolecules such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic ac... Read More about Are protein cavities and pockets commonly used by redox active signalling molecules?.

Hydrogen incorporation into solvents can improve the extraction of phenolics, ‎flavonoids, anthocyanins, and antioxidants: A case-study using red beetroot (2023)
Journal Article

Different methods are used for extracting phytochemicals from plant produce. Some ‎methods require sophisticated and expensive instruments, while others need multiple steps ‎and specialist equipment, leading to an increase in energy, solvents, cost,... Read More about Hydrogen incorporation into solvents can improve the extraction of phenolics, ‎flavonoids, anthocyanins, and antioxidants: A case-study using red beetroot.

Why Elephants Cry: How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and other Environmental Phenomena) (2023)
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Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors... Read More about Why Elephants Cry: How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and other Environmental Phenomena).

The on/off history of hydrogen in medicine: Will the interest persist this time around? (2023)
Journal Article

Over 2000 publications including more than 100 human studies seem to indicate that humans have only recently benefited from or known about the medical effects of H2 within the past 15 years. However, we have unknowingly benefited from H2 since the da... Read More about The on/off history of hydrogen in medicine: Will the interest persist this time around?.

The early history of hydrogen and other gases in respiration and biological systems: Revisiting Beddoes, Cavallo, and Davy (2023)
Journal Article

In 2007 a paper in Nature Medicine sparked a new wave of interest in the use of molecular hydrogen (H2) for medical treatments. Since then there has been a flurry of papers looking at a range of medical aspects, from neurodegenerative disease to spor... Read More about The early history of hydrogen and other gases in respiration and biological systems: Revisiting Beddoes, Cavallo, and Davy.