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Shafique Ahmad K, Shehzad MA, Javid H, Mehmood A, Akhtar G, Zafar S, Mahroof S, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO, Ulfat A, Abid H. Transgenerational Seed Exposure to Elevated CO 2 Involves Stress Memory Regulation at Metabolic Levels to Confer Drought Resistance in Wheat. ACS Omega 2024; 9:20042-20055. [PMID: 38737051 PMCID: PMC11079883 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c10379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
Abstract
Drought is the worst environmental stress constraint that inflicts heavy losses to global food production, such as wheat. The metabolic responses of seeds produced overtransgenerational exposure to e[CO2] to recover drought's effects on wheat are still unexplored. Seeds were produced constantly for four generations (F1 to F4) under ambient CO2 (a[CO2], 400 μmol L-1) and elevated CO2 (e[CO2], 800 μmol L-1) concentrations, and then further regrown under natural CO2 conditions to investigate their effects on the stress memory metabolic processes liable for increasing drought resistance in the next generation (F5). At the anthesis stage, plants were subjected to normal (100% FC, field capacity) and drought stress (60% FC) conditions. Under drought stress, plants of transgenerational e[CO2] exposed seeds showed markedly increased superoxide dismutase (16%), catalase (24%), peroxidase (9%), total antioxidants (14%), and proline (35%) levels that helped the plants to sustain normal growth through scavenging of hydrogen peroxide (11%) and malondialdehyde (26%). The carbohydrate metabolic enzymes such as aldolase (36%), phosphoglucomutase (12%), UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (25%), vacuolar invertase (33%), glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (68%), and cell wall invertase (17%) were decreased significantly; however, transgenerational seeds produced under e[CO2] showed a considerable increase in their activities in drought-stressed wheat plants. Moreover, transgenerational e[CO2] exposed seeds under drought stress caused a marked increase in leaf Ψw (15%), chlorophyll a (19%), chlorophyll b (8%), carotenoids (12%), grain spike (16%), hundred grain weight (19%), and grain yield (10%). Hence, transgenerational seeds exposed to e[CO2] upregulate the drought recovery metabolic processes to improve the grain yield of wheat under drought stress conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Khawaja Shafique Ahmad
- Department
of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Institute
of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Muhammad
Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department
of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department
of Horticulture, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef
University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore 54770, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Institute
of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory
of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland
Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
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- Department
of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34517, Egypt
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- Department
of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Botany, Mohi-Ud-Din Islamic University
Nerian Sharif, Azad Jammu
and Kashmir 12080, Pakistan
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- Department
of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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Khan AM, Altaf M, Hussain T, Hamed MH, Safdar U, Ayub A, Memon ZN, Hafiz A, Ashraf S, Amjad MS, Majeed M, Hassan M, Bussmann RW, Abbasi AM, Al-Yafrsi M, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA. Ethnopharmacological uses of fauna among the people of central Punjab, Pakistan. Front Vet Sci 2024; 11:1351693. [PMID: 38681848 PMCID: PMC11045910 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1351693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Introduction The utilization of fauna and fauna-based byproducts in ethnomedicinal usages has been a longstanding human activity, practiced across various cultures worldwide. This study focuses on investigating the utilization of animal-based traditional medicine by the people of Pakistan, specifically in the Gujranwala area. Methods Data collection took place from January to September 2019 through interviews with local communities. Ethnomedicinal applications of animal products were analyzed using several indices, including Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Relative Popularity Level (RPL), Folk Use Value (FL), and Relative Occurrence Percentage (ROP). Results The study identified the use of different body parts of 54 species of animals in treating various diseases and health issues. These include but are not limited to skin infections, sexual problems, pain management (e.g., in the backbone and joints), eyesight issues, immunity enhancement, cold, weakness, burns, smallpox, wounds, poisoning, muscular pain, arthritis, diabetes, fever, epilepsy, allergies, asthma, herpes, ear pain, paralysis, cough, swelling, cancer, bronchitis, girls' maturity, and stomach-related problems. Certain species of fauna were noted by informers with high "frequency of citation" (FC), ranging from 1 to 77. For instance, the black cobra was the most frequently cited animal for eyesight issues (FC = 77), followed by the domestic rabbit for burn treatment (FC = 67), and the Indus Valley spiny-tailed ground lizard for sexual problems (FC = 66). Passer domesticus and Gallus gallus were noted to have the highest ROP value of 99. Discussion The findings of this study provide valuable preliminary insights for the conservation of fauna in the Gujranwala region of Punjab, Pakistan. Additionally, screening these animals for medicinally active compounds could potentially lead to the development of novel animal-based medications, contributing to both traditional medicine preservation and modern pharmaceutical advancements.
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- Abdul Majid Khan
- Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Lahore, Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bagh, Bagh, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Alpine Institute of Management and Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Staatliches Museum Für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Environment Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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Mirrani HM, Noreen Z, Usman S, Shah AA, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO, Aslam M, Waqas A, Javed T. Magnesium nanoparticles extirpate salt stress in carrots (Daucus carota L.) through metabolomics regulations. Plant Physiol Biochem 2024; 207:108383. [PMID: 38286092 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Underground vegetables are sensitive and vulnerable to salt stress. The vegetables are the main source of vitamins, nutrients and minerals in human diet. Also contain healthy carbohydrates, antioxidant and resistant starch which are beneficial for human health. Salinity influences water balance, morphological appearance and cellular interference of crop plants. It also caused disproportion of nutrients which usually affects the physiochemical processes in plant. Salt stress also affect biochemical attributes and hampers the growth of underground organs, due to which yield of crop decreased. The nanoparticles had been potentially used for better crop yield, in the recent. In our research study, we elaborate the positive response of magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO-NPs) on the morphological and biochemical parameters as well as anti-oxidant enzymes action on two accessions of carrot (Daucus carota L.) under salt stress of 40 mM and 80 mM. In a pilot experiment, various levels (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mg/L) of MgO-NPs were tested through foliar application on carrot plants. Foliar application of MgO-NPs at concentration of 150 mg/L was most effective treatment and ameliorate the salt stress in both carrot accessions (DC-03 and DC-90). The MgO-NPs significantly enhanced the morphological and biochemical parameters. The yield was significantly increased with the exposure of MgO-NPs. Our results thus confirmed the potential of MgO-NPs to endorse the plant development and growth under salinity. However, further research study is needed to explore effectiveness of MgO-NPs in various other plants for the ameliorant of salinity.
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- Hurmat Mehdi Mirrani
- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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Korav S, Yadav DB, Yadav A, Rajanna GA, Parshad J, Tallapragada S, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA. Rice residue management alternatives in rice-wheat cropping system: impact on wheat productivity, soil organic carbon, water and microbial dynamics. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1822. [PMID: 38245582 PMCID: PMC10799959 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52319-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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In the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) predominates, producing large quantity of crop residue and its management is major concern. Farmers usually burn the residue to clear the field for succeding crop, and burning damages soil microbes, resulted in loss of soil organic matter. Hence, current study was conducted to assess the impact of different Happy seeder based residue management options on changes in microbial dynamics, enzyme activities and soil organic matter content and also to know that alternative method for attaining sustainable wheat productivity in sandy loam soils of Haryana, India. Results revealed that Zero tillage wheat (ZTW) with partial and full residue retention treatments sown with Happy seeder (after using chopper and spreader), and ZTW with anchored stubbles significantly enhanced soil microbial count by 47.9-60.4%, diazotropic count by 59.0-73.1% and actinomycetes count by 47.3-55.2%, grain yield by 9.8-11.3% and biomass yield by 7.4-9.6% over conventional tilled (CT) residue burning and residue removal plots. ZTW sown with surface retention of rice crop residue increased the organic carbon by 0.36-0.42% and the soil moisture content by 13.4-23.6% over CTW without residue load. Similarly, ZTW sown with Happy seeder with full residue enhanced alkaline phosphatase activity from 95.3 µg TPF g-1 soil 24 h-1 in 2018-2019 to 98.6 µg TPF g-1 soil 24 h-1 in 2019-2020 over control plots. Likely, microbial population and enzymatic activity showed strong positive correlation under variable residue retention practices. However, increased microbial population reduced the soil pH from 7.49 to 7.27 under ZTW with residue retention plots. The wheat yield enhanced by 9.8-11.3% during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 under ZTW with Happy seeder with full residue load over residue burning and residue removal plots. ZTW sown with Happy seeder under full residue retention, achieved maximum net return 43.16-57.08 × 103 ₹ ha-1) and B-C ratio (1.52 to 1.70) over CTW without residue. Therefore, rice residue needs to be managed by planting wheat using appropriate machinery under ZT for sustaining higher productivity in RWCS and improve soil health and environment under IGP regions.
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- Santosh Korav
- Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India.
- Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University (Phagwara) Jalandhar, Punjab, 144411, India.
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- Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India
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- Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India
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- ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujrat, 362001, India
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- Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India
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- Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, 34511, Egypt
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Tariq FN, Shafiq M, Khawar N, Habib G, Gul H, Hayat A, Rehman MU, Moussa IM, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO. The functional repertoire of AmpR in the AmpC β-lactamase high expression and decreasing β-lactam and aminoglycosides resistance in ESBL Citrobacter freundii. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19486. [PMID: 37662790 PMCID: PMC10472055 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Citrobacter freundii is characterized by AmpC β-lactamases that develop resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. The production of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) is substantially high in Escherichia coli, C. freundii, Enterobacter cloacae, and Serratia marcescens, but infrequently explored in C. freundii. The present investigation characterized the ESBL C. freundii and delineated the genes involved in decrease in antibiotics resistance. We used the VITEK-2 system and Analytical Profile Index (API) kit to characterize and identify the Citrobacter isolates. The mRNA level of AmpC and AmpR was determined by RT-qPCR, and gel-shift assay was performed to evaluate protein-DNA binding. Here, a total of 26 Citrobacter strains were isolated from COVID-19 patients that showed varying degrees of antibiotic resistance. We examined and characterized the multidrug resistant C. freundii that showed ESBL production. The RT-qPCR analysis revealed that the AmpC mRNA expression is significantly high followed by a high level of AmpR. We sequenced the AmpC and AmpR genes that revealed the AmpR has four novel mutations in comparison to the reference genome namely; Thr64Ile, Arg86Ser, Asp135Val, and Ile183Leu while AmpC remained intact. The ΔAmpR mutant analysis revealed that the AmpR positively regulates oxidative stress response and decreases β-lactam and aminoglycosides resistance. The AmpC and AmpR high expression was associated with resistance to tazobactam, ampicillin, gentamicin, nitrofurantoin, and cephalosporins whereas AmpR deletion reduced β-lactam and aminoglycosides resistance. We conclude that AmpR is a positive regulator of AmpC that stimulates β-lactamases which inactivate multiple antibiotics.
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- Falak Naz Tariq
- Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan
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- Institute of Pathology and Diagnostic Medicine, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Qadir M, Hussain A, Shah M, Hamayun M, Iqbal A, Irshad M, Khan ZH, Islam B, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA, Lee IJ. Pantoea conspicua promoted sunflower growth and engulfed rhizospheric arsenate by secreting exopolysaccharide. Plant Physiol Biochem 2023; 201:107826. [PMID: 37331076 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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A rhizobacterium, Pantoea conspicua, was examined against sunflower seedlings' growth under arsenate stress. Sunflower upon exposure to arsenate resulted in compromised growth that might be due to the accumulation of higher concentrations of arsenate and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in seedlings' tissues. The deposited arsenate led to oxidative damage and electrolyte leakage, making the sunflower seedlings vulnerable to compromise its growth and development. However, inoculation of sunflower seedlings with P. conspicua alleviated arsenate stress in host by initiating a multilayered defence mechanism. In fact, P. conspicua filtered out 75.1% of the arsenate from growth medium that were available to the plant roots in the absence of the said strain. To accomplish such activity, P. conspicua secreted exopolysaccharides as well as altered lignification in host roots. The arsenate (24.9%) that made its way to plant tissues was countered by helping the host seedlings to produce higher levels of indole acetic acid, non enzymatic antioxidants (phenolics and flavonoids) and antioxidant enzymes (catalase, ascorbte peroxidase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase). As a result, ROS accumulation and electrolyte leakage were brought back to normal levels as observed in control seedlings. Hence, the rhizobacterium associated host seedlings achieved higher net assimilation (127.7%) and relative growth rate (113.5%) under 100 ppm of arsenate stress. The work concluded that P. conspicua alleviated arsenate stress in the host plants by imposing physical barrier as well as improving host seedlings' physiology and biochemistry.
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- Muhammad Qadir
- Department of Botany, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber, Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture, Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, 34511, Egypt.
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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Sardar T, Maqbool M, Ishtiaq M, Mazhar MW, El-Sheikh MA, Casini R, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO. Synergistic Influence of Yeast Extract and Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles on the Synthesis of Bioactive Antioxidants and Metabolites in Swertia chirata In Vitro Callus Cultures. Molecules 2023; 28:4607. [PMID: 37375162 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The challenges in the production of metabolites of medicinal potential from wild plants include low yields, slow growth rates, seasonal variations, genetic variability and regulatory as well as ethical constraints. Overcoming these challenges is of paramount significance and interdisciplinary approaches and innovative strategies are prevalently applied to optimize phytoconstituents' production, enhance yield, biomass, ensure sustainable consistency and scalability. In this study, we investigated the effects of elicitation with yeast extract and calcium oxide nanoparticles (CaONPs) on in vitro cultures of Swertia chirata (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten. Specifically, we examined the effects of different concentrations of CaONPs in combination with different concentrations of yeast extract on various parameters related to callus growth, antioxidant activity, biomass and phytochemical contents. Our results showed that elicitation with yeast extract and CaONPs had significant effects on the growth and characteristics of callus cultures of S. chirata. The treatments involving yeast extract and CaONPs were found to be the most effective in increasing the contents of total flavonoid contents (TFC), total phenolic contents (TPC), amarogentin and mangiferin. These treatments also led to an improvement in the contents of total anthocyanin and alpha tocopherols. Additionally, the DPPH scavenging activity was significantly increased in the treated samples. Furthermore, the treatments involving elicitation with yeast extract and CaONPs also led to significant improvements in callus growth and characteristics. These treatments promoted callus response from an average to an excellent level and improved the color and nature of the callus from yellow to yellow-brown and greenish and from fragile to compact, respectively. The best response was observed in treatments involving 0.20 g/L yeast extract and 90 ug/L CaONPs. Overall, our findings suggest that elicitation with yeast extract and CaONPs can be a useful strategy for promoting the growth, biomass, phytochemical contents and antioxidant activity of callus cultures of S. chirata in comparison to wild plant herbal drug samples.
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- Tauqeer Sardar
- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Public Health, University of California, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Sharif MS, Hameed H, Waheed A, Tariq M, Afreen A, Kamal A, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO, Saqib S, Zaman W. Biofabrication of Fe 3O 4 Nanoparticles from Spirogyra hyalina and Ajuga bracteosa and Their Antibacterial Applications. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083403. [PMID: 37110639 PMCID: PMC10144552 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted substantial interest due to their superparamagnetic features, biocompatibility, and nontoxicity. The latest progress in the biological production of Fe3O4 NPs by green methods has improved their quality and biological applications significantly. In this study, the fabrication of iron oxide NPs from Spirogyra hyalina and Ajuga bracteosa was conducted via an easy, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective process. The fabricated Fe3O4 NPs were characterized using various analytical methods to study their unique properties. UV-Vis absorption peaks were observed in algal and plant-based Fe3O4 NPs at 289 nm and 306 nm, respectively. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analyzed diverse bioactive phytochemicals present in algal and plant extracts that functioned as stabilizing and capping agents in the fabrication of algal and plant-based Fe3O4 NPs. X-ray diffraction of NPs revealed the crystalline nature of both biofabricated Fe3O4 NPs and their small size. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that algae and plant-based Fe3O4 NPs are spherical and rod-shaped, averaging 52 nm and 75 nm in size. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed that the green-synthesized Fe3O4 NPs require a high mass percentage of iron and oxygen to ensure their synthesis. The fabricated plant-based Fe3O4 NPs exhibited stronger antioxidant properties than algal-based Fe3O4 NPs. The algal-based NPs showed efficient antibacterial potential against E. coli, while the plant-based Fe3O4 NPs displayed a higher zone of inhibition against S. aureus. Moreover, plant-based Fe3O4 NPs exhibited superior scavenging and antibacterial potential compared to the algal-based Fe3O4 NPs. This might be due to the greater number of phytochemicals in plants that surround the NPs during their green fabrication. Hence, the capping of bioactive agents over iron oxide NPs improves antibacterial applications.
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- Muhammad Shakeeb Sharif
- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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Haq SM, Khoja AA, Lone FA, Waheed M, Bussmann RW, Casini R, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO. Keeping Healthy in Your Skin-Plants and Fungi Used by Indigenous Himalayan Communities to Treat Dermatological Ailments. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1575. [PMID: 37050200 PMCID: PMC10097107 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Dermatological ailments are a major health problem, especially when related to human immune deficiency syndrome and acquired immune deficiency. The goal of this study was to identify the medicinal plants used by the indigenous peoples of the Northwestern Himalayas to treat dermatological diseases. Several field trips were conducted in the spring and summer seasons of 2020-2021 to collect the plants of dermatological value and information about their use through open-ended semi-structured interviews (n = 53) and group discussions (n = 33). The current investigation found 64 ethnomedicinal plants belonging to 34 families commonly used to treat a variety of dermatological ailments. The main growth form was herbs (80%), followed by trees (8%) and ferns (6%). It was found that leaves (51%) were the most commonly used plant part, followed by roots and the whole plant. Wound healing was the most dominant application, with 18 plant species used, followed by skin burns cured by 11 plant species and skin boils by eight plant species. Out of the total (18%) of medicinal plants with cosmetic uses, i.e., roots of Jurinea dolomiaea, Rheum webbianum, and Rheum spiciforme were crushed into powder and mixed with turmeric, and the paste is applied topically for glowing skin. Among the various preparation methods, paste (38%) was the most common way of preparation, followed by poultice (29%) and infusion (9%). Between ethnic groups, the maximum homogeneity was between Gujjar and Bakarwal ethnic groups (23 species, 36%), followed by Gujjars and Kashmiri (14 species, 22%). Bakarwals and Gujjar people live in the same geographical location, and they graze their animals in pastures, practice extensive transhumance pastoralism, and pass through different ecological landscapes, thus having sufficient experiences with certain plants and retaining more knowledge. The species identified with the highest utilization based on the number of citations and use value included Ficus carica, Cichorium intybus, Euphorbia wallichii, Pinus wallichiana, Plantago major, Jurinea dolomiaea, and Artemisia absinthium. The findings of this study demonstrate that people who reside in the Northwestern Himalayas region still rely on medicinal plants.
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- Shiekh Marifatul Haq
- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia
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- Department of Botany, Government Degree College (Women), Kupwara 193222, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia
- Department of Botany, State Museum of Natural History, Erbprinzenstrasse 14, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Mazher M, Ishtiaq M, Hamid B, Haq SM, Mazhar A, Bashir F, Mazhar M, Mahmoud EA, Casini R, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Elansary HO. Biosynthesis and Characterization of Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles from Citrullus colocynthis Fruit Extracts; Their Biocompatibility and Bioactivities. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:2768. [PMID: 37049061 PMCID: PMC10096045 DOI: 10.3390/ma16072768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Modern nanotechnology encompasses every field of life. Nowadays, phytochemically fabricated nanoparticles are being widely studied for their bioactivities and biosafety. The present research studied the synthesis, characterization, stability, biocompatibility, and in vitro bioactivities of calcium oxide nanoparticles (CaONPs). The CaONPs were synthesized using Citrullus colocynthis ethanolic fruit extracts. Greenly synthesized nanoparticles had an average size of 35.93 ± 2.54 nm and showed an absorbance peak at 325 nm. An absorbance peak in this range depicts the coating of phenolic acids, flavones, flavonols, and flavonoids on the surface of CaONPs. The XRD pattern showed sharp peaks that illustrated the preferred cubic crystalline nature of triturate. A great hindrance to the use of nanoparticles in the field of medicine is their extremely reactive nature. The FTIR analysis of the CaONPs showed a coating of phytochemicals on their surface, due to which they showed great stability. The vibrations present at 3639 cm-1 for alcohols or phenols, 2860 cm-1 for alkanes, 2487 cm-1 for alkynes, 1625 cm-1 for amines, and 1434 cm-1 for carboxylic acids and aldehydes show adsorption of phytochemicals on the surface of CaONPs. The CaONPs were highly stable over time; however, their stability was slightly disturbed by varying salinity and pH. The dialysis membrane in vitro release analysis revealed consistent nanoparticle release over a 10-h period. The bioactivities of CaONPs, C. colocynthis fruit extracts, and their synergistic solution were assessed. Synergistic solutions of both CaONPs and C. colocynthis fruit extracts showed great bioactivity and biosafety. The synergistic solution reduced cell viability by only 14.68% and caused only 16% hemolysis. The synergistic solution inhibited Micrococcus luteus slightly more effectively than streptomycin, with an activity index of 1.02. It also caused an 83.87% reduction in free radicals.
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- Mubsher Mazher
- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10040, Pakistan; (M.I.); (F.B.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10040, Pakistan; (M.I.); (F.B.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kashmir Srinagar, Srinagar 190006, India;
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Government Post Graduate College for Women, Bhimber 10038, Pakistan;
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10040, Pakistan; (M.I.); (F.B.); (M.M.)
- Biological Research Center, Institute of Plant Biology, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Botany, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10040, Pakistan; (M.I.); (F.B.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- School of Public Health, University of California, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA;
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.Z.D.)
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.Z.D.)
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.Z.D.)
- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Haq SM, Lone FA, Kumar M, Calixto ES, Waheed M, Casini R, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO. Phenology and Diversity of Weeds in the Agriculture and Horticulture Cropping Systems of Indian Western Himalayas: Understanding Implications for Agro-Ecosystems. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1222. [PMID: 36986911 PMCID: PMC10051328 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Weeds are a major threat to agriculture and horticulture cropping systems that reduce yield. Weeds have a better ability to compete for resources compared to the main crops of various agro-ecosystems and act as a major impediment in reducing overall yield. They often act as energy drains in the managed agroecosystems. We studied weed infestation for five different agro-ecosystems in the part of Indian Western Himalayas represented by paddy, maize, mustard, apple and vegetable orchards. Systematic random sampling was done to record flowering phenology and diversity of weeds during the assessment period 2015-2020. We recorded 59 weed species, taxonomically distributed among 50 genera in 24 families. The Asteraceae family has the most species (15% species), followed by Poaceae (14% species), and Brassicaceae (12% species). The Therophytes were the dominant life form followed by Hemicryptophytes. The majority of the weeds were shown to be at their most blooming in the summer (predominantly from June to July). The Shannon index based diversity of weeds ranged from 2.307-3.325 for the different agro-ecosystems. The highest number of weeds was in the horticulture systems (apple > vegetable) followed by agriculture fields (maize > paddy > mustard). Agriculture and horticulture cropping systems were distinguished using indicator species analysis, which was supported by high and significant indicator values for a number of species. Persicaria hydropiper, Cynodon dactylon, Poa annua, Stellaria media, and Rorippa palustris had the highest indicator value in agriculture cropping systems, while Trifolium repens, Phleum pratense, and Trifolium pratense had the highest indicator value in horticulture cropping systems. We found that eleven weed species were unique to apple gardens followed by nine in maize, four in vegetables, two in mustard and one in paddy fields. Spatial turnover (βsim) and nestedness-resultant components (βsne) of species dissimilarity revealed dissimilarity lower than 50% among the five cropping systems. The study is expected to assist in formulating an appropriate management strategy for the control of weed infestation in the study region.
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- Shiekh Marifatul Haq
- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia
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- Department of Botany, Government Degree College (Women), Kupwara 193222, India
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- GIS Centre, Forest Research Institute (FRI), PO New Forest, Dehradun 248006, India
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- Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32962, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Waheed M, Haq SM, Arshad F, Bussmann RW, Pieroni A, Mahmoud EA, Casini R, Yessoufou K, Elansary HO. Traditional Wild Food Plants Gathered by Ethnic Groups Living in Semi-Arid Region of Punjab, Pakistan. Biology (Basel) 2023; 12:biology12020269. [PMID: 36829546 PMCID: PMC9953408 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Wild edible food plants (WFPs) are valuable resources in the traditional food systems of many local cultures worldwide, particularly in underdeveloped regions. Understanding patterns of food preferences requires conducting cross-cultural food studies among various ethnic groups in a specific area. In this context, the current study aimed to record WFP use among five ethnic groups in Punjab, Pakistan, by interviewing 175 informants selected through snowball sampling. The indicator food species for different ethnic groups were calculated using indicator analysis based on the percentage of citations. A total of 71 wild food plants (WFPs) belonging to 57 genera and 27 families were observed in the study area. A high proportion of these wild food plants (WFPs) belonged to Fabaceae with eleven species (15%), followed by Moraceae with seven species (9%). Fruits were most widely used (43%), followed by leaves (19%), and shoots (16%). The majority (35 species, 49%) of plants of WFPs were eaten as cooked vegetables. A cross-cultural comparison revealed that four species overlapped among five ethnic groups (Arain, Jutt, Rajpot, Mewati, and Dogar). The Arain ethnic group gathered and consumed a remarkable number of wild plants (35 species), possibly due to a special connection with the general abundance of the local flora, and being close to nature by adopting professions more allied to WFPs in the study area. The analysis of indicator species revealed distinct significant indicator values (p ≤ 0.05) between the main food species among the various ethnic groups. Amaranthus viridis was a common indicator of food in all five ethnic groups, while Ziziphus nammularia was a common indicator food plant of the Mewati, Rajpot, and Jutt ethnic groups; these plants are important in local diets, especially during times of food scarcity brought on by disease or drought. In addition, the current study reports 20 WFPs that have been rarely documented as human food in Pakistan's ethnobotanical literature. Future development plans should consider biocultural heritage and pay appropriate attention to local ecological knowledge, dynamics, and historical exchanges of traditional food systems.
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- Muhammad Waheed
- Department of Botany, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Botany, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia
- Department of Botany, State Museum of Natural History, Erbprinzenstrasse 14, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 9I-12042 Pollenzo, Italy
- Department of Medical Analysis, Tishk International University, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan, Iraq
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannes-Burg, APK Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Harisha CB, Narayanpur VB, Rane J, Ganiger VM, M. Prasanna S, Vishwanath YC, G. Reddi S, Halli HM, Boraiah KM, Basavaraj PS, Mahmoud EA, Casini R, Elansary HO. Promising Bioregulators for Higher Water Productivity and Oil Quality of Chia under Deficit Irrigation in Semiarid Regions. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:662. [PMID: 36771746 PMCID: PMC9921998 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Appropriate water management practices are essential for the successful cultivation of chia in water-scarce situations of semiarid regions. This is highly essential when new crops such as chia are introduced for ensuring diversity and water saving. Therefore, field trials (2020-21 and 2021-22) were conducted to understand the impact of deficit irrigation and bioregulators (BRs) on the seed yield, water productivity, and oil quality of chia. The effect of foliar application of BRs such as thiourea (TU; 400 ppm), salicylic acid (SA; 1.0 mM), potassium nitrate (KN; 0.15%), potassium silicate (KS; 100 ppm), kaolin (KO; 5%), and sodium benzoate (SB; 200 ppm) were monitored at different levels of irrigation: 100 (I100), 75 (I75), 50 (I50), and 25 (I25) percent of cumulative pan evaporation (CPE). Deficit irrigation at I25, I50, and I75 led to 55.3, 20.1, and 3.3% reductions in seed yield; 42.5, 22.5, and 4.2% in oil yield; and 58.9, 24.5, and 5.7% in omega-3 yield, respectively, relative to I100. Bioregulators could reduce the adverse impact of water deficit stress on seed, oil, and omega-3 yield. However, their beneficial effect was more conspicuous under mild water stress (I75), as revealed by higher seed yield (4.3-6.9%), oil yield (4.4-7.1%), and omega-3 yield (4.7-8.5%) over control (I100 + no BRs). Further, BRs (KN, TU, and SA) maintained oil quality in terms of linolenic acid and polyunsaturated fatty acid contents, even under mild stress (I75). Foliar application of KN, TU, and SA could save water to an extent of 36-40%. Therefore, the adverse impact of deficit irrigation on seed, oil, and omega-3 yields of chia could be minimized using BRs such as KN, TU, and SA, which can also contribute to improved water productivity.
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- Chowdasandra Byregowda Harisha
- ICAR–National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune 413115, Maharashtra, India
- College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587104, Karnataka, India
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- College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587104, Karnataka, India
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- ICAR–National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune 413115, Maharashtra, India
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- College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587104, Karnataka, India
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- College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587104, Karnataka, India
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- College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot 587104, Karnataka, India
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- ICAR–National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune 413115, Maharashtra, India
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- ICAR–National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune 413115, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- School of Public Health, University of California, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Farooqi MQU, Nawaz G, Wani SH, Choudhary JR, Rana M, Sah RP, Afzal M, Zahra Z, Ganie SA, Razzaq A, Reyes VP, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO, El-Abedin TKZ, Siddique KHM. Recent developments in multi-omics and breeding strategies for abiotic stress tolerance in maize ( Zea mays L.). Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:965878. [PMID: 36212378 PMCID: PMC9538355 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.965878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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High-throughput sequencing technologies (HSTs) have revolutionized crop breeding. The advent of these technologies has enabled the identification of beneficial quantitative trait loci (QTL), genes, and alleles for crop improvement. Climate change have made a significant effect on the global maize yield. To date, the well-known omic approaches such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics are being incorporated in maize breeding studies. These approaches have identified novel biological markers that are being utilized for maize improvement against various abiotic stresses. This review discusses the current information on the morpho-physiological and molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in maize. The utilization of omics approaches to improve abiotic stress tolerance in maize is highlighted. As compared to single approach, the integration of multi-omics offers a great potential in addressing the challenges of abiotic stresses of maize productivity.
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- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
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- Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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- College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture, and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Mahmoud EA, Omur A. Mehder A. The manufacture of three types of organic butternut squash flour and their impact on the development of some oat gluten-free products. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Venkatappa MM, Udagani C, Hanumegowda SM, Pramod SN, Venkataramaiah S, Rangappa R, Achur R, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, Al-Yafrsi M, A. Mahmoud E, Elansary HO, Sannaningaiah D. Effect of Biofunctional Green Synthesized MgO-Nanoparticles on Oxidative-Stress-Induced Tissue Damage and Thrombosis. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27165162. [PMID: 36014400 PMCID: PMC9413574 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27165162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The present study describes the green biofunctional synthesis of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles using the aqueous Tarenna asiatica fruit extract. The characterization of Tarenna asiatica fruit extract MgO nanoparticles (TAFEMgO NPs) was achieved by X-ray powder diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, TEM, SEM, and energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction. TAFEMgO NPs scavenged the DPPH free radicals with an IC50 value of 55.95 μg/μL, and it was highly significant compared to the standard. To authenticate the observed antioxidant potential of TAFEMgO NPs, oxidative stress was induced in red blood cells (RBC) using sodium nitrite (NaNO2). Interestingly, TAFEMgO NPs ameliorated the RBC damage from oxidative stress by significantly restoring the stress parameters, such as the protein carbonyl content (PCC), lipid peroxidation (LPO), total thiol (TT), super-oxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT). Furthermore, oxidative stress was induced in-vivo in Sprague Dawley female rats using diclofenac (DFC). TAFEMgO NPs normalized the stress parameters in-vivo and minimized the oxidative damage in tissues. Most importantly, TAFEMgO NPs restored the function and architecture of the damaged livers, kidneys, and small intestines by regulating biochemical parameters. TAFEMgO NPs exhibited an anticoagulant effect by increasing the clotting time from 193 s in the control to 885 s in the platelet rich plasma. TAFEMgO NPs prolonged the formation of the clot process in the activated partial thromboplastin time and the prothrombin time, suggest the effective involvement in both intrinsic and extrinsic clotting pathways of the blood coagulation cascade. TAFEMgO NPs inhibited adenosine di-phosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation. TAFEMgO NPs did not show hemolytic, hemorrhagic, and edema-inducing properties at the tested concentration of 100 mg/kgbody weight, suggesting its non-toxic property. In conclusion, TAFEMgO NPs mitigates the sodium nitrite (NaNO2)- and diclofenac (DFC)-induced stress due to oxidative damage in both in vitro and in vivo experimental models.
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- Manjula M. Venkatappa
- Department of Biochemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga 577451, India
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- Department of Physics, University College of Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur 572103, India
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- Centre for Bioscience and Innovation, Department of Studies and Research in Biochemistry, Tumkur University, Tumkur 572103, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga 577451, India
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (H.O.E.); (D.S.); Tel.: +966-581216322 (H.O.E.); +91-9902838928 (D.S.)
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- Centre for Bioscience and Innovation, Department of Studies and Research in Biochemistry, Tumkur University, Tumkur 572103, India
- Correspondence: (H.O.E.); (D.S.); Tel.: +966-581216322 (H.O.E.); +91-9902838928 (D.S.)
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Seethapathy P, Sankaralingam S, Pandita D, Pandita A, Loganathan K, Wani SH, El-Ansary DO, Sharma H, Casini R, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO. Genetic Diversity Analysis based on the Virulence, Physiology and Regional Variability in Different Isolates of Powdery Mildew in Pea. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8080798. [PMID: 36012787 PMCID: PMC9409743 DOI: 10.3390/jof8080798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Powdery mildew is an omnipresent disease that reduces the yield and quality of pea crops (Pisum sativum L.). To examine the powdery mildew pathogen’s morphological, molecular, and genetic diversity, we collected samples of powdery mildew-affected pea crops from ten distinct locations in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India. The pathogen Erysiphe pisi was identified morphologically based on anamorphic characters. Molecular identification of E. pisi isolates was befitted by targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA and specific primers of powdery mildew fungi. The genetic variation between ten different E. pisi isolates collected from topographically distinct mountainous areas was studied using random amplified polymorphic (RAPD). Based on its morphological characteristics, the powdery mildew fungus presented high similarities to E. pisi. Molecular characterization of the ITS rDNA of E. pisi produced 650 bp nucleotides, PMITS (powdery mildew-internal transcribed region) primers produced 700 bp nucleotides, and an Erysiphe specific ITS primer pair amplified and synthesized 560 bp nucleotides. According to the findings, the collected E. pisi strains exhibited a low level of genetic diversity and only a slight differential in virulence on the host. In the study, E. pisi isolates from Anumapuram, Emerald Valley, Indira Nagar, and Thuneri showed a greater disease incidence in the natural field conditions and shared the same genetic lineage with other isolates in UPGMA hierarchical cluster analysis based on RAPD markers. There was no evidence of a link between the occurrence of the disease and these grouped populations.
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- Parthasarathy Seethapathy
- Department of Plant Pathology, Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 642109, India
- Correspondence: (P.S.); (D.P.)
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- PG and Research Department of Botany, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai 625022, India;
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- Government Department of School Education, Jammu 180001, India
- Correspondence: (P.S.); (D.P.)
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- Vatsalya Clinic, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi 110051, India;
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Khudwani Anantnag 192101, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
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- Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA;
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- College of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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Chen D, Mubeen B, Hasnain A, Rizwan M, Adrees M, Naqvi SAH, Iqbal S, Kamran M, El-Sabrout AM, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA, Alaklabi A, Sathish M, Din GMU. Corrigendum: Role of Promising Secondary Metabolites to Confer Resistance Against Environmental Stresses in Crop Plants: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:950612. [PMID: 35774828 PMCID: PMC9239032 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.950612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.881032.].
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- Delai Chen
- College of Life Science and Technology, Longdong University, Qingyang, China
- Gansu Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization for Biological Resources and Ecological Restoration, Qingyang, China
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia
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- Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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Rafiq S, Wagay NA, Elansary HO, Malik MA, Bhat IA, Kaloo ZA, Hadi A, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ, El-Sabrout AM, Yessoufou K, Mahmoud EA. Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant and Antifungal Activities of Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes Wild Rhizome Extracts. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11061052. [PMID: 35739952 PMCID: PMC9220206 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11061052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes, an essential and critically endangered medicinal plant from Kashmir Himalayas, was studied for its antioxidant and antifungal properties. The shade-dried powdered rhizome was extracted sequentially with hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. These subsequent fractions were evaluated for total phenolic content (TPC); total flavonoid content (TFC); antioxidant assays, such as 1,1-diphenyl 1-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH); ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP); superoxide radical scavenging (SOR); hydroxyl radical scavenging (OH) and antifungal activity using the poisoned food technique. Highest TPC (5.26 ± 0.01 mg/g) and TFC (2.92 ± 0.04 mg/g) were reported from methanolic extracts. The highest values of radical scavenging activities were also observed in methanolic extracts with IC50 values of 163.71 ± 2.69 μg/mL in DPPH, 173.69 ± 4.91 μg/mL in SOR and 159.64 ± 2.43 μg/mL in OH. The chemical profile of ethyl acetate extract was tested using HR-LCMS. Methanolic extracts also showed a promising inhibition against Aspergillus niger (66.18 ± 1.03), Aspergillus flavus (78.91 ± 1.19) and Penicillium notatum (83.14 ± 0.97) at a 15% culture filtrate concentration with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 230 μg/mL, 200 μg/mL and 190 μg/mL, respectively. Overall, the methanolic fractions showed significant biological potential, and its pure isolates might be used to construct a potential new medicinal source.
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- Shah Rafiq
- Plant Tissue Culture and Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India; (S.R.); (I.A.B.); (Z.A.K.)
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- Department of Botany, Government Degree College Baramulla (Boys), Baramulla 193101, India;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture, and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt
- Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa;
- Correspondence: (H.O.E.); (A.H.)
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, India;
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- Plant Tissue Culture and Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India; (S.R.); (I.A.B.); (Z.A.K.)
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- Plant Tissue Culture and Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India; (S.R.); (I.A.B.); (Z.A.K.)
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- Plant Tissue Culture and Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, India; (S.R.); (I.A.B.); (Z.A.K.)
- Correspondence: (H.O.E.); (A.H.)
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.Z.D.)
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.); (A.Z.D.)
- Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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Chen D, Mubeen B, Hasnain A, Rizwan M, Adrees M, Naqvi SAH, Iqbal S, Kamran M, El-Sabrout AM, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA, Alaklabi A, Sathish M, Din GMU. Role of Promising Secondary Metabolites to Confer Resistance Against Environmental Stresses in Crop Plants: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:881032. [PMID: 35615133 PMCID: PMC9126561 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.881032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plants often face incompatible growing environments like drought, salinity, cold, frost, and elevated temperatures that affect plant growth and development leading to low yield and, in worse circumstances, plant death. The arsenal of versatile compounds for plant consumption and structure is called metabolites, which allows them to develop strategies to stop enemies, fight pathogens, replace their competitors and go beyond environmental restraints. These elements are formed under particular abiotic stresses like flooding, heat, drought, cold, etc., and biotic stress such as a pathogenic attack, thus associated with survival strategy of plants. Stress responses of plants are vigorous and include multifaceted crosstalk between different levels of regulation, including regulation of metabolism and expression of genes for morphological and physiological adaptation. To date, many of these compounds and their biosynthetic pathways have been found in the plant kingdom. Metabolites like amino acids, phenolics, hormones, polyamines, compatible solutes, antioxidants, pathogen related proteins (PR proteins), etc. are crucial for growth, stress tolerance, and plant defense. This review focuses on promising metabolites involved in stress tolerance under severe conditions and events signaling the mediation of stress-induced metabolic changes are presented.
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- Delai Chen
- College of Life Science and Technology, Longdong University, Qingyang, China
- Gansu Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization for Biological Resources and Ecological Restoration, Qingyang, China
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia
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- Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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Sharma A, Arora K, Mohapatra H, Sindhu RK, Bulzan M, Cavalu S, Paneshar G, Elansary HO, El-Sabrout AM, Mahmoud EA, Alaklabi A. Supersaturation-Based Drug Delivery Systems: Strategy for Bioavailability Enhancement of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27092969. [PMID: 35566319 PMCID: PMC9101434 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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At present, the majority of APIs synthesized today remain challenging tasks for formulation development. Many technologies are being utilized or explored for enhancing solubility, such as chemical modification, novel drug delivery systems (microemulsions, nanoparticles, liposomes, etc.), salt formation, and many more. One promising avenue attaining attention presently is supersaturated drug delivery systems. When exposed to gastrointestinal fluids, drug concentration exceeds equilibrium solubility and a supersaturation state is maintained long enough to be absorbed, enhancing bioavailability. In this review, the latest developments in supersaturated drug delivery systems are addressed in depth.
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- Arvind Sharma
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; (A.S.); (K.A.); (H.M.); (G.P.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; (A.S.); (K.A.); (H.M.); (G.P.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; (A.S.); (K.A.); (H.M.); (G.P.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; (A.S.); (K.A.); (H.M.); (G.P.)
- Correspondence: (R.K.S.); (S.C.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, P-ta 1 Decembrie 10, 410087 Oradea, Romania;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, P-ta 1 Decembrie 10, 410087 Oradea, Romania;
- Correspondence: (R.K.S.); (S.C.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; (A.S.); (K.A.); (H.M.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34517, Egypt;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Bisha, P.O. Box 551, Bisha 61922, Saudi Arabia;
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Amoghavarsha C, Pramesh D, Sridhara S, Patil B, Shil S, Naik GR, Naik MK, Shokralla S, El-Sabrout AM, Mahmoud EA, Elansary HO, Nayak A, Prasannakumar MK. Spatial distribution and identification of potential risk regions to rice blast disease in different rice ecosystems of Karnataka. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7403. [PMID: 35523840 PMCID: PMC9076900 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11453-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rice is a globally important crop and highly vulnerable to rice blast disease (RBD). We studied the spatial distribution of RBD by considering the 2-year exploratory data from 120 sampling sites over varied rice ecosystems of Karnataka, India. Point pattern and surface interpolation analyses were performed to identify the spatial distribution of RBD. The spatial clusters of RBD were generated by spatial autocorrelation and Ripley’s K function. Further, inverse distance weighting (IDW), ordinary kriging (OK), and indicator kriging (IK) approaches were utilized to generate spatial maps by predicting the values at unvisited locations using neighboring observations. Hierarchical cluster analysis using the average linkage method identified two main clusters of RBD severity. From the Local Moran’s I, most of the districts were clustered together (at I > 0), except the coastal and interior districts (at I < 0). Positive spatial dependency was observed in the Coastal, Hilly, Bhadra, and Upper Krishna Project ecosystems (p > 0.05), while Tungabhadra and Kaveri ecosystem districts were clustered together at p < 0.05. From the kriging, Hilly ecosystem, middle and southern parts of Karnataka were found vulnerable to RBD. This is the first intensive study in India on understanding the spatial distribution of RBD using geostatistical approaches, and the findings from this study help in setting up ecosystem-specific management strategies against RBD.
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- Chittaragi Amoghavarsha
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.,Rice Pathology Laboratory, All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Programme, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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- Rice Pathology Laboratory, All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Programme, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India.
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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- Division of Social Sciences, Research Centre, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21545, Egypt
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Rice Pathology Laboratory, All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Programme, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, GKVK, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Bal A, Chauhan OP, Pandey AK, Semwal AD, Mishra A, Almujaydil MS, Alharbi HF, Alnajeebi AM, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA. Development of instant paneer type product from groundnut using microwave dehydration. Food Sci Nutr 2022; 10:1520-1526. [PMID: 35592297 PMCID: PMC9094494 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present study aimed at the development of a groundnut-based dehydrated paneer type product which could serve as an instant vegan protein source. In the process of preparing groundnut paneer, a ratio of 1:5 of groundnut to water and 2.0% calcium chloride (CaCl2) solution was used for the preparation of groundnut paneer and the product was evaluated for physicochemical, instrumental color, instrumental textural, and sensory characteristics. The developed paneer cubes (1.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm) were dehydrated using a vacuum-assisted microwave dryer at different microwave powers (200-600 W, 250 mbar vacuum). The minimum bulk density (0.55 g/cc) and maximum rehydration ratio (2.9) were recorded in the sample dehydrated at 600 W. The samples dried at 600 W also showed significantly (p < .05) higher L* values, softer texture and high sensory scores for color, aroma, taste, texture, and overall acceptability after rehydration.
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- Atreyee Bal
- Defence Food Research Laboratory Siddarthanagar Mysore India
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- MMICT&BM(HM), Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) Ambala Haryana India
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- Division of Applied Phycology and Biotechnology CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute Bhavnagar India
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Qassim University Buraydah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Qassim University Buraydah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Collage of Science University of Jeddah Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture Damietta University Damietta Egypt
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Younus M, Mohtasheem-ul-Hasan M, Ijaz S, Kamran M, Maqsood A, Saddique B, Nisar U, Ashraf M, Mahmoud EA, El-Sabrout AM, Elansary HO. Investigation of Euphorbia nivulia-HAM for Enzyme Inhibition Potential in Relation to the Phenolic and Flavonoid Contents and Radical Scavenging Activity. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12020321. [PMID: 35207608 PMCID: PMC8875530 DOI: 10.3390/life12020321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Euphorbia nivulia-Ham (EN) is a neglected medicinal plant traditionally used for a number of pathologies, but it has not been explored scientifically. In the current study, its various fractions were assessed for their phenolic and flavonoid content, radical scavenging, as well as its enzyme inhibitory potential. The hydro-alcoholic crude extract (ENCr) was subjected to a fractionation scheme to obtain different fractions, namely n-hexane (ENHF), chloroform (ENCF), n-butanol (ENBF), and aqueous fraction (ENAF). The obtained results revealed that the highest phenolic and flavonoid content, maximum radical scavenging potential (91 ± 0.55%), urease inhibition (54.36 ± 1.47%), and α-glucosidase inhibition (97.84 ± 1.87%) were exhibited by ENCr, while the ENBF fraction exhibited the highest acetylcholinestrase inhibition (57.32 ± 0.43%). Contrary to these, hydro-alcoholic crude as well as the other fractions showed no significant butyrylcholinestrases (BChE) and carbonic anhydrase inhibition activity. Conclusively, it was found that EN possesses a significant radical scavenging and enzyme inhibitory potential. Thus, the study may be regarded a step forward towards evidence-based phyto-medicine.
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- Muhammad Younus
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Sindh 75270, Pakistan;
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (S.I.); (M.K.); (H.O.E.)
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
- Correspondence: (S.I.); (M.K.); (H.O.E.)
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- Faculty of Agriculture, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan; (A.M.); (B.S.)
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- Faculty of Agriculture, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan; (A.M.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ziauddin University, Karachi 75600, Pakistan;
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- Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (S.I.); (M.K.); (H.O.E.)
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Padiyappa SD, Avalappa H, Somegowda M, Sridhara S, Venkatesh YP, Prabhakar BT, Pramod SN, Almujaydil MS, Shokralla S, Abdelbacki AMM, Elansary HO, El-Sabrout AM, Mahmoud EA. Immunoadjuvant and Humoral Immune Responses of Garlic ( Allium sativum L.) Lectins upon Systemic and Mucosal Administration in BALB/c Mice. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27041375. [PMID: 35209158 PMCID: PMC8880535 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27041375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Dietary food components have the ability to affect immune function; following absorption, specifically orally ingested dietary food containing lectins can systemically modulate the immune cells and affect the response to self- and co-administered food antigens. The mannose-binding lectins from garlic (Allium sativum agglutinins; ASAs) were identified as immunodulatory proteins in vitro. The objective of the present study was to assess the immunogenicity and adjuvanticity of garlic agglutinins and to evaluate whether they have adjuvant properties in vivo for a weak antigen ovalbumin (OVA). Garlic lectins (ASA I and ASA II) were administered by intranasal (50 days duration) and intradermal (14 days duration) routes, and the anti-lectin and anti-OVA immune (IgG) responses in the control and test groups of the BALB/c mice were assessed for humoral immunogenicity. Lectins, co-administered with OVA, were examined for lectin-induced anti-OVA IgG response to assess their adjuvant properties. The splenic and thymic indices were evaluated as a measure of immunomodulatory functions. Intradermal administration of ASA I and ASA II had showed a four-fold and two-fold increase in anti-lectin IgG response, respectively, vs. the control on day 14. In the intranasal route, the increases were 3-fold and 2.4-fold for ASA I and ASA II, respectively, on day 50. No decrease in the body weights of animals was noticed; the increases in the spleen and thymus weights, as well as their indices, were significant in the lectin groups. In the adjuvanticity study by intranasal administration, ASA I co-administered with ovalbumin (OVA) induced a remarkable increase in anti-OVA IgG response (~six-fold; p < 0.001) compared to the control, and ASA II induced a four-fold increase vs. the control on day 50. The results indicated that ASA was a potent immunogen which induced mucosal immunogenicity to the antigens that were administered intranasally in BALB/c mice. The observations made of the in vivo study indicate that ASA I has the potential use as an oral and mucosal adjuvant to deliver candidate weak antigens. Further clinical studies in humans are required to confirm its applicability.
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- Shruthishree D. Padiyappa
- Food Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Food Technology, Davangere University, Shivagangotri, Davangere 577 007, India; (S.D.P.); (H.A.)
- Molecular Biomedicine Laboratory, Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, Sahyadri Science College, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga 577 203, India;
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- Food Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Food Technology, Davangere University, Shivagangotri, Davangere 577 007, India; (S.D.P.); (H.A.)
- Molecular Biomedicine Laboratory, Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, Sahyadri Science College, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga 577 203, India;
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, University of Agriculture and Horticulture Science, Shivamogga 577 204, India;
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agriculture and Horticulture Science, Shivamogga 577 204, India;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, CSIR–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru 570 020, India;
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- Molecular Biomedicine Laboratory, Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, Sahyadri Science College, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga 577 203, India;
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- Food Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Food Technology, Davangere University, Shivagangotri, Davangere 577 007, India; (S.D.P.); (H.A.)
- Correspondence: (S.N.P.); (H.O.E.)
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia;
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada;
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- Applied Studies and Community Service College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (S.N.P.); (H.O.E.)
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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Kubica P, Kokotkiewicz A, Malinowska MA, Synowiec A, Gniewosz M, Hussain S, Yaqoob M, Bonn GK, Jakschitz T, Mahmoud EA, El-Abedin TKZ, Elansary HO, Luczkiewicz M, Ekiert H, Szopa A. Phenylpropanoid Glycoside and Phenolic Acid Profiles and Biological Activities of Biomass Extracts from Different Types of Verbena officinalis Microshoot Cultures and Soil-Grown Plant. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11020409. [PMID: 35204291 PMCID: PMC8868826 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Different types of microshoot cultures (agar, stationary liquid, agitated, and bioreactors) of Verbena officinalis were optimized for biomass growth and the production of phenylpropanoid glycosides and phenolic acids. Using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry, the presence of verbascoside, isoverbascoside, leucoseptoside A/isomers, and cistanoside D/isomer was confirmed in the methanolic extracts obtained from all types of in vitro cultures. The compound’s content was determined by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography. The main metabolites in biomass extracts were verbascoside and isoverbascoside (maximum 4881.61 and 451.80 mg/100 g dry weight (DW)). In the soil-grown plant extract, verbascoside was also dominated (1728.97 mg/100 g DW). The content of phenolic acids in the analyzed extracts was below 24 mg/100 g DW. The highest radical scavenging activity was found in the biomass extract from agitated cultures, the most effective reducing power in agar culture extract, and the highest chelating activity in extract from bioreactor cultures. The extracts showed significantly stronger bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity against Gram-positive bacteria (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.3–2.2 mg/mL and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of 0.6–9 mg/mL) than against Gram-negative bacteria (MIC 0.6–9 mg/mL, MBC of 0.6–18 mg/mL). The biomass extract from liquid stationary culture showed the strongest antibacterial activity, while the extract from soil-grown herb had the lowest.
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- Paweł Kubica
- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.K.); (M.L.)
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- Organic Chemistry and Technology Department, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland;
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- Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, ul. Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; (A.S.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, ul. Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; (A.S.); (M.G.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- ADSI—Austrian Drug Screening Institute GmbH, Innrain 66a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; (S.H.); (M.Y.); (G.K.B.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Department of Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.K.); (M.L.)
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
- Correspondence: (H.E.); (A.S.); Tel.: +48-12-620-5430 (H.E.); +48-12-620-5436 (A.S.); Fax: +48-620-5440 (H.E. & A.S.)
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland;
- Correspondence: (H.E.); (A.S.); Tel.: +48-12-620-5430 (H.E.); +48-12-620-5436 (A.S.); Fax: +48-620-5440 (H.E. & A.S.)
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Ranva S, Singh YV, Jain N, Bana RS, Bana RC, Aseri GK, Madar R, Shokralla S, Mahmoud EA, El-Sabrout AM, Elansary HO. Impact of Safe Rock ® Minerals, Mineral Fertilizers, and Manure on the Quantity and Quality of the Wheat Yield in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:183. [PMID: 35050071 PMCID: PMC8778096 DOI: 10.3390/plants11020183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rice-wheat (RW) rotation is the largest agriculture production system in South Asia with a multifaceted role in maintaining the livelihood of people. The customary practices and indiscriminate use of synthetic fertilizers have culminated in the decline of its productivity and profitability during the past two decades, thus affecting the sustainability of wheat. Safe Rock® Minerals (SRM) is a multi-nutrient rich natural rock mineral with great potential to manage soil degradation, reducing the input of fertilizers, improving soil fertility, and plant health. Thus, a field trial was conducted at the research farm of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi from 2016 to 2018 to evaluate the impact of Safe Rock® Minerals (SRM) on biometric parameters, productivity, quality, and nutrient uptake by conventional wheat and System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) in the wheat-rice cropping system. The results indicate that SWI performed better in terms of growth, yield, and quality parameters than conventional wheat. Among nutrient management practices; the highest growth, yield, and yield attributes of wheat were achieved with the use of SRM application 250 kg ha-1 + 100% Recommended Dose of Fertilizer (RDF). SRM application also increased grain protein content significantly. In conclusion, the integrated use of SRM with organic manures can serve as an eco-friendly approach for sustainable wheat production.
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- Santosh Ranva
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 302003, India; (S.R.); (N.J.)
- ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (Y.V.S.); (R.C.B.)
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- ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (Y.V.S.); (R.C.B.)
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 302003, India; (S.R.); (N.J.)
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- ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (Y.V.S.); (R.C.B.)
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- ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (Y.V.S.); (R.C.B.)
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- Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur 302003, India;
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001, India;
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Tallei TE, Fatimawali, Adam AA, Elseehy MM, El-Shehawi AM, Mahmoud EA, Tania AD, Niode NJ, Kusumawaty D, Rahimah S, Effendi Y, Idroes R, Celik I, Hossain MJ, Emran TB. Fruit Bromelain-Derived Peptide Potentially Restrains the Attachment of SARS-CoV-2 Variants to hACE2: A Pharmacoinformatics Approach. Molecules 2022; 27:260. [PMID: 35011492 PMCID: PMC8746556 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27010260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Before entering the cell, the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein receptor-binding domain (RBD) binds to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) receptor. Hence, this RBD is a critical target for the development of antiviral agents. Recent studies have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in the RBD have spread globally. The purpose of this in silico study was to determine the potential of a fruit bromelain-derived peptide. DYGAVNEVK. to inhibit the entry of various SARS-CoV-2 variants into human cells by targeting the hACE binding site within the RBD. Molecular docking analysis revealed that DYGAVNEVK interacts with several critical RBD binding residues responsible for the adhesion of the RBD to hACE2. Moreover, 100 ns MD simulations revealed stable interactions between DYGAVNEVK and RBD variants derived from the trajectory of root-mean-square deviation (RMSD), radius of gyration (Rg), and root-mean-square fluctuation (RMSF) analysis, as well as free binding energy calculations. Overall, our computational results indicate that DYGAVNEVK warrants further investigation as a candidate for preventing SARS-CoV-2 due to its interaction with the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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- Trina Ekawati Tallei
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia
- The University Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Conservation of Wallacea, Institute for Research and Community Services, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia; (F.); (N.J.N.)
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- The University Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Conservation of Wallacea, Institute for Research and Community Services, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia; (F.); (N.J.N.)
- Pharmacy Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia;
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- Dentistry Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia;
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Pharmacy Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia;
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- The University Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Conservation of Wallacea, Institute for Research and Community Services, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia; (F.); (N.J.N.)
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sam Ratulangi, RD Kandou Hospital, Manado 95163, Indonesia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung 40154, Indonesia;
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- Food Technology Study Program, Department of Food Industrial Technology, Faculty of Agroindustrial Technology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor 45363, Indonesia;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Azhar Indonesia University, Jakarta 12110, Indonesia;
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Kopelma Darussalam, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey;
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- Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh, 77 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh;
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- Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong 4381, Bangladesh
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Wagay NA, Rafiq S, Rather MA, Tantray YR, Lin F, Wani SH, El-Sabrout AM, Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA. Secondary Metabolite Profiling, Anti-Inflammatory and Hepatoprotective Activity of Neptunia triquetra (Vahl) Benth. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237353. [PMID: 34885934 PMCID: PMC8659018 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The present study aimed to analyze the phytoconstituents of Neptunia triquetra (Vahl) Benth. Anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities of ethanol (EE), chloroform (CE) and dichloromethane (DCME) of stem extracts were evaluated using in vivo experimental models. The extracts were analyzed for phytoconstituents using GC-HRMS. Anti-inflammatory activity of CE, EE and DCME was accessed using carrageenan-induced paw oedema, cotton pellet-induced granuloma and the carrageenan-induced air-pouch model in Wistar albino rats. The hepatotoxicity-induced animal models were investigated for the biochemical markers in serum (AST, ALT, ALP, GGT, total lipids and total protein) and liver (total protein, total lipids, GSH and wet liver weight). In the in vivo study, animals were divided into different groups (six in each group) for accessing the anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity, respectively. GC-HRMS analysis revealed the presence of 102 compounds, among which 24 were active secondary metabolites. In vivo anti-inflammatory activity of stem extracts was found in the order: indomethacin > chloroform extract (CE) > dichloromethane extract (DCME) > ethanolic extract (EE), and hepatoprotective activity of stem extracts in the order: CE > silymarin > EE > DCME. The results indicate that N. triquetra stem has a higher hepatoprotective effect than silymarin, however the anti-inflammatory response was in accordance with or lower than indomethacin.
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- Nasir Aziz Wagay
- Botany Research Laboratory, Vidya Bharati Mahavidyalya College, Amravati 444602, Maharashtra, India;
- Department of Botany, Government Degree College, Baramulla 193101, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
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- Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College, Doda 182202, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Anantnag 192101, Jammu and Kashmir, India;
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- Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt;
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +966-581216322
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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Hemeida AM, Bakry OM, Mohamed AAA, Mahmoud EA. Genetic Algorithms and Satin Bowerbird Optimization for optimal allocation of distributed generators in radial system. Appl Soft Comput 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mahmoud EA, Gad Mohamed AM, Farrag AEHA, Aboeldahb SAM. Evaluation of the most promising techniques overcoming the algal problems takes place during the purification of drinking water. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:44239-44248. [PMID: 33846925 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13674-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This work aims to study the technical problems of algal blooms that hinder the purification process of surface water used for drinking purposes and not its harmful effect on human health and the surrounding environment. It is also related to the demonstration of the improved coagulation process as an efficient technique in the algal removal from surface water by its application in jar tests. The study was carried out in the water purification plant in Nazlet Abdellah near the city of Assiut, Egypt. To achieve that, many ores and natural materials which aid in the removing of the algal blooms from surface water during the purification processes were tested. The examined materials should be technically and economically proper for improving the removal of algae from treated surface water for drinking purposes. The results showed that the kaolinite and bentonite (K and B) when coupled separately with aluminum sulfate (alum.) (the main coagulant agent) associated with the raw surface water in the flocculation basin were more efficient in the algae removal from treated surface water before reaching the sand filters by ratio up to 90%.
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- Eman A Mahmoud
- Petroleum Biotechnology Lab, Processes Development Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Egypt.
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Honnaiah PA, Sridhara S, Gopakkali P, Ramesh N, Mahmoud EA, Abdelmohsen SAM, Alkallas FH, El-Ansary DO, Elansary HO. Influence of sowing windows and genotypes on growth, radiation interception, conversion efficiency and yield of guar. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:3453-3460. [PMID: 34121884 PMCID: PMC8176013 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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Crop growth largely depends on radiation. Radiation is the main impetus for photosynthesis and movement of photosynthates from source to sink. Therefore, identification of the optimum sowing windows and suitable cultivars for efficient utilization of radiation is of prime importance. A field study was conducted in red clay soil during 2014 and 2015 Kharif season and the treatments consisted of three genotypes and three sowing windows by using randomized complete block design with three replications. The effect of genotypes and sowing windows was found significant with respect to number of trifoliate leaves, leaf area ratio, dry matter production, grain numbers, pod length, test weight, grain yield, and stover yield of guar during 2014 as compared to 2015 sown crop. Statistically significant plant height, number of trifoliate leaves, number of branches, leaf area ratio, absolute growth rate, leaf area index, dry matter, grain number, pod length, grain yield, stover yield and a higher cumulative radiation interception were recorded with 15th August sown crop as compared to other sowing windows. The plant height, number of trifoliate leaves, number of branches, leaf area ratio, absolute growth rate, leaf area index, dry matter, grain number, pod length, grain yield, stover yield and maximum cumulative interception of radiation were significant with RGC-1003 as compared to RGC-936 and HG-365. It is observed that the incident PAR to dry matter accumulation conversion efficiency was varied with cultivars and different sowing windows which ranges from 0.74 g MJ-1 to 0.79 g MJ-1.
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- Pavithra A Honnaiah
- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34517, Egypt
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi Arabia
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi Arabia
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- Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.,Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture, and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt
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Rangaswamy TC, Sridhara S, Ramesh N, Gopakkali P, El-Ansary DO, Mahmoud EA, Abdelmohsen SAM, Abdelbacki AMM, Elansary HO, Abdel-Hamid AME. Assessing the Impact of Higher Levels of CO 2 and Temperature and Their Interactions on Tomato ( Solanumlycopersicum L.). Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:256. [PMID: 33525663 PMCID: PMC7911991 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Climate change has increasing effects on horticultural crops. To investigate the impact of CO2 and temperature at elevated levels on tomato production and quality of fruits an experiment was conducted by growing plants in open top chambers. The tomato plants were raised at EC550 (elevated CO2 at 550 ppm) and EC700 (elevated CO2 at 700 ppm) alone and in combination with elevated temperature (ET) + 2 °C in the open top chambers. These elevate CO2 and temperature treatment effects were compared with plants grown under ambient conditions. Outcome of the experiment indicated that growth parameters namely plant stature in terms of height (152.20 cm), leaf number (158.67), canopy spread (6127.70 cm2), leaf area (9110.68 cm2) and total dry matter (223.0 g/plant) were found to be high at EC700 compared to plants grown at ambient conditions in open field. The plants grown at EC700 also exhibited significantly higher number of flowers (273.80) and fruits (261.13), more fruit weight (90.46 g) and yield (5.09 kg plant-1) compared to plants grown at ambient conditions in open field. The percent increase in fruit yield due to EC varied from 18.37 (EC550) to 21.41 (EC700) percent respectively compared to open field and the ET by 2 °C has reduced the fruit yield by 20.01 percent. Quality traits like Total Soluble Solids (3.67 °Brix), reducing sugars (2.48%), total sugars (4.41%) and ascorbic acid (18.18 mg/100 g) were found maximum in EC700 treated tomato than other elevated conditions. Keeping quality was also improved in tomato cultivated under EC700 (25.60 days) than the open field (17.80 days). These findings reveal that CO2 at 700 ppm would be a better option to improve both quantitative as well as qualitative traits in tomato. Among the combinations, EC550 + 2 °C proved better than EC700 + 2 °C with respect to yield as well as for the quality traits. The tomato grown under ET (+2 °C) alone recorded lowest growth and yield attributes compared to open field conditions and rest of the treatments. The positive influence of EC700 is negated to an extent of 14.35 % when the EC700 combined with elevated temperature of + 2 °C. The present study clearly demonstrates that the climate change in terms of increased temperature and CO2 will have a positive effect on tomato by way of increase in production and quality of fruits. Meanwhile the increase in EC beyond 700 ppm along with ET may reduce the positive effects on yield and quality of tomato.
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- Tejaswini C Rangaswamy
- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
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- Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt
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- Department of Food Industries, College of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt
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- Department of Biological and Geological Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo 21974, Egypt
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O. Elansary H, Szopa A, Klimek-Szczykutowicz M, Jafernik K, Ekiert H, Mahmoud EA, Abdelmoneim Barakat A, O. El-Ansary D. Mammillaria Species-Polyphenols Studies and Anti-Cancer, Anti-Oxidant, and Anti-Bacterial Activities. Molecules 2019; 25:E131. [PMID: 31905725 PMCID: PMC6982789 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25010131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Discovering new natural resources of polyphenols is the aim of many recent studies in the field of natural product research. This study tentatively investigated the polyphenols profile of the stems of seven Mammillaria species (M. rhodantha, M. spinosissima, M. hahniana, M. crucigera, M. candida, M. albilanata, and M. muehlenpfordtii) using high performance liquid chromatography with DAD detector (HPLC-DAD) method. Furthermore, the anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, and anti-bacterial potentials of these extracts as well as major identified phenols were explored. The HPLC-DAD study confirmed the availability of six phenolic acids, including gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, sinapic acid, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. The dominant compounds were: gentisic acid in M. rhodantha and M. spinosissima; chlorogenic acid in M. muehlenpfordtii, M. crucigera, and M. rhodantha; and caffeic acid in M. rhodantha, M. crucigera, and M. spinosissima. Stems of Mammillaria sp. showed antiproliferative effects against HeLa, MCF-7, and Jurkat cells. In HeLa and MCF-7 cells, the best antiproliferative activities were found in the treatments with M. rhodantha, M. spinosissima, and M. muehlenpfordtii. The apoptotic assay of M. rhodantha, M. spinosissima, and M. muehlenpfordtii showed accumulation of necrotic cells in the early and late apoptotic phase. M. rhodantha, M. spinosissima, and M. muehlenpfordtii showed the highest anti-oxidant activities using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), β-carotene bleaching, and ferric reducing anti-oxidant power (FRAP) assays. M. rhodantha was the best source of antioxidants. Mammillaria sp. showed moderate anti-bacterial effects against bacteria and the highest effects were found using the extracts of M. rhodantha, M. spinosissima, M. crucigera and M. muehlenpfordtii against most bacteria. The anti-bacterial activities were attributed to other phenolic compounds (e.g., chlorogenic acid) than gentisic acid, which was not active against most bacteria. Mammillaria sp. could be considered to be an important natural source of phenolic acids with anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, and anti-oxidant activities.
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- Hosam O. Elansary
- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture, and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21527, Egypt
- Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland; (A.S.); (M.K.-S.); (K.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland; (A.S.); (M.K.-S.); (K.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland; (A.S.); (M.K.-S.); (K.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland; (A.S.); (M.K.-S.); (K.J.)
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- Department of Food Industries, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt;
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- Botanical Gardens Research Department, Horticultural Research Institute (ARC), Alexandria 12311, Egypt;
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- Precision Agriculture Laboratory, Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21527, Egypt;
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Hassan RS, Mahmoud EA, Sileem TM, Sayed WAA. Evaluation of fast neutron irradiation as a new control method against the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner). Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/16878507.2019.1594133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Reda S. Hassan
- Biological Application Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biological Application Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biological Application Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biological Application Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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Elansary HO, Szopa A, Kubica P, A Al-Mana F, Mahmoud EA, Zin El-Abedin TKA, A Mattar M, Ekiert H. Phenolic Compounds of Catalpa speciosa, Taxus cuspidate, and Magnolia acuminata have Antioxidant and Anticancer Activity. Molecules 2019; 24:E412. [PMID: 30678123 PMCID: PMC6384650 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24030412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Tree bark represents an important source of medicinal compounds that may be useful for cancer therapy. In the current study, high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD) was used to determine the profile of the phenolic compounds of Catalpa speciosa, Taxus cuspidata, and Magnolia acuminata bark extracts. The antioxidant and anticancer bioactivities against different cancer cell lines were investigated. M. acuminata exerted significantly higher antioxidant activities in the diphenyl picrylhydrazine and β-carotene-linoleic acid assays than the other species. In C. speciosa, novel profiles of phenolic acids (ferulic acid was the predominant compound) and catechin were detected. In T. cuspidata, six phenolic acids were detected; the predominant compounds were hydroxycaffeic acid and protocatechuic acid. In M. acuminata, two phenolic acids and three catechins were detected; catechin was the predominant compound. The three species exerted clear anticancer activity against MCF-7, HeLa, Jurkat, T24, and HT-29 cells, with the strongest activity found in the extracts from M. acuminata. No antiproliferative activity against normal cells was found. Flow cytometry revealed greater accumulation of necrotic and early/late apoptotic cells in various treated cancer cells than in untreated control cells, and protocatechuic acid induced a similar accumulation of necrotic cells to that of the bark extracts. Caspase-3 and -7 activity was increased in cancer cells treated with different bark extracts; the highest activity was found in the M. acuminata treatment. Our results suggested that the treatment of cancer cells with bark extracts of M. acuminata, C. speciosa, and T. cuspidata, and protocatechuic acid induced apoptosis, suggesting an association between anticancer activities and individual phenolic compounds.
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- Hosam O Elansary
- Plant production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture and Garden Design, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 00203, Egypt.
- Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus (APK) Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.
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- Plant production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Food Industries, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta 34511, Egypt.
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, ul. Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.
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Elansary HO, Abdelgaleil SAM, Mahmoud EA, Yessoufou K, Elhindi K, El-Hendawy S. Effective antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer activities of essential oils of horticultural aromatic crops in northern Egypt. BMC Complement Altern Med 2018; 18:214. [PMID: 30005652 PMCID: PMC6044011 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2262-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Identifying ornamental plants as new natural antioxidant and antimicrobial sources is always of great importance for the ornamental and horticultural industries. Methods The antimicrobial activities of leaves and fruits peel essential oils of twelve ornamental and horticultural crops were determined by screening against wide spectrum of fungi and bacteria, and their respective in vitro antioxidant capacity was evaluated. Furthermore, the anticancer activities against several cancer cells, and one normal human cell line (HEK-293) were examined. Results Origanum vulgare L. essential oil showed the best antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activities compared to screened crops by means of the DPPH and linoleic acid assays for antioxidants, MIC and MBC values for antibacterial activities and IC50 for antiproliferative activities. Such important activities in O. vulgare was attributed to high pulegone ratio (77.45%) as revealed by the GC/MS assay. Rosmarinus officinallis L. essential oil showed the highest antifungal activities by means of lowest MIC and MFC values which might be attributed to 1, 8-cineole (19.60%), camphor (17.01%) and α-pinene (15.12%). Conclusion We suggest that oxygenated monoterpenes (i.e. linalool, terpinen-4-ol and pulegone) and monoterpene hydrocarbons play an important role in the essential oil antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activities of diverse Egyptian ornamental and horticultural crops. Some species showed bioactivities similar to standards compounds and might be suitable for pharmaceutical and food industries.
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Elansary HO, Yessoufou' K, Mahmoud EA, Skalicka-Woźniak K. In vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Effects of Ceratostigma plumbaginoides. Nat Prod Commun 2016; 11:1455-1458. [PMID: 30549598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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Bioactive compounds, including phenols, flavonoids, and tannins, were quantified in leaves, stems and roots of methanol, n-butanol, diethyl ether and n- hexane extracts of Ceratostigina plumbaginoides Bunge. (Plumbaginaceae) ornamental plants. The antioxidant capacity was measured by the DPPH and linoleic acid assays. The total bioactive compounds, as well as the antioxidant capacities, were the highest in the leaves compared with stems and roots. The -methanolic, n-butanol, diethyl ether and n-hexane leaf extracts varied in their antibacterial and antifungal activities. In general, the most sensitive bacterium to leaf extracts was Bacillus cereus and the most resistant was Staphyllococcus aureus, while the most sensitive fungus was Aspergillusflavus and the most resistant one was Penicillium ochrochloron. As the methanolic leaf extract was the most active, it was subjected to column chromatography and two compounds were isolated and identified as 1 (5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone / plumbagin) and 2 (3,3'-biplumbagin). Compounds 1 and 2 showed the highest antibacterial and antifungal activities compared with other extracts tested. The MIC and MBC values for the most active compound 1 were in the range of 0.001 - 0.09 and 0.004 - 0.21 mg mL⁻¹, while MIC and MFC were determined as 0.001 - 0.11 and 0.002 - 0.19 mg mL⁻¹, respectively. The isolated compounds and leaf extracts showed also equal or higher antimicrobial activities compared with antibiotics/commercial reagents which indicate that the plant might be useful for drug development. This is the first report on the antibacterial and antifungal activities, as well as the antioxidant properties of the tested plant parts and isolated compounds.
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Bioactive compounds, including phenols, flavonoids, and tannins, were quantified in leaves, stems and roots of methanol, n-butanol, diethyl ether and n-hexane extracts of Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge. (Plumbaginaceae) ornamental plants. The antioxidant capacity was measured by the DPPH and linoleic acid assays. The total bioactive compounds, as well as the antioxidant capacities, were the highest in the leaves compared with stems and roots. The methanolic, n-butanol, diethyl ether and n-hexane leaf extracts varied in their antibacterial and antifungal activities. In general, the most sensitive bacterium to leaf extracts was Bacillus cereus and the most resistant was Staphyllococcus aureus, while the most sensitive fungus was Aspergillus flavus and the most resistant one was Penicillium ochrochloron. As the methanolic leaf extract was the most active, it was subjected to column chromatography and two compounds were isolated and identified as 1 (5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone / plumbagin) and 2 (3,3′-biplumbagin). Compounds 1 and 2 showed the highest antibacterial and antifungal activities compared with other extracts tested. The MIC and MBC values for the most active compound 1 were in the range of 0.001 – 0.09 and 0.004 – 0.21 mg mL−1, while MIC and MFC were determined as 0.001 – 0.11 and 0.002 – 0.19 mg mL−1, respectively. The isolated compounds and leaf extracts showed also equal or higher antimicrobial activities compared with antibiotics/commercial reagents which indicate that the plant might be useful for drug development. This is the first report on the antibacterial and antifungal activities, as well as the antioxidant properties of the tested plant parts and isolated compounds.
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- Hosam O. Elansary
- Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
- Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida campus, Florida 1710, South Africa
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plants Unit, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodzki Str, Poland
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Elansary HO, Norrie J, Ali HM, Salem MZM, Mahmoud EA, Yessoufou K. Enhancement of Calibrachoa growth, secondary metabolites and bioactivity using seaweed extracts. Altern Ther Health Med 2016; 16:341. [PMID: 27589868 PMCID: PMC5010723 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1332-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Background Calibrachoa x hybrida (Solanaceae) cultivars are widely used in North and South America as ornamental plants. Their potential as a source of antimicrobial compounds might be enhanced by seaweed extract (SWE) applications. Methods SWE of Ascophyllum nodosum were applied at 5 and 7 ml/L as a soil drench or foliar spray on Calibrachoa cultivars of Superbells® ‘Dreamsicle’ (CHSD) and Superbells® ‘Frost Fireʼ (CHSF). The total phenolics, tannins and antioxidants composition as well as specific flavonols in leaf extracts were determined. Further, the chemical composition of SWE was assessed. Results The drench and foliar SWE treatments significantly enhanced Calibrachoa cultivars leaf number and area, dry weight, plant height, antioxidant capacity as well as phenolic, flavonols and tannin content. The increased growth and composition of phenols, flavonols and tannins was attributed to the stimulatory effects of SWE mineral composition. The antifungal activity of Calibrachoa cultivars was significantly enhanced following SWE treatments and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) were in the range of 0.07–0.31 mg/ml and from 0.16 to 0.56 mg/ml, respectively. Moreover, antibacterial activity was significantly increased and the MIC and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) measurements were in the range of 0.06–0.23 mg/ml and from 0.10 to 0.44 mg/ml, respectively. The most sensitive fungus to SWE treatments was C. albicans and the most sensitive bacterium was E. cloacae. Conclusion The results suggest that enhanced antifungal and antibacterial activities might be attributed to significant increases of phenolic, flavonols and tannin contents, which ultimately enhance the potential of Calibrachoa as a natural source of alternative antibiotics.
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Elansary HO, Mahmoud EA. Basil cultivar identification using chemotyping still favored over genotyping using core barcodes and possible resources of antioxidants. Journal of Essential Oil Research 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2014.982874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Abd El-Aziz MF, Mahmoud EA, Elaragi GM. Non thermal plasma for control of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of Stored Products Research 2014; 59:215-221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The antioxidant, antiproliferative and cytotoxic activities against different human cancer cells were investigated in local and recently introduced plants of Mentha sp., Rosmarinus officinalis L. (ROL) and Origanum majorana L. (OML). ROL exhibited the highest antioxidant activities (IC50 8.4 ± 0.2 μg/mL) followed by OML and mint species such as Mentha suaveolens 'apple mint' and Mentha longifolia L. exhibiting moderate antioxidant activities. HPLC analysis of leaf extract revealed that rosmarinic acid is the main component followed by caffeic acid. Herbal leaf extracts varied in their proliferation inhibition and cytotoxicity against HeLa, MCF-7 and Jurkat cancer cells in a dose-dependent matter. The highest antiproliferative inhibition and cytotoxic activity were detected in ROL and OML followed by mint. Local herbs might have a potential role as anticancer natural medicines in addition to their high antioxidant activities due to the presence of different phenolics in their aqueous tea extracts.
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- Hosam O Elansary
- a Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph , ON N1G 2W1 , Guelph , Canada
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Youssef HA, Shalaby AEDO, Shaker OG, Sabry IM, Mahmoud EA. The role of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in obstructive sleep apnea. Egypt J Bronchol 2014. [DOI: 10.4103/1687-8426.137346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Mahmoud EA, El-Din SMM, Aboul-Soud MAM, Aboul-Enein AM, Sobhy GA, El-Shemy HA. Cloning of a novel antifungal promoter from Phaseolus vulgaris and the determination of its activity in stably transformed Nicotiana tabacum plants. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2009; 11 Suppl 1:i55-63. [PMID: 19193965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2008] [Revised: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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To investigate the transcriptional regulation of gene expression, chimeric fusions, between the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS) and the isolated promoter regions of the pvPDF gene (pvPDF-PRO: GUS), were constructed and introduced into Nicotiana tabacum. Analysis of transgenic pvPDF-PRO:GUS tobacco plants indicated that GUS activity was observed with all the promoter constructs with the strongest being in leaf followed by stem and roots. These results clearly demonstrate that pvPDF-PRO is a strong inducible and near-constitutive promoter and emphasize the great application potential for plant genetic engineering studies. Interestingly, a search for putative cis-acting elements in the pvPDF promoter architecture revealed the presence of some important transcription regulatory elements including: CAAT Box, TATA Box, CATA Box, and light regulatory elements (CCA1, GATA, GT-1). Taken together, these results further our understanding of the regulation of the pvPDF promoter activity.
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- Eman A Mahmoud
- Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, Plant Biotechnology Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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Ezzat H, Abd El-Rahman )EM, Mousa SG, Mahmoud EA. Leptin Level and Plasma Prothrombotic Factors in Obese Subjects. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine 2006; 22:39-48. [DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.18024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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El-Samaligy MS, Afifi NN, Mahmoud EA. Increasing bioavailability of silymarin using a buccal liposomal delivery system: preparation and experimental design investigation. Int J Pharm 2005; 308:140-8. [PMID: 16356669 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Silymarin is a natural lipotropic agent of low bioavailability from oral products. The aim of our study is to prepare buccal liposomal delivery system of silymarin with higher bioavailability. The effect of lecithin:cholesterol molar ratio on the percentage drug encapsulated was investigated. The influence of fluctuating the amount of added drug was also determined. The effect of additives such as positive charge inducer, negative charge inducer and surfactants was studied using two different 2(3) full factorial designs. Furthermore, additives used to optimize liposomal product were also investigated for their optimal concentrations, release properties and in vitro permeation and absorption through chicken cheek pouch. Optimal liposomal encapsulation efficiency was found at 7:4 lecithin to cholesterol molar ratio. A decrease in entrapment efficiency with increasing cholesterol content was observed. Tween 20 or Tween 80 beyond 0.5 molar ratio decreased the entrapment efficiency. Positively charged liposomes showed superior entrapment efficiency over neutral and negatively charged liposomes. Release studies as well as permeation and absorption studies showed that hybrid liposomes prepared according to formula 3 containing lecithin, cholesterol, stearyl amine and Tween 20 in 9:1:1:0.5 molar ratio, respectively, gave the best drug absorption and permeation. It showed steady state permeation through chicken cheek pouch for 6h. This is expected to improve the bioavailability of silymarin in the developed liposomal buccal delivery system, as the results show an increase in drug penetration compared to free drug powder.
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- M S El-Samaligy
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-aini Street, Cairo, Egypt
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible antichlamydial activity of vaginal secretion and to partially characterize the inhibitory principle. STUDY DESIGN Vaginal secretions obtained from 156 women attending a family planning or gynecologic outpatient clinic for contraceptive advice were studied for the influence on the inclusion formation of Chlamydia trachomatis in cycloheximide-treated McCoy cell cultures. RESULTS Vaginal secretions from 156 women inhibited the inclusion formation of Chlamydia trachomatis. The inhibition was concentration dependent and the inhibitory principle had a molecular weight of < 10,000 d. It was heat labile. It was not related to antichlamydial antibodies in vaginal secretions. Only three (2%) of the women had a positive culture for Chlamydia trachomatis. Three had immunoglobulin A and three had immunoglobulin G antichlamydial antibodies in vaginal secretions. Secretions of those with a vaginal pH of 3.5 to 4.5 decreased the chlamydial inclusion count by 75% compared with controls. The corresponding percentage for those with a pH of 5.0 to 6.0 was 48% and for those with pH > 6 was 33%. Vaginal secretions of oral contraceptive users and nonusers did not differ in the capacity to decrease the chlamydial inclusion count, p > 0.01. CONCLUSIONS When vaginal secretions were added to McCoy cell cultures infected by Chlamydia trachomatis, the chlamydia inclusion number decreased. There was a correlation between pH of the vaginal secretion and the inhibitory principle. Oral contraceptive use had no influence on the inhibition.
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- E A Mahmoud
- Institute of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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