Exogenous application of Chenopodium album Aqueous Extracts on Salt-Stressed Wheat Seedling

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1197-1204
Author(s):  
Anurshi Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Chenopodium Album ◽  
Wheat Seedling ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Exogenous Application

scholarly journals Evaluation of traditional South African leafy plants for their safety in human consumption

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mashudu Mudzwiri
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Chenopodium Album ◽  
Portulaca Oleracea ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Bidens Pilosa ◽  
Total Alkaloids ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Organic Extracts

Eighteen traditionally leafy vegetables consumed as food or medicinal compounds by a majority of people in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa were analysed for the presence of potentially harmful chemicals (antinutrients) and for their toxicity and mutagenicity. The purpose of the study was to determine whether leafy vegetables were safe for human consumption. Chemical analysis showed that none of the vegetables contained cyanogenic glycosides, however all the vegetables contained oxalic acid ranging from 24.1 mg/ml to 798.2 mg/ml with Solanum nigrum, Portulaca oleracea and Mormodica balsamina showing the highest concentrations. Most of the vegetables contained negligible amounts of phytic acid and saponins, except for Momordica balsamina (3.01 mg/ml and 1.83 mg/ml, respectively). Fourteen of the plants contained alkaloids with Portulaca oleracea having the highest content (1.53 g total alkaloids/5 g leaf material). Eight of the plants were found to inhibit trypsin activity. These chemical analyses were carried out in duplicate and the mean and standard deviation were used. The Ames test revealed that none of the leafy vegetables produced a mutagenic frequency above 1, except 10 000 µg/ml organic extract of Senna occidentalis (mutagenecity considered at mutagenic frequency above 2), thus none were considered mutagenic. All 18 organic extracts did not kill off more than 50% brine shrimp and were thus considered non-toxic. On the other hand the aqueous extracts of seven vegetables, namely, Physalis viscosa, Amaranthus dubius, Justicia flava, Bidens pilosa, Senna occidentalis, Chenopodium album and Ceratotheca triloba, killed more than 50% of the shrimp and are thus considered toxic above 100 µg/ml. The MTT assay carried out on the organic extracts indicated that 17 vegetables did not kill off more than 50% of HepG2 cells and were thus considered non-cytotoxic. The aqueous extracts of four vegetables, namely, Justicia flava, Asystasia gangetica, Momordica balsamin and Senna occidentalis, however killed more than 50% of the shrimp and were thus considered cytotoxic above 1 000 µg/ml. It may be concluded from the antinutrient analyses and the bioassays on the 18 vegetables that caution needs to be maintained with the consumption of certain leafy vegetables included in this study, especially Senna occidentalis.

scholarly journals Effect of aqueous extracts of selected medicinal plants on germination of windgrass [Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv.] and lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) seeds

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Synowiec ◽  
Adriana Nowicka-Połeć
Keyword(s):  
Seed Germination ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Aqueous Extract ◽  
Hypericum Perforatum ◽  
Chenopodium Album ◽  
Petri Dish ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Herbicide Resistant ◽  
Allelopathic Compounds

The study aimed to determine the effect of aqueous extracts of medicinal plants (<em>Matricaria chamomilla</em>, <em>Hypericum perforatum</em>, <em>Achillea millefolium</em>, and <em>Urtica dioica</em>) containing allelopathic compounds on seed germination in lambsquarters (<em>Chenopodium album</em>) and herbicide-resistant windgrass (<em>Apera spica-venti</em>). A Petri-dish experiment was carried out, in which the effects of five concentrations of aqueous extracts on the germination of weeds were assessed for 10 consecutive days. It was found that the dynamics of seed germination are closely related to the type and concentration of aqueous extract of medicinal plants. The 8% <em>U. dioica</em> aqueous extract posed the strongest inhibitory effect, limiting the germination of both lambsquarters and windgrass. Additionally, weed germination was delayed by 12–72 h in the presence of extracts, compared with the control. Summing up, the aqueous extracts of medicinal plants, especially their higher concentrations, pose a desirable inhibiting effect against the germination of lambsquarters and herbicide-resistant windgrass seeds.

Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Activities of Aqueous Extracts of Wild Mushrooms from Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-486
Author(s):  
Sayumi Yamada ◽  
Mai Tanaka ◽  
Rina Miura ◽  
Chiaki Takeuchi ◽  
Zhihao Tu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Wild Mushrooms ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Activity of Aqueous Extracts of Lion's Mane Mushroom Hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. (Aphyllophoromycetideae) on the Neural Cell Line NG108-15

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kah-Hui Wong ◽  
Sabaratnam Vikineswary ◽  
Noorlidah Abdullah ◽  
Murali Naidu ◽  
Roger Keynes
Keyword(s):  
Cell Line ◽  
Neural Cell ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Hericium Erinaceus

WEEDS IN POTATO CULTURE AND THEIR OUTCOME IN SPREADING OF Alternaria spp.

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 159-166
Author(s):  
Halina Kurzawińska ◽  
Stanisław Mazur ◽  
Małgorzata Nadziakiewicz ◽  
Jacek Nawrocki
Keyword(s):  
Chenopodium Album ◽  
Potato Cultivar ◽  
Cirsium Arvense ◽  
Potato Plants ◽  
Potato Culture ◽  
Rapd Pcr ◽  
Microscopic Features ◽  
Weed Infestation ◽  
Pcr Method ◽  
Potato Crops

The aim of this study was to determine whether the weeds accompanying potato crops can be a source of Alternaria spp. causing Alternaria leaf blight and to determine the genetic similarities of Alternaria alternata isolates infecting selected weeds: Chenopodium album, Cirsium arvense and tested potato cultivar. Three-year field experiment was conducted on the potato cultivar ‘Vineta N’. The isolates were classified into different species on the basis of macro- and microscopic features. In each year of the study, A. alternata dominated among the isolated fungi colonizing the leaves of potato plants and the selected weeds. The genetic similarities of A. alternata isolates was determined by the RAPD-PCR method. Tested genetic forms of A. alternata were closely related; only small differences in the pattern of the separated amplification products was evidenced. The dominance of A. alternata on the weeds accompanying potato crops suggests that if weed infestation is extensive, the pathogen is very likely to spread and its population to increase.

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