Diseases of medicinal and aromatic plants, their biological impact and management

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akanksha Singh ◽  
Rupali Gupta ◽  
Shilpi K. Saikia ◽  
Aakanksha Pant ◽  
Rakesh Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Biological Impact ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
Biochemical Level ◽  
Bioactive Potential

AbstractWith increasing interest in natural products of plant origin for medicinal and health care benefits there is added emphasis on the quality of the source raw material. In most cases the vegetative tissues and organs are the source of the required raw material. However, such tissues/organs may become infested/susceptible to many diseases causing deterioration of the quality of the desired economic product and loss of genetic resources. Considerable progress has been made with respect to the identification of disease causing organisms, and their pathogenic impact at organ, cellular and biochemical level. This review focuses on various diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, nematodes, viruses and phytoplasmas threatening the yield, biomass, bioactive potential of medicinal and aromatic plants of the sub-tropics. Several studies suggest that management of diseases through biological measures is more effective to check multiple diseases. Necessary management strategies for efficient disease management to realize quality raw material and enhanced metabolite productive potential have been outlined.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 9, No. 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Joan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Indian Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Application Form ◽  
Research Institute

Sustainable Agriculture Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated. Sustainable Agriculture Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us for the application form at: [email protected] Reviewers for Volume 9, Number 1 Ahmed Elamrani, Université Mohamed Premier, Morocco Anchal Dass, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India Bed Mani Dahal, Kathmandu University, Nepal Dietrich Darr, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Germany Gema Parra, Universidad de Jaén, Spain Gunnar Bengtsson, Sweden Inder Pal Singh, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University(GADVASU), India Kassim Adekunle Akanni, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria Katarzyna Panasiewicz, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland Khaled Sassi, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, Tunisia Manuel Teles Oliveira, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal Marcelo Augusto Gonçalves Bardi, Universidade Sao Francisco, Brazil Murtazain Raza, Subsidiary of Habib Bank AG Zurich, Pakistan Ram Niwas, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, India Ram Swaroop Jat, ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, India Subhash Chand, Central Agricultural Research Institute CARI Port Blair, India Tenaw Workayehu, Hawassa Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, Government KRG Post Graduate College, India

scholarly journals Anti-HIV activity of some natural phenolics

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amin El-Ansari ◽  
Lamyaa Fawzy Ibrahim ◽  
Mohamed Sharaf
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Anti Hiv

Summary Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an immunosuppressive disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The urgent need for searching novel anti-HIV/AIDS medicines is a global concern. So far, a lot of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have been analyzed to select those that could assist in the prevention and/or amelioration of the disease. Among biologically active compounds present in these plants, one of the most promising group are phenolics. The purpose of this article was to report anti-HIV activity of selected phenolic compounds of plant origin.

scholarly journals Medicinal and Aromatic plants: “Natural bio-chemicals and medicine factories”

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 691-698
Author(s):  
Vandana ◽  
Rajesh Lather ◽  
Sridevi Tallapragada ◽  
Gurnam Singh
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Population ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
The World

Since thousands years back approximately around 900 BC, medicinal plants are considered as a source of many biomolecules with therapeutic potential. Herbal medicines are considered as safer, better, physiologically compatible and costeffective. The oldest evidence of medicinal and aromatic plants depicts that with the emergence of human civilization, plants have been considered as the main source to heal and cure various serious ailments. It has been proven that the secondary metabolites e.g. alkaloid, glycosides, flavonoides, steroids etc present in the medicinal plants possesses ability to prevent occurrence of some of the diseases, means medicinal plants acts as a “preventive medicine”. Medicinal plants have a paramount importance and a great interest due to its pharmaceutical, cosmetic and nutritional values. Some plants are also considered as an important source of nutrition and are known to have a variety of compounds with potential therapeutic properties. India is the principal repository of large number of medicinal and aromatic plants or we can say India is one of the rich mega-biodiversity countries of the world. Medicinal plants are “backbone” of traditional medicinal system (TMS). Crude drugs are usually dried parts of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) such as roots, stems, wood, bark, seeds, fruits, flowers, leaves, rhizomes, whole plant etc. that form the essential raw material for the production of medicines in various systems of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Tibatian, Tribal and Homeopathy. According to the survey of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of the world population are using herbs and other traditional medicines for their primary healthcare and have established three kinds of herbal medicines: raw plant material, processed plant material, and herbal products. Now days, variety of available herbs are used throughout the world and they continue to promote good health. As the benefits from medicinal and aromatic plants are recognized, these plants will have a special role for humans in the future. The present review on medicinal and aromatic plants revealed similar combination of studies.

scholarly journals Role of Rhizosphere Fungi Associated with Commercially Explored Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosma Nadim Shaikh ◽  
Digambar Nabhu Mokat
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Rhizosphere Fungi

The study of rhizospheric microbial flora for the enhancement of aroma compounds is well recognized. The rhizosphere microbes also play very important role in improving medicinal values of plants. Rhizospheric microbes affect the plant physiology by imparting several useful effects such as nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and production of secondary metabolites in the medicinal and aromatic plants. Recent days there are increasing the interests in the research of the relation between rhizosphere microbes associated with medicinal plant for the improvement of quality of medicinal plants. A large variety of fungi and bacteria is recognized in the rhizosphere soil of medicinal plants that showed significant effect in secondary metabolite alteration and uptake of plant nutrient. There are reports that rhizosphere fungi not only enhanced the growth parameters in plants but also considerably modulated essential oil’s quality. This study highlighted the researches performed on active role of rhizosphere fungi on explored medicinal and aromatic plants. As the use of organic material is one of the constituents of good agricultural practices (GAPs). Therefore, this review also investigates the environmental concerns reducing the use harmful chemicals as well as recommendation for utilization of biological and organics in agriculture. Therefore, a proper understanding of role of rhizosphere mycoflora associated with the medicinal plants is essential.

scholarly journals Agronomic performance of Blackberry cultivars in Lapa-PR

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Pereira Croge ◽  
Francine Lorena Cuquel ◽  
Luis Antonio Biasi ◽  
Claudine de Bona ◽  
Paula Toshimi Matumoto Pintro
Keyword(s):  
Raw Material ◽  
Agronomic Performance ◽  
Phenological Stages ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Productive Potential

Abstract Phenological studies with blackberry cultivars and the physical, chemical and sensory characterization of fruits are necessary to select the best cultivar adapted to local conditions and for the correct destination of fruits. The objective of this work was to evaluate the phenological stages of different blackberry cultivars, as well as to determine the quality of fruits, focusing on the recommendation of cultivars that are more adapted to local climate conditions. Moreover, the aim was to indicate the best destination of fruits produced, for either fresh consumption or as raw material for processing. The results indicated that the cultivars studied have adequate conditions for the expression of their productive potential, being Tupy cultivar the most productive. Fruits of Tupy, Guarani and Cherokee cultivars presented dual aptitude, which means they can be consumed fresh or or as raw material for processing, whereas those of Xavante cultivar are suitable only for processing.

scholarly journals Productivity and quality of potato cultivars for processing as shoestrings and chips

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 554-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaís H Araújo ◽  
Joaquim G Pádua ◽  
Marta HF Spoto ◽  
Vanessa DG Ortiz ◽  
Priscila L Margossian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potato Cultivars ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Processing Ability ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
Sugar Levels ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT Brazilian market of potato processing has presented expressive development in recent years. However, its expansion is constrained by raw material supply suitable for industrial processing. Selection of adequate cultivars contributes to final product cost reduction as well as its yield and quality improvement. The research aimed to study tuber yield and evaluate its frying potential for shoestrings and chips, of potato cultivars recently introduced in Brazil. Nine potato cultivars (Arizona, Caruso, Destiny, Excelence, Saviola, Agata, Almera, Fontane and Markies) were assessed in an experiment carried out between January and May, 2013, in South-West region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. 'Arizona' and 'Caruso' cultivars exhibited superior productive potential and along with 'Markies' the highest production of marketable tubers. 'Caruso' and 'Destiny' produced more than 20% of dry matter and the lowest reducing sugar levels. 'Caruso' exhibited the highest frying yield in both processing shapes and absorbed less fat as shoestring. 'Destiny' absorbed less fat when processed as chips. 'Excelence' presented intermediary performance for every evaluated attribute. 'Caruso', 'Destiny', and 'Excelence' produced chips with appropriate color for market. Among the assessed cultivars, 'Caruso', 'Destiny', and 'Excelence' were the most promising. These cultivars demonstrated appropriate processing ability in the shape of shoestrings. 'Destiny' could also be indicated to be processed as chips.

Raw-Material Quality of Fast Grown Eucalyptijs Globulus During the First Year

IAWA Journal ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Pereira ◽  
Clara Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Fibre Length ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
First Year ◽  
Wood Moisture ◽  
Material Quality ◽  
Old Trees

The raw material quality of Eucalyptus globulus during the first year was assessed in an experimental plantation established under four management strategies (control, fertiliser, irrigation and fertiliser/irrigation). The variation of bark content, moisture content, specific gravity and fibre length along the stem for 6-months and II-months-old trees is presented. Bark content decreases with tree diameter and was lowest for the irrigated and fertilised trees. Wood moisture was negatively correlated with specific gravity. No correlation was found between specific gravity and growth rate and fibre length was generally independent of management strategy.

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