scholarly journals Antioxidant and phytochemical activities of Amaranthus caudatus L. harvested from different soils at various growth stages

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhali Olaide Jimoh ◽  
Anthony Jide Afolayan ◽  
Francis Bayo Lewu
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Clayey Loam ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Amaranthus Caudatus ◽  
Different Soils

Abstract This study aimed at profiling the biological activities of Amaranthus caudatus cultivated on different soils in a glasshouse experiment. Five soil types namely; sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, clayey loam, loam and control (unfractionated soil) were experimentally formulated from primary particles of clay, sand and silt following the United State Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) soil triangle technique. After harvesting at pre-flowering (61 days after planting), flowering (71 days after planting) and post-flowering (91 days after planting) stages, crude extracts were obtained with water and ethanol. Total flavonoids, phenolic and proanthocyanidin contents of the extracts, as well as their biological activities, were determined using 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS), 2,2 diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl ethanol (DPPH), nitric oxide and phosphomolybdate assays. It was observed that biological activity of A. caudatus varied with soil types, stages of maturity and solvents of extraction. The highest phytochemical yield was recorded in ethanolic extracts of clayey loam harvested prior to flowering and the same trend was replicated in the antioxidant properties of the plant. For optimal biological activity, it is recommended that clayey loam soil should be used for cultivation of A. caudatus and harvest should be made near flowering to capture high phytochemical yield from the species.

scholarly journals Toxicity and Antimicrobial Activities of Amaranthus caudatus L. (Amaranthaceae) Harvested From Formulated Soils at Different Growth Stages

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 2515690X2097157
Author(s):  
Muhali Olaide Jimoh ◽  
Anthony Jide Afolayan ◽  
Francis Bayo Lewu
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Artemia Salina ◽  
Clayey Loam ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Amaranthus Caudatus ◽  
Loam Soil ◽  
Ethanol Extracts ◽  
Different Growth Stages

This study examined the toxicity and antimicrobial effects of ethanol and aqueous extracts from Amaranthus caudatus grown on soils formulated from parent particles of silt, sand and clay in a glasshouse. Four different soils namely; sandy clay loam, loam, clayey loam and silty clay loam from were formulated were used for cultivation with the unfractionated soil which was the control. Crude extracts obtained from the plant shoots harvested at different growth stages were tested on some certain gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and some fungi via agar dilution assay. The toxicity of the water and ethanol extracts was also examined via Artemia salina assay and the level of lethality was measured against Clarkson’s lethality scale. All aqueous samples, as well as ethanol extracts of flowering and pre-flowering harvests of control soil tested, were non-toxic (LC50 > 1 mg/mL). At post flowering, the ethanolic extracts were highly toxic mostly in clayey loam, control, sandy-clayey loam soils (LC50 < 0.5 mg/mL). Also, antifungal effects of the plant revealed that extracts inhibited the growth of Candida albicans significantly with mild effect on Candida glabrata, Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium aurantiogriseum suggesting that the plant is a promising pharmacological candidate in the treatment of candidiasis. For an optimal yield of non-toxic supplement for household consumption which may also serve as pharmacological precursors, clayey loam soil is recommended for cultivation and harvesting may occur at pre-flowering or flowering stage using ethanol and water as solvents of extraction.

Effects of Incorporating or Burning Straw, and of Different Cultivation Systems, on Winter Wheat Grown on Two Soil Types, 1985–91

1995 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Prew ◽  
J. E. Ashby ◽  
E. T. G. Bacon ◽  
D. G. Christian ◽  
R. J. Gutteridge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Cultivation Systems ◽  
Sharp Eyespot ◽  
Take All

SUMMARYDisposal methods for straw from continuous winter wheat were tested on two soil types, a flinty silty clay loam and a sandy loam, over 7 years (1985–91). The methods tested were burnt or chopped straw in full factorial combination with four cultivation methods (tined to 10 cm, tined to 10 cm then to 20 cm; ploughed to 20 cm; tined to 10 cm then ploughed to 20 cm). Measurements were taken to determine the effects on crop establishment and growth, pest and disease incidence, and the consequent effects on yield. Another experiment (1985–91) on the flinty silty clay loam site, investigated the interactions between straw treatments (burnt, baled or chopped in plots that were all shallow cultivated to 10 cm) and five other factors; namely, time of cultivation, insecticides, molluscicides, fungicides and autumn nitrogen. All the straw x cultivation systems allowed satisfactory crops to be established but repeated incorporation of straw using shallow, non-inversion cultivations resulted in very severe grass-weed problems. Early crop growth, as measured by above-ground dry matter production, was frequently decreased by straw residues, but the effect rarely persisted beyond anthesis. Pests were not a problem and their numbers were not greatly affected either by straw or cultivation treatments, apart from yellow cereal fly which, especially on the heavier soil, was decreased by treatments which left much straw debris on the soil surface. Incorporating straw also caused no serious increases in the incidence of diseases. Indeed, averaged over all sites and years, eyespot and sharp eyespot were both slightly but significantly less severe where straw was incorporated than where it was burnt. Eyespot, and even more consistently sharp eyespot, were often more severe after ploughing than after shallow, non-inversion cultivations. Effects on take-all were complex but straw residues had much smaller effects than cultivations. Initially the disease increased most rapidly in the shallow cultivated plots but these also tended to go into the decline phase more quickly so that in the fourth year (fifth cereal crop) take-all was greater in the ploughed than in the shallow cultivated plots. On average, yields did not differ greatly with straw or cultivation systems, although there were clear effects of take-all in those years when the disease was most severe. In the last 2 years, yields were limited by the presence of grass weeds in the plots testing chopped straw incorporated by tining to 10 cm.

scholarly journals LC-MS/MS Profiles and In Vitro Biological Activities of Extracts of an Endemic Species from Turkey: Stachys cretica ssp. anatolica

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1054
Author(s):  
Ivana Carev ◽  
Cengiz Sarikurkcu
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Endemic Plants ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus Type Ii ◽  
Methanol Extracts ◽  
Promising Application

Background: Genus Stachys is one of the largest of the Lamiaceae family, having around 300 different plant species inhabiting areas with temperate and warm climates. The Stachys species in Turkey are represented with 81 taxa; 51 of them being endemic. Plants of the Stachys genus have been known for their biological activity and their use in ethnomedicine. Methods: The dominant components of S. cretica ssp. anatolica aqueous and methanol extracts were studied with the LC-MS/MS technique. Results: Chlorogenic acid, apigenin-7-glucoside and verbascoside present as the dominant polyphenols found in studied extracts. The prominent biological activity of the studied S. cretica ssp. anatolica methanol and aqueous extracts showed strong antioxidant activity and inhibition of enzymes tyrosinase and α-amylase, involved in skin disorders and diabetes mellitus type II. Conclusions: This study has proven that the aqueous and methanol extracts of S. cretica ssp. anatolica have prominent antioxidant activity, due to a high abundance of polyphenols. The strong antioxidant properties of S. cretica ssp. anatolica extracts show promising application for the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics industries.

scholarly journals Root abundance of maize in conventionally-tilled and zero-tilled soils of Argentina

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 769-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Taboada ◽  
Carina Rosa Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Root Growth ◽  
Mechanical Impedance ◽  
Maize Root ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Penetrometer Resistance ◽  
Maize Roots ◽  
Root Abundance ◽  
Different Soils

Maize root growth is negatively affected by compacted layers in the surface (e.g. agricultural traffic) and subsoil layers (e.g. claypans). Both kinds of soil mechanical impedances often coexist in maize fields, but the combined effects on root growth have seldom been studied. Soil physical properties and maize root abundance were determined in three different soils of the Rolling Pampa of Argentina, in conventionally-tilled (CT) and zero-tilled (ZT) fields cultivated with maize. In the soil with a light Bt horizon (loamy Typic Argiudoll, Chivilcoy site), induced plough pans were detected in CT plots at a depth of 0-0.12 m through significant increases in bulk density (1.15 to 1.27 Mg m-3) and cone (tip angle of 60 º) penetrometer resistance (7.18 to 9.37 MPa in summer from ZT to CT, respectively). This caused a reduction in maize root abundance of 40-80 % in CT compared to ZT plots below the induced pans. Two of the studied soils had hard-structured Bt horizons (clay pans), but in only one of them (silty clay loam Abruptic Argiudoll, Villa Lía site) the expected penetrometer resistance increases (up to 9 MPa) were observed with depth. In the other clay pan soil (silty clay loam Vertic Argiudoll, Pérez Millán site), penetrometer resistance did not increase with depth but reached 14.5 MPa at 0.075 and 0.2 m depth in CT and ZT plots, respectively. However, maize root abundance was stratified in the first 0.2 m at the Villa Lía and Pérez Millán sites. There, the hard Bt horizons did not represent an absolute but a relative mechanical impedance to maize roots, by the observed root clumping through desiccation cracks.

SYNTHESIS OF 3- (1,1-DIOXIDOTHIETAN-3-YL) -6-METHYLURACIL AND HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVES

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-189
Author(s):  
Melnikov A.S. ◽  
Meshcheryakova S.A.
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
High Biological Activity ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Methods Of Synthesis ◽  
New Compounds ◽  
Derivatives Of

Uracil derivatives containing various N1, N3 substituents are characterized by various pharmacological and biological activities. Since the beginning of the XXI century, among them, new biologically active substances have been discovered that have pronounced antiparasitic, antibacterial, antioxidant properties. Known that modern methods of treatment and prevention of many diseases involve the inclusion of substances that have the ability to stimulate immune processes. Such compounds, in particular, include derivatives of nucleoside bases with high biological activity. Derivatives of 6-methyluracil containing a hydrazone system are widely studied in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, antifungal, antiviral, antianginal, anti-eczema and other types of activity. The study of the alkylation of 6-methyluracil, which contains hydrazone systems in the role of pharmacophore fragments, is one of the topical trends in the synthesis of new chains of biologically active compounds. Purpose: For this purpose, we studied the alkylation of 6-methyl-3- (1,1-dioxidothietan-3-yl) pyrimidin-2,4 (1H, 3H)-dione with 1-chloropropan-2-one and the interaction of the resulting N1- 2-oxopropyl derivative with various hydrazines. Materials and Methods: The individuality of the new compounds was confirmed by the method of thin layer chromatography and determination of the melting point. The structure of the synthesized substances was confirmed by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy. Statistical data processing was carried out using variational analysis using the STATISTICA 8.0 software package. Student's test was chosen as a criterion for the representativeness of statistical processing. A preliminary analysis of toxicity and types of potential biological activity was carried out in silico using the resources of the Internet platform Way2Drag. Conclusions: Methods of synthesis have been developed and the most probable types of biological and pharmacological influence have been statistically processed, proceeding from the value of the probability of being active and the probability of inertness. Based on the analysis of data, modeled types of biological activity, some patterns of "structure-activity" are determined. In the conclusion, further directions of research are identified.

scholarly journals NITRIFICATION STUDIES WITH SOIL TYPES IN NORTHERN PUERTO RICO

1969 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-103
Author(s):  
Juan Amedee Bonnet
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Nitrification Rate ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Silt Loam ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam

Experimental results have been reported on the nitrification rate of nine soil types from Northern Puerto Rico classified as: Catalina clay, Catalina clay level phase, Coto clay light texture phase, Espinosa clay, Lares clay loam, Mucara silty clay loam, Mucara silt loam, Sabana Seca clay and Toa silt loam. The various soil types are represented by twenty-one different soil samples. Some experimental data is also reported for a soil type from New Jersey classified as Sassafras sandy loam.

scholarly journals Studies on dissipation of thiamethoxam insecticide in two different soils and its residue in potato crop

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 332-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kumar ◽  
A. Srivastava ◽  
Chauhan SS ◽  
Srivastava PC
Keyword(s):  
Potato Crop ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Harvest Time ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Potato Tubers ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Loam Soil ◽  
Different Soils

The dissipation patterns of thiamethoxam insecticide at two different rates (12.5 and 25 &micro;g/g) in both silty clay loam and loam soils were studied. The half lives of thiamethoxam were in the range of 15.0 to 18.8 days in silty clay loam and 20.1 to 21.5 days in loam soil. The residues of thiamethoxam in potato tubers and soil at harvest time (90 days after planting) could not be detected either in soil or in tubers at any of the applied rates (25 and 50 g a.i./ha). Thus, thiamethoxam does not appear to pose any health hazard to consumers or harm to the environment.

Effect The Treatments of Biofertilizer and Mineral Fertilizer on Content of N P K of Soil Cultivated With Crop Corn (Zea Mays L).

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-256
Author(s):  
Mohammed Aajmi Salman ◽  
Jawad A. Kamal Al-Shibani
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Mineral Fertilizer ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Potassium Fertilizer ◽  
Clay Loam Soil ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Fall Season ◽  
Loam Soil

Beneficial microorganisms play a key role in the availability of ions minerals in the soil and use Randomized Complete Block Desing ( R.C.B.D ). The objective of this paper to the study effect of the of biofertilizer and miniral treatments on availability of NPK for crop corn zea mays L.Two types of biofertilizer are Bacterial Bacillus subtilis and Fungal Trichoderma harianum. Three levels of potassium fertilizer are (2.9533, 0.4000 and 2.9533). A field experiment in fall season of 2018 Has been conducted in silty clay loam soil. The experimental Results indicated that Bacillus and Trichoderma inoculation separately or together Have made a significant effect to increase in the availability of N P K in the soil compare to other treatments. The grain yield is where (2.9533, 0.4000 and 2.9533) of bacterial and fungal bio-fertilizer and potassium fertilizers respectively as compared to the control.

Current Advances in the Biological Activity of Polysaccharides in Dendrobium with Intriguing Therapeutic Potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (14) ◽  
pp. 1663-1681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ting Lee ◽  
Heng-Chun Kuo ◽  
Yung-Hsiang Chen ◽  
Ming-Yen Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Pharmacological Effects ◽  
The Family ◽  
Anti Tumor Activity

The polysaccharides in many plants are attracting worldwide attention because of their biological activities and medical properties, such as anti-viral, anti-oxidative, antichronic inflammation, anti-hypertensive, immunomodulation, and neuron-protective effects, as well as anti-tumor activity. Denodrobium species, a genus of the family orchidaceae, have been used as herbal medicines for hundreds of years in China due to their pharmacological effects. These effects include nourishing the Yin, supplementing the stomach, increasing body fluids, and clearing heat. Recently, numerous researchers have investigated possible active compounds in Denodrobium species, such as lectins, phenanthrenes, alkaloids, trigonopol A, and polysaccharides. Unlike those of other plants, the biological effects of polysaccharides in Dendrobium are a novel research field. In this review, we focus on these novel findings to give readers an overall picture of the intriguing therapeutic potential of polysaccharides in Dendrobium, especially those of the four commonly-used Denodrobium species: D. huoshanense, D. offininale, D. nobile, and D. chrysotoxum.

Naphthoquinone Derivatives Isolated from Plants: Recent Advances in Biological Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 2019-2035
Author(s):  
Esmaeil Sheikh Ahmadi ◽  
Amir Tajbakhsh ◽  
Milad Iranshahy ◽  
Javad Asili ◽  
Nadine Kretschmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Anticancer Activity ◽  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Phase Ii Clinical Trials ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
The Subject

Naturally occurring naphthoquinones (NQs) comprising highly reactive small molecules are the subject of increasing attention due to their promising biological activities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, apoptosis-inducing activities, and especially anticancer activity. Lapachol, lapachone, and napabucasin belong to the NQs and are in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of many cancers. This review aims to provide a comprehensive and updated overview on the biological activities of several new NQs isolated from different species of plants reported from January 2013 to January 2020, their potential therapeutic applications and their clinical significance.

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