scholarly journals Antifungal Potential of Phytochemicals against Mauginiella scaettae, the Plant Pathogen Causing Inflorescence Rot of Date Palm

Scientifica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Eimad Dine Tariq Bouhlali ◽  
Mgal Derouich ◽  
Reda Meziani ◽  
Adil Essarioui
Keyword(s):  
Antifungal Activity ◽  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Nerium Oleander ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Acacia Cyanophylla ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera L

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) inflorescence rot caused by Mauginiella scaettae poses a serious threat to date palm in Morocco. The present study aims to determine the antifungal activity of five plant extracts against M. scaettae, including Acacia cyanophylla, Cupressus atlantica, Eucalyptus torquata, Nerium oleander, and Schinus molle and link this effect to their content in phenolics and flavonoids, as well as their antioxidant properties. Plant extracts exhibited significant discrepancies regarding their antifungal activity ( p < 0.05 ). The extracts of E. torquata and C. atlantica had the strongest and dose-dependent manner inhibitory effect against mycelial growth and spore germination. E. torquata and S. molle caused the greatest sporulation reductions of about 88.05% and 36.11%, respectively. In addition, there were significant differences among the examined plant extracts with respect to their total polyphenols (14.52–76.68 mg GAE/g DW), flavonoids (8.75–57.78 g RE/100 g DW), and antioxidant properties as measured by TEAC (74.77–391.23 mmol TE/g DW) and FRAP assays (87.18–474.04 mmol TE/g DW). Strong correlations were found between phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity suggesting that polyphenols play a key role in the observed antioxidant and antifungal activities.

scholarly journals Exploring the potential of using bioactive plant products in the management of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis: the causal agent of Bayoud disease on date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eimad Dine Tariq Bouhlali ◽  
Mgal Derouich ◽  
Houria Ben-Amar ◽  
Reda Meziani ◽  
Adil Essarioui
Keyword(s):  
Antifungal Activity ◽  
Fusarium Oxysporum ◽  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Bayoud Disease

Abstract Background “Bayoud” disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis (Foa) poses a serious threat to date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Morocco. However, research studies performed to discover biological methods to control this disease remain limited. The present study has set objectives to determine antifungal activity of five plants extracts (Acacia cyanophylla, Cupressus atlantica, Eucalyptus torquata, Nerium oleander, and Schinus molle) against Foa and link this effect to their content in polyphenols and flavonoids as well as their antioxidant properties. Results Plant extracts showed significant differences (p < 0.05) regarding their antifungal activity. The extracts of E. torquata and C. atlantica showed the strongest antifungal effect resulting in the inhibition of mycelial growth, sporulation, and spore germination in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, there were significant differences among the examined plant extracts in respect to their total polyphenols (1.536–7.348 g GAE/100 g DW), flavonoids (0.986–5.759 g RE/100 g DW), and antioxidant properties measured by Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) (7.47–38.97 mmol TE/100 g DW) and ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay (8.95–47.36 mmol TE/100 g DW). Moreover, the antifungal potential of plant extracts was found to be moderately to strongly correlated with their polyphenol and flavonoid contents as well as their antioxidant activity, implying that the effective inhibitory activity of these plant extracts is partly due to their richness in antioxidative secondary metabolites. Conclusion Our findings shed further light on plants as a-yet-untapped resource of bioactive compounds and constructed the foundation for the development of new biological approaches to best manage Bayoud disease.

Evaluation of The Antioxidant Properties of Abid Rahim Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)fruit

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-163
Author(s):  
B.M Mofio ◽  
P.E. Ofure
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Ethanol Extract ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera L ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Novel Antioxidants

Free radicals are implicated as a cause and consequence of diverse health pathologies including neuro-degenerative diseases, cardiovascular ailments, diabetes mellitus, cancer, nephropathies, inflammatory disorders, auto-immune diseases, idiosyncratic reactions etc. There is however a renewed interest in the study of plants for novel antioxidants. The present study evaluated the antioxidant properties of the ethanol extract of Date palm (Phoenix datylifera L.) fruit using 2,2 diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and also conducted phyto-chemical analysis using standard protocols. The crude extract produced a reduced antioxidant effect compared to ascorbic acid. Specifically, at high test concentrations (0.50 and 0.25 mg/ml), the mean antioxidant activity of the extract was 65.7% and 55.2% respectively relative to 79.0% and 76.8% with ascorbic acid at the same concentration. The extract also induced an abysmally low antioxidant activity of less than 32% below 0.25 mg/ml. Phyto-chemical analysis revealed that the extract contained flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids and cardiac glycosides. Phoenix datylifera L. fruit could be a potential source for isolation of potent antioxidant principles..

Effect of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) spikelets extract on the physicochemical and microbial properties of set-type yogurt during cold storage

LWT ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 111762
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Almusallam ◽  
Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed ◽  
Elfadil E. Babiker ◽  
Fahad Y. Al-Juhaimi ◽  
Ali Saleh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Microbial Properties ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera L
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