scholarly journals Rapid micropropagation, antioxidant and antibacterial assays of Ocimum spp.

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-465
Author(s):  
Shamoly Akter ◽  
Barna Goswami ◽  
Salim Khan ◽  
Shahina Akter ◽  
Sanjida Rahman Mollika ◽  
...  

In vitro micropropagation was studied in two species of Ocimum and one species was used for antioxidant and antibacterial activity. The maximum number of shoots/explant (10.1 and 9.5) was induced in MS + 1.0 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l Kn and MS + 2.0 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l IAA in Ocimum tenuiflorum and O. americanum, respectively. GA3 (0.1 mg/l) was found to be effective for shoot induction and elongation in both the species. Strong and stout root formation was observed on half strength MS medium supplemented with 0.2 mg/l IBA for O. tenuiflorum and half strength MS + 0.5 mg/l NAA for O. americanum. Methanolic leaf extract of O. tenuiflorum showed high inhibition of DPPH activity compared to standard antioxidants like quercetin and the chloroform leaf extracts exhibited wide range of antibacterial activity.

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Foysal ◽  
MM Rahman ◽  
M Alam

Studies were conducted to identify Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates from a collection of bacteria isolated from bacterial haemorrhagic septicaemia infected carp and catfish, evaluate their antibiotic sensitivity pattern and screen the antibacterial activity of some medicinal plant extracts against the isolates.. A total of 10 isolates were identified as P. fluorescens by morphological, physiological and biochemical tests. In vitro antibiotic sensitivity test of the P. fluorescens isolates were conducted by disc diffusion method for seven antibiotics where, all of the isolates were found to be sensitive only against streptomycin and gentamycin but, most of the isolates (80%) were found resistant to chloramphenicol (C). Moreover, eighty percent of the isolates showed resistance to multiple antibiotics. A total of 118 plant extracts were screened for their antibacterial activity against the P. fluorescens isolates where the isolates exhibited sensitivity to 30 samples. Leaf extracts of Tamarindus indicus, Terminalia chebula, Citrus aurantifolia, Eugenia caryophyllata and Spondias pinnata were found to inhibit the growth of all of the P. fluorescens isolates. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijns.v1i4.9733 IJNS 2011 1(4): 82-88


1970 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
N.P. Anish ◽  
M.G. Rajesh ◽  
Jiby Elias ◽  
N. Jayan

Shoot tip explants from in vitro germinated seedlings of Solanum capsicoides All. inoculated on MS containing 2 mg/l BA produced maximum shoot induction response (26 shoots per explant). Rooting of the microshoots (19.4 roots per explant) was obtained better in half strength of MS supplemented with NAA (0.5 mg/l). Well rooted plantlets were successfully hardened with 80 per cent survival rate.   Key words: Solanum capsicoides, Propagation, Therapeutic agent   D.O.I. 10.3329/ptcb.v20i2.6912   Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 20(2): 179-184, 2010 (December)


2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Vũ Hoài Sâm ◽  
Bùi Đức Quỳnh ◽  
Nguyễn Thị Hương ◽  
Nguyễn Văn Khiêm

Lilium brownii Brown belonging Lilium genus and Liliaceae family is well-known as a popular medicinal species, as well as food source and beautiful ornamental flowers. The specie has unique and ornamental floral characteristics such as light and elegant fragrance and perianth color rapidly changing from yellowish cream to white during anthesis. In traditional medicine, it is used for treatment cough, sedation diuretic, bronchitis... In nature, it can be found in subtropical climate moutainous areas in the North such as Sa Pa, Bat Xat, Mu Cang Chai; Sin Ho and Phong Tho, Quang Ba and Dong Van. In recent years, this species has been listed in the Red List for medicinal plants in Vietnam due to over-exploitation. The only effective strategy for sustaible conservation this species is in vitro micropropagation. In this study, in vitro plant regeneration and micropropagation of L. brownii was established from bubles and stem nodes. After surface sterilization with 0.1% HgCl­2 in 10 minutes, healthy young shoots were obtained from initial bubles and stem nodes on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l BAP or 0.5 mg/l NAA, respectively.  Bulblets also were formed from young shoot on MS supplemented with 0.5 mg/l NAA. The highest number of 4.5 bulblets per an explant was recorded from longitude-divided bubbles on MS medium containing 0.5 mg/l NAA and 0.2 mg/l BAP after 60 days in culture. The regererated plants produced quality roots on half strength MS supplemented with the combination of 1.0 mg/ l NAA and 0.2 mg / l BAP. More than 90% of rooted plants in vitro were survival on artificial soil TN1 in the nursery.


Author(s):  
N. B. Kravets ◽  
M. Z. Mosula ◽  
N. M. Drobyk ◽  
N. V. Tulaidan ◽  
M. B. Cheterbok

Aim. The aim of the study was to choose conditions for rooting improvement of in vitro cultivated plants of some species of Carlina L. genus. Methods. For receiving and rooting of aseptic sprouts, seeds of Carlina acaulis L., Carlina cirsioides Klok and Carlina onopordifolia Besser ex Szafer, Kulcz. et Pawl were subjected to presowing treatment with gibberellic acid solution (GA3) or indolebyturic acid solution (IBA). Sterilized seeds were planted in sterile Petri dishes on semi-solid Murashige, Skoog nutrient medium with half-strength concentrations of macro- and microsalts without growth regulators. Results. It was found that with the seed soaking of C. acaulis, C. cirsioides and C. onopordifolia in GA3 solution the percentage of root formation amounted to 33.3 %, 33.3 % and 22.2 % respectively. Presowing treat-ment of carlina seeds in IBA solution with concentration of 1000 mg for 2–4 hours before sterilization gave a positive effect: the percentage of root formation for C. acaulis, C. cirsioides and C. onorordifolia was 2.4–4.5 times higher compared to the treatment with GA3 solution. Conclusions. To form the root system of carlina plants it is effective to soak the seeds in the solution of IBA. Thus we were able to increase the percentage of rooting of C. sirsioides and C. onorordifolia plants to 100 %, C. acaulis plants – up to 80 % and avoid sprouts’ injury and changes in the concentra-tions of the IBA, which may occur during sterilization at high temperatures by using non-sterile solution of growth regulators. Keywords: Carlina àcaulis L., Carlina cirsioides Klok, Carlina onopordifolia Besser ex Szafer, Kulcz. et Pawl, in vitro, sprouts rooting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Lindiwe Mpala ◽  
Getmore Chikowe ◽  
Ian Edwin Cock

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aissam EL FINTI ◽  
Rachida EL BOULLANI ◽  
Naima AIT AABD ◽  
Fouad MSANDA ◽  
Mohammed A. SERGHINI ◽  
...  

Opuntia is one of the most widespread cacti, primarily due to their edible fruit and vegetable mass used as feed. The high demand for young plants of Opuntia made it necessary to find a rapid method of multiplication of the cactus, the safest method consisting in vitro micropropagation of species belonging to this genus. With aim of large production of plant material, a propagation system of three important prickly pear cactus cultivar (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Morocco was developed. Segments of healthy young cladode (containing one areole) were cultivated in Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) containing adenine sulfate (40 mg/1), monosodium phosphate (50 mg/l), sucrose (50 g/l), phytagel (0.3%) and benzyladenine (BA) at 22.2 μM, to start the process of micropropagation. In vitro-developed shoots from areoles were used as secondary explants to induce shoot development in the MS medium with 5 mg/l of BA. All of the three studied cultivars showed an important multiplication rate in this medium. ‘Sidi Ifni M’ (‘Moussa’) cultivar shows the greatest number of shoots followed by ‘Sidi Ifni A’ (‘Aissa’) and ‘Delahia’ 17.26, 14.12 and 12.13 respectively. Rooting of in vitro-generated shoots was achieved most efficiently on half-strength MS basal medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or IAA. Rooting frequencies were in the range from 95 to 100% and the highest mean number of root (19.1) was obtained with IBA for ‘Delahia’ cultivar. All micropropagated plants were transferred to greenhouse and all of them survived acclimatization process and showed good overall growth.


2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. M. Sayeed Hassan ◽  
Nadira Begum ◽  
Rebeka Sultana ◽  
Rahima Khatun

An efficient protocol was developed for shoot proliferation and plant regeneration of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees. (Acanthaceae) - a rare medicinal shrub of Bangladesh, through in vitro culture using shoot tip and nodal explants. Best shoot induction was observed on MS with 1.0 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA, in which 84.2% of nodal explants responded to produce maximum number (12.4 ± 0.66) of shoots per culture. In vitro raised shoots rooted on half-strength MS with 0.5 mg/l IBA + 0.5 mg/l NAA. For acclimation and transplantation, the plantlets in the rooting culture tubes were kept in normal room temperature for 7 days before transplanting in pots where plantlets were reared for three weeks. The survival rate of regenerated plantlets was 85%. Key words: Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus, Shoot proliferation, Plant regeneration   D. O. I. 10.3329/ptcb.v21i2.10236   Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 21(2): 135-141, 2011 (December)


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kokab Jabeen ◽  
Sidrah Saleem ◽  
Faiqa Arshad ◽  
Zill-e-Huma ◽  
Shah Jahan ◽  
...  

Abstract Typhoid fever is a significant health problem in developing countries like Pakistan. Salmonella Typhi the causative agent of typhoid has developed resistant to almost all recommended antibiotics. Emergence of resistance to third generation cephalosporins has further complicated the situation and such strains are called as extensively drug resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi. Currently only available options are azithromycin and cabapenems. Recently few reports of azithromycin resistance have emerged from countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. As azithromycin is the only oral option available to treat XDR Typhoid, development of resistance may change treatment strategy altogether from out patient management to hospitalization of every patient. This may increase the burden on already weak health care system of countries like Pakistan. So there is dire need to look for the alternative treatment options. Manuka honey is well known for its therapeutic potential against wide range of bacteria including Salmonella Typhimurium. In this study 3 azithromycin resistant isolates were isolated and identified using disc diffusion, E-test and broth micro dilution methods and antibacterial activity, MIC and MBC of manuka honey was performed by agar well diffusion assay and broth micro dilution assay respectively. Manuka honey manifested significant antibacterial activity against all test isolates with zone of inhibition ranging from 7.3mm to 7.5mm, MIC and MBC values were between 10 to 15% v/v Here, we conclude that Manuka honey possess potent antibacterial activity and might be used as an alternative treatment option against azithromycin resistant XDR Typhid. However, further clinical trials are mandatory to validate our initial findings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Md Adnan Rahe ◽  
Sanjida Rahman Mollika ◽  
M Salim Khan ◽  
Tanjina Akhtar Banu ◽  
GM Al Amin ◽  
...  

Investigation on in vitro multiple shoot regeneration in Bacopa monnieri (L.) Penn. using leaf and nodal explants was carried out on MS containing various concentrations and combinations of BAP, Kn, NAA and 2,4-D. Of the two explants, leaf showed the best response towards shoot regeneration and subsequent plant development on MS with 1.0 mg/l BAP and 0.25 mg/l Kn. In this combination, the mean number of shoots/explant was 10.6 ± 0.11 in leaf and 9.6 ± 0.29 in nodal explants. Maximum shoot length was recorded as 12.6 ± 0.21 and 11.20 ± 0.30 from leaf and nodal explants after six weeks of culture, respectively. Half strength of MS supplemented with 0.25 mg/l IBA was found to be the best medium for root formation. The in vitro regenerated plantlets were successfully transplanted in soil after acclimatization. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 30(1): 57-63, 2020 (June)


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nuke Annisa Nasution ◽  
I Made Artika ◽  
Dodi Safari

Antibacterial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has been increasing and is one of ongoing global concern.  The need to find new antibacterial agents against Streptococcus pneumoniae is of paramount importance. Medicinal plants are prospective sources of antibacterial agents. The aims of the present study were to determine the activity of leaf extraxt of Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis and Muntingia calabura L. against Streptococcus pneumoniae.  Leaves of Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis were extracted using 96% ethanol, while the leaves of Muntingia calabura L were extracted using 100% methanol.  The leaf extracts of the two plants obtained were bioassayed for antibacterial activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 49619 and a clinical isolate Streptococcus pneumoniae PU 067.  Results showed that leaf extracts of both Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis and Muntingia calabura L. have antibacterial activity in vitro against Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 49619 at crude extract concentrations of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% (w/v). Both plants extracts showed strongest activity against S. pneumoniae ATCC 49619 at extract concentration of 75%.   In addition, the extracts of both plants have inhibitory activity against growth of the clinical isolate Streptococcus pneumoniae PU 067. Both plant extracts showed strongest activity against S. pneumoniae PU 067 at extract concentration of 100%.  Therefore, leaf extracts of Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis and Muntingia calabura L. can potentially be used as a source of antibacterial agent for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Keywords: Antibacterial agent, Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis, Muntingia calabura L., Streptococcus pneumoniae.


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