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Author(s):  
M. Salah ◽  
Soad Yehia ◽  
Rania T. Ali

Abstract Background Nourishment plants during the field time is a must; to have healthy, high productive and self-propagating plants. The trendy nano-fertilizers came to the front in modernized agriculture seeking for minimizing the soil suffocation with other chemical fertilizers in the bulk size. Nano-fertilizers may represent a way out of shot as they are completely absorbed by plant due to their small size, also it magnifies the benefit to the plant due to its high surface area. Nano-fertilizers are introduced via different way of synthesis methods. In this work, three of new nanocomposites are prepared in nano form via Gamma irradiation from Cobalt 60 source at irradiation dose 5 KGy. These composites which can supply plants with P, Zn elements needs to be revised for their safety usage in agriculture. Methodology Three compounds; Zinc oxide, phosphorous and the mixed Zinc–phosphorous elements were prepared in nano-composite forms coated with PVP as a shell and then characterized by HR-TEM, UV and FT-IR to emphasize their new sizes and shapes, then, they were examined for their cytotoxicity in three concentrations (0.5, 1 and 2%) on Vicia faba plants; after 3 h of direct roots treatment. Cytotoxicity test concerned the mitotic index, phase index, abnormal mitosis and the type of the aberrations at each phase. Results The three tested NPs exerted mito-accelerating effect on root meristematic cells. However, concentration‐dependent genotoxicity was also an evident. Conclusion The three examined nano-composites may recommend to be used in the lowest examined concentrations to minimize its harm effect on the plant cell and keep their benefits to the environment. It also recommended to count the Zn/P mix NPs over ZN or P separately as it induces an intermediating cytogenetic effect on mitosis apparatus of Vicia faba plant. Graphical Abstract


2022 ◽  
pp. 108201322110692
Author(s):  
Naseer Ahmad Bhat ◽  
Idrees Ahmed Wani ◽  
Neelofar Sultan

Whole grain brown rice, being a rich source of fiber and other bioactive compounds like polyphenols is effective in reducing the risk of chronic diseases including cardiovascular diseases, hypercholesterolemia and Type II diabetes. The study was aimed to evaluate the effect of gamma irradiation on the physicochemical, functional and antioxidant properties of whole grain brown rice flour. The brown rice flour was conditioned to two different moisture contents of 10% and 12% and treated with gamma irradiation doses of 0 kGy (native or control), 2.5 kGy and 5 kGy. Moisture, protein, fat, ash and carbohydrate content of native flour was found as 10 g/100 g, 6.54 g/100 g, 1.54 g/100 g, 1.0 g/100 g, and 81.48 g/100 g, respectively. The hunter color ‘L’, ‘a’, and ‘b’ values of the native brown rice flour sample were found as 81.95, −0.97 and 17.36, respectively and were non-significantly ( p ≥ 0.05) affected by gamma irradiation. Apparent amylose content was observed to decrease significantly ( p ≤ 0.05) from 29.97 to 20.30 g/100 g with the increase in gamma irradiation dose and moisture content. The pasting properties such as peak viscosity, trough viscosity and final viscosity of all the flour samples decreased significantly ( p ≤ 0.05) with the increase in irradiation dose. The functional properties such as water and oil absorption and emulsion capacities were increased while emulsion stability and foaming stability decreased upon irradiation. Irradiation led to an overall increase in the antioxidant activity of rice flours. In general, FTIR spectra revealed a decrease in the absorption intensities of the functional groups. Therefore, it can be concluded that gamma irradiation can be used as a tool to modify the physicochemical properties of rice flours as well as to improve their antioxidant properties.


Author(s):  
Aya Ben Amara ◽  
Amel Mehrez ◽  
Chayma Ragoubi ◽  
Roberto Romero‐González ◽  
Antonia Garrido Frenich ◽  
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Neethu Francis ◽  
Ravikesavan Rajasekaran ◽  
Iyanar Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Raveendran Muthurajan ◽  
Chitdeshwari Thiyagarajan ◽  
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2022 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 104223
Author(s):  
Junwei Hu ◽  
Mesfin Tsegaye Gebremikael ◽  
Bjorn Tytgat ◽  
Kenneth Dumack ◽  
Ummehani Hassi ◽  
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