LIMIN YU^1,2, ZHONGFENG ZHANG^2,*, LONGWU ZHOU²

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.12, pp. 2559-2573, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.022825

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi reside in the rhizosphere and form mutualistic associations with plant roots. They promote photosynthesis, improve stress resistance, and induce secondary metabolite biosynthesis in host medicinal plants. The AM fungi that are symbiotic with medicinal plants comprise a wide array of species and have abundant germplasm resources. Though research on the AM fungi in medicinal plants began relatively recently, it has nonetheless become an investigative hot spot. Several scholars have explored the diversity and the growth-promoting effects of mycorrhizal fungi in hundreds of medicinal plants. Current research on symbiotic AM fungi in medicinal plants has focused mainly… More >

Zongmin Mou^1,2,3, Fei Ye⁴, Fangchen Shen¹, Dake Zhao^1,2,3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.10, pp. 2331-2348, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.021273

Abstract Aconitum vilmorinianum, a well-known traditional Chinese herb, is recently being threatened by overexploitation and environment disturbance. This study was conducted to provide propagation methods through in vitro germination and explant cultivation. Germination was stimulated up to 66.00% on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 2.0 mg L⁻¹ 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), 0.1 mg L⁻¹ 1-napthaleneacetic acid (NAA), and 30 g L⁻¹ sucrose. Three bacteria (Pantoea agglomerans, Erwinia persicina, and Pseudomonas tolaasii) would be responsible for consistent contamination during germination. The latter two were effectively eradicated after disinfected. The influence of explant types and hormone combinations on direct and indirect organogenesis was evaluated… More >

Lohanathan Bharathi Priya^1,#, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian^2,#, Balamurugan Shanmugaraj³, Shanmugam Subbiah⁴, Rouh-Mei Hu⁵, Chih-Yang Huang^6,7,8,9,*, Rathinasamy Baskaran^5,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1129-1140, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.017707

Abstract For thousands of years, plant based herbal medicines have been utilized by millions of people all over the world. Plant materials or products are used in different folk/traditional medical systems, such as the Chinese, African and Indian medical systems, like Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani, and Homeopathy. Tinospora cordifolia (TC) is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It is a big deciduous, climbing shrub growing prevalently in the tropical part of Indian subcontinent regions such as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Srilanka, and in Myanmar, and China. Guduchi, Giloy, Shindilkodi, and Amritha are all the common names for this… More >

REKHA GAHTORI^1,#, MOSLEH MOHAMMAD ABOMUGHAID^2,#, NIDHI NEGI³, SARAVANAN KRISHNAN⁴, SUGAPRIYA DHANASEKARAN⁵, SOUMYA PANDIT⁶, KANU PRIYA⁶, DILLIP KUMAR BISHI^7,*, RAM PRASAD⁸, PIYUSH KUMAR GUPTA^6,*

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.6, pp. 1465-1477, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.016484

Abstract Antibacterial resistance developed by bacteria due to the unlimited use of antibiotics has posed a challenge for human civilization. This kind of problem is not limited to India only, but it is a global concern. Nowadays, many treatments and medicines for bacterial diseases have been developed. However, they possess some drawbacks. Therefore, the alternative medicine has been used to target the drug resistant mechanisms and such medicines have less side effects which is becoming necessary. Natural products have traditionally or historically been of importance for the development of antibacterial agents and are also known to overcome bacterial drug resistance by… More >

SULAIMAN A. AL YOUSEF^*

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.5, pp. 1403-1411, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.015450

Abstract Seeds from soybean collected from different commercial markets were surveyed for seed-borne fungi. Ninetyeight fungal colonies were isolated all over three monthly isolations constituting twenty-two fungal species. The isolated fungi were belonging to the genera: Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cephalosporium, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum, Curvularia, Fusarium, Macrophomina, Mucor, Penicillium, Rhizoctonia, Rhizopus, Sclerotium, Stemphylium, and Verticillium. Assay of the antifungal activity of four ethanolic extracts of clove, cinnamon, garlic, and mint was carried out against the most common fungal species (Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Fusarium solani, F. oxysporium, and F. moniliforme), which significantly reduced the growth of tested fungi. Clove extract recorded the highest… More >

HONGYUAN ZHANG, MIN ZHANG, JIE TAN, SHUPING HUANG, GUOLIN ZHOU^*, XIA CHEN^*

BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.2, pp. 371-386, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.013869

Abstract Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley has unique biological characteristics with high nutritional and medicinal values. It is an important pharmaceutical plant with various biologically active ingredients. Genetic improvement and deeper genomic studies require a rich resource of molecular markers. The application of next-generation sequencing technology, especially for transcriptome profiling, has greatly facilitated high throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) discovery. In this study, we sequenced the transcriptome of three major cultivars of L. siceraria and obtained 64.88 GB of clean data. The assembled high-quality reads were clustered into 89,347 unigenes, which were annotated by non-redundant protein database,… More >

Abdulrahman Alasmari^*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.4, pp. 1059-1081, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.010952

Abstract In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), thousands of plants are considered to have therapeutic value. The ambiguous use of identification mainly morphological characteristics of many plants has resulted in the adulteration and displacement of plant products which undermine their therapeutic value and weak documentation of plant resources. The aims of this study were therefore to evaluate genetic variability and explore the phylogeographic architecture for Saudi medicinal plant samples using rbcL and matK genes as barcodes for genomic identification. The matK and rbcL sequences collected for these samples were used as key markers for examining the relationship between Saudi medicinal… More >

Priyanka Jha¹, Swati Chahal^2,3, Devendra Kumar Pandey^2,3, Joginder Singh⁴, Ram Prasad^5,*, Vijay Kumar^2,3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.4, pp. 779-794, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.09421

Abstract The use of medicinal plants for different therapeutic values is well documented in African continent. African diverse biodiversity hotspots provide a wide range of endemic species, which ensures a potential medicinal value. The feasible conservation approach and sustainable harvesting for the medicinal species remains a huge challenge. However, conservation approach through different biotechnological tools such as micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis, synthetic seed production, hairy root culture, molecular markers based study and cryopreservation of endemic African medicinal species is much crucial. In this review, an attempt has been made to provide different in vitro biotechnological approaches for the conservation of African medicinal… More >

Waseem Mushtaq¹, M.B. Siddiqui¹, Hesham F. Alharby², Khalid Rehman Hakeem^2,3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.2, pp. 291-301, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.08740

Abstract Plant trichomes vary in their structure and cellular composition. Glandular trichomes contain a bulk of specific (secondary) metabolites of diverse nature. Trichomes are connected with various adaptive processes, which include protection against herbivores and pathogens as well. Our study investigates the allelopathic contribution of structures present on the leaf surface of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. against seedling growth of Cicer arietinum L. The infusion obtained after dipping Nicotiana leaves in Dichloromethane (DCM) for 10 seconds (s) was the most phytotoxic among all the infusions. The observed inhibition in Cicer growth was not only dependent on type of infusion but also the… More >

GRACIELI DALLA NORA¹, TAMARA PASTORI¹, HAYWOOD DAIL LAUGHINGHOUSE IV^2,3, THAIS SCOTTI DO CANTO-DOROW¹, SOLANGE BOSIO TEDESCO^1*

BIOCELL, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 95-102, 2010, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2010.34.095

Abstract Mikania glomerata is a plant used in Brazilian traditional medicine, known as ‘guaco’. It possesses anti-inflammatory properties and the aqueous extracts of its leaves are indicated for the treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract. This study aimed at evaluating the antiproliferative and genotoxic effect of Mikania glomerata leaf infusions on the cell cycle of onion. The material used was collected in the native environment from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Aqueous extracts through infusions were prepared in two concentrations: 4g/L (usual concentration) and 16g/L (4x more concentrated) of each of the populations. Two groups of four onion bulbs… More >