Rapid industrialization and consumerism have aggravated the generation of industrial waste globally, consequently posing a serious problem related to their treatment, disposal, and management. Industrial wastes or sludges are mainly characterised by undesirable levels of heavy metals, toxic chemicals, and other toxic organic compounds. Deposition of such wastes in the environmental matrices for prolonged periods may result in serious contamination, and the consequent accumulation of these harmful constituents in the ecological food chain. Unavailability of appropriate disposal mechanisms for these sludges is a matter of serious concern that could severely pollute the environment and risk human health. Vermicomposting has emerged as a feasible and environmentally friendly bioremediation technology that could provide a solution to this problem. However, the vermicomposting of industrial sludges requires a better understanding of its inextricable factors to make it a viable process. Thus, the present study was undertaken to provide insights on the influence of different bulking agents and abiotic factors on the vermicomposting process, as well as, the role of different earthworm species in the successful implementation of this process in the bioremediation of industrial waste.
{"title":"Role of bulking agents, process optimization, and different earthworm species in the vermiremediation process of industrial wastes: A review","authors":"Snigdha Nath, A. Qureshi, Subhasish Das","doi":"10.55779/nsb15211490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211490","url":null,"abstract":"Rapid industrialization and consumerism have aggravated the generation of industrial waste globally, consequently posing a serious problem related to their treatment, disposal, and management. Industrial wastes or sludges are mainly characterised by undesirable levels of heavy metals, toxic chemicals, and other toxic organic compounds. Deposition of such wastes in the environmental matrices for prolonged periods may result in serious contamination, and the consequent accumulation of these harmful constituents in the ecological food chain. Unavailability of appropriate disposal mechanisms for these sludges is a matter of serious concern that could severely pollute the environment and risk human health. Vermicomposting has emerged as a feasible and environmentally friendly bioremediation technology that could provide a solution to this problem. However, the vermicomposting of industrial sludges requires a better understanding of its inextricable factors to make it a viable process. Thus, the present study was undertaken to provide insights on the influence of different bulking agents and abiotic factors on the vermicomposting process, as well as, the role of different earthworm species in the successful implementation of this process in the bioremediation of industrial waste.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41763104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pteridophytes have been studied and preserved in botanical gardens. However, only a few have discovered and documented the medicinal properties of Pteridophyta species. This study aims to promote the utilization of Pteridophyta species in Taman Cyathea, Bali, as traditional medicine agents by conducting a comprehensive literature review with a novelty of 15 years (2008-2022) on the ethnopharmacology and species diversity of the plant division. This research was conducted by directly exploring Pteridophyta species collected in Taman Cyathea, Bali, and a meta-synthesis was carried out related to the potential use of these species as traditional medicinal agents. The STARLITE principle was used for the article search, and ENTREQ was used for transparency in reporting meta-synthetic results. The study was conducted by searching the databases with keywords set according to the inclusion criteria. Findings in the field showed that there were as many as nine species of Pteridophyta identified as having benefits as traditional medicine agents, including Cyathea contaminans (Wall ex Hook) Copel., Asplenium nidus L., Asplenium sp., Selaginella sp., Diplazium esculentum, Angiopteris evecta (G.Forst.) Hoffm, Cyathea sp., Nephrolepis hirsutula (Forst) C. Presl and Dicksonia blumei (Kunze) Moore. The results of the meta-synthesis obtained 49 articles that met the study criteria; leaves, shoots, roots, stems, and hairs were used for various purposes, including restorative materials, planting media, crafts, game materials, and food ingredients. Pteridophyta species treat fever, cough, anticonvulsant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antidiuretic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, insecticide, larvicide, diabetes, and antiretroviral diseases, among others, so their potential use as traditional medicine agents and candidates for standardized herbs or phytopharmaceuticals have promising prospects in the future. However, its pharmacological, phytochemical, and toxicity properties must be investigated further.
{"title":"Utilization of Pteridophyta species in Cyathea Park, Bali, as traditional medicine agents: A field study and meta-synthesis review","authors":"N. Juliasih, I. M. D. Mertha Adnyana","doi":"10.55779/nsb15211522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211522","url":null,"abstract":"Pteridophytes have been studied and preserved in botanical gardens. However, only a few have discovered and documented the medicinal properties of Pteridophyta species. This study aims to promote the utilization of Pteridophyta species in Taman Cyathea, Bali, as traditional medicine agents by conducting a comprehensive literature review with a novelty of 15 years (2008-2022) on the ethnopharmacology and species diversity of the plant division. This research was conducted by directly exploring Pteridophyta species collected in Taman Cyathea, Bali, and a meta-synthesis was carried out related to the potential use of these species as traditional medicinal agents. The STARLITE principle was used for the article search, and ENTREQ was used for transparency in reporting meta-synthetic results. The study was conducted by searching the databases with keywords set according to the inclusion criteria. Findings in the field showed that there were as many as nine species of Pteridophyta identified as having benefits as traditional medicine agents, including Cyathea contaminans (Wall ex Hook) Copel., Asplenium nidus L., Asplenium sp., Selaginella sp., Diplazium esculentum, Angiopteris evecta (G.Forst.) Hoffm, Cyathea sp., Nephrolepis hirsutula (Forst) C. Presl and Dicksonia blumei (Kunze) Moore. The results of the meta-synthesis obtained 49 articles that met the study criteria; leaves, shoots, roots, stems, and hairs were used for various purposes, including restorative materials, planting media, crafts, game materials, and food ingredients. Pteridophyta species treat fever, cough, anticonvulsant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antidiuretic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, insecticide, larvicide, diabetes, and antiretroviral diseases, among others, so their potential use as traditional medicine agents and candidates for standardized herbs or phytopharmaceuticals have promising prospects in the future. However, its pharmacological, phytochemical, and toxicity properties must be investigated further.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47579197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonia Ben RABEH, Kaouther Ben Yahia, S. Dhahri, Souda Belaïd, Imen Chemlali, Chokri Ben Romdhane, M. Romdhane, E. Saadaoui
Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in the world because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil types and climates, as well as for its many industrial, commercial and medicinal uses. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. is a plantation species frequently planted in semi-arid and arid regions for its ecological, forestry, ornamental and melliferous interests. Based on literature, drought tolerance of this species was mostly directed to adaptation mechanisms. Physiological investigations reveal the importance of stomatal closure and increased solute contents suggesting that osmotic adjustment is one of the main responses to drought in E. torquata. On the other hand, it showed low sensitivity to salt stress. This paper also highlights the immense benefits of E. torquata which contains essential oils with variable chemical composition and rich essentially in 1,8-cineole, torquatone, α-pinene, trans-myrtanol, α-eudesmol, β-eudesmol, globulol, trans-pinocarveol and aromadendrene. These oils, as well as the methanol and aqueous extracts possess a wide variety of bioactivities of great importance which are particularly valuable as antibacterial and antifungal agents also have a strong toxicity against insects and mites in addition to antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects against different types of cancer cells.
{"title":"Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm.","authors":"Sonia Ben RABEH, Kaouther Ben Yahia, S. Dhahri, Souda Belaïd, Imen Chemlali, Chokri Ben Romdhane, M. Romdhane, E. Saadaoui","doi":"10.55779/nsb15211502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211502","url":null,"abstract":"Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in the world because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil types and climates, as well as for its many industrial, commercial and medicinal uses. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. is a plantation species frequently planted in semi-arid and arid regions for its ecological, forestry, ornamental and melliferous interests. Based on literature, drought tolerance of this species was mostly directed to adaptation mechanisms. Physiological investigations reveal the importance of stomatal closure and increased solute contents suggesting that osmotic adjustment is one of the main responses to drought in E. torquata. On the other hand, it showed low sensitivity to salt stress. This paper also highlights the immense benefits of E. torquata which contains essential oils with variable chemical composition and rich essentially in 1,8-cineole, torquatone, α-pinene, trans-myrtanol, α-eudesmol, β-eudesmol, globulol, trans-pinocarveol and aromadendrene. These oils, as well as the methanol and aqueous extracts possess a wide variety of bioactivities of great importance which are particularly valuable as antibacterial and antifungal agents also have a strong toxicity against insects and mites in addition to antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects against different types of cancer cells.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48837075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tannins are the polyphenolic secondary metabolites of plants and having antimicrobial properties due to their protein precipitation abilities and other toxic effects towards microbes. However, with the help of an inducible enzyme called tannase, a variety of microbes including bacteria can resist tannin toxicity. Tannase catalyses the dissociation of ester bonds in gallotannins like tannic acid, resulting in release of gallic acid and glucose. Because of its vast industrial applications and ease of manipulation, interest in identifying and applying bacteria as tannase producers has grown in recent years. The bacterial strains reported in the present work were isolated from soil and identified as Paraburkholderia tropica PKI7 and Kosakonia arachidis PKI8 through morphological, biochemical, and 16s rDNA molecular approach. Simultaneous tannase and gallic acid production by these two bacterial strains were observed through submerged fermentation. This is the first report of Paraburkholderia tropica PKI7 and Kosakonia arachidis PKI8 strains as tannase producing bacteria. The initial tannase production were 0.75 U/ml and 1.49 U/ml respectively for P. tropica PKI7 and K. arachidis PKI8 after 24 h of submerged fermentation while gallic acid release was 8.4 µg/ml and 10.74 µg/ml respectively. There is a potential scope in higher tannase and gallic acid biosynthesis by the two strains.
{"title":"Paraburkholderia tropica PKI7 and Kosakonia arachidis PKI8: Two newly reported tannase producing bacteria isolated from forest soil and study of their tannase producing potentiality","authors":"Ishita Biswas, P. K. Das Mohapatra","doi":"10.55779/nsb15111379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15111379","url":null,"abstract":"Tannins are the polyphenolic secondary metabolites of plants and having antimicrobial properties due to their protein precipitation abilities and other toxic effects towards microbes. However, with the help of an inducible enzyme called tannase, a variety of microbes including bacteria can resist tannin toxicity. Tannase catalyses the dissociation of ester bonds in gallotannins like tannic acid, resulting in release of gallic acid and glucose. Because of its vast industrial applications and ease of manipulation, interest in identifying and applying bacteria as tannase producers has grown in recent years. The bacterial strains reported in the present work were isolated from soil and identified as Paraburkholderia tropica PKI7 and Kosakonia arachidis PKI8 through morphological, biochemical, and 16s rDNA molecular approach. Simultaneous tannase and gallic acid production by these two bacterial strains were observed through submerged fermentation. This is the first report of Paraburkholderia tropica PKI7 and Kosakonia arachidis PKI8 strains as tannase producing bacteria. The initial tannase production were 0.75 U/ml and 1.49 U/ml respectively for P. tropica PKI7 and K. arachidis PKI8 after 24 h of submerged fermentation while gallic acid release was 8.4 µg/ml and 10.74 µg/ml respectively. There is a potential scope in higher tannase and gallic acid biosynthesis by the two strains.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43002177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study evaluated the short-term survival during hospitalization period of the patients admitted on the intensive care unit department with an acute vascular event in comparison with other pathologies. We developed a retrospective cohort study with longitudinal design on 178 subjects admitted in an intensive care unit department. The patients were divided according the presence (33 patients) or absence (145 patients) of an acute vascular event (myocardial infarction or stroke). The survival during the hospitalization period was evaluated also considering the presence of diabetes (58 patients) or diabetes with complications (54 patients). The survival was presented as probability to survive during hospitalization period and median survival time. Logrank test was used to compare the groups. Patients with myocardial infarction had the average age of 60.57±7.97 years old, with 100% mortality during the hospitalisation period and a median survival time of 16 days. The patients with stroke were 66.34±14.12 years old with 46.15% survival probability and median survival time of 26 days; respectively patients without vascular event were 65.52±15.81 years old, had a survival probability of 46.89% and a median survival time of 28 days. Considering all the patients with vascular events, survival probability was 36.36%. Diabetes, the presence of arterial hypertension or diabetic complications does not influence significantly the survival in this sample (Logrank test, p>0.05). Survival of patients with acute vascular event is comparable with that of the patients admitted on intensive care unit for other health condition. A poor prognostic was observed for myocardial infarction.
{"title":"A short-term survival analysis of severe patients with acute vascular event admitted on intensive care unit department","authors":"Alexandra Saioc, V. Nechita, C. Puia","doi":"10.55779/nsb15111394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15111394","url":null,"abstract":"The study evaluated the short-term survival during hospitalization period of the patients admitted on the intensive care unit department with an acute vascular event in comparison with other pathologies. We developed a retrospective cohort study with longitudinal design on 178 subjects admitted in an intensive care unit department. The patients were divided according the presence (33 patients) or absence (145 patients) of an acute vascular event (myocardial infarction or stroke). The survival during the hospitalization period was evaluated also considering the presence of diabetes (58 patients) or diabetes with complications (54 patients). The survival was presented as probability to survive during hospitalization period and median survival time. Logrank test was used to compare the groups. Patients with myocardial infarction had the average age of 60.57±7.97 years old, with 100% mortality during the hospitalisation period and a median survival time of 16 days. The patients with stroke were 66.34±14.12 years old with 46.15% survival probability and median survival time of 26 days; respectively patients without vascular event were 65.52±15.81 years old, had a survival probability of 46.89% and a median survival time of 28 days. Considering all the patients with vascular events, survival probability was 36.36%. Diabetes, the presence of arterial hypertension or diabetic complications does not influence significantly the survival in this sample (Logrank test, p>0.05). Survival of patients with acute vascular event is comparable with that of the patients admitted on intensive care unit for other health condition. A poor prognostic was observed for myocardial infarction.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46781630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Notulae Scientia Biologicae (http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro), Issue 1, Volume 15, 2023: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting research or reviews, we invite readers to find news about: Antidepressant and anxiolytic-like activities of the dichloromethane/methanol extract of Crateva adansonii in mice exposed to chronic mild stress; Elemental impact on antibacterial study of hydroalcoholic leaves extract of Belosynapsis vivipara; Flow cytometry and chromosome numbers variation in argan tree Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels; Assessment of analgesic properties of alcohol and aqueous extracts of Opuntia ficus-indica flowers; Chemical composition of Vitex agnus-castus L. flowers collected from populations distributed in Aydin, Türkiye; Phytochemical studies and in vitro evaluation of the antioxidant activity of some medicinal and aromatic plants from Morocco; Antioxidant capacity and nutraceutical compounds content of six common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties harvested in Morelos, Mexico; Impact of magnetization of irrigation water on growth, yield and nutritional qualities of tomato under deficit irrigation.
《Notulae Scientia Biologicae》(http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro)，第1期，第15卷，2023年:这期发表的论文代表了生命科学不同主题的有趣的新奇事物。在这些令人兴奋的研究或评论中，我们邀请读者发现以下新闻:慢性轻度应激小鼠的抗抑郁和抗焦虑活性的二氯甲烷/甲醇提取物;水醇叶提取物抑菌研究的元素影响流式细胞术分析摩洛哥坚果树染色体数目的变化斯基尔;榕树花醇提物和水提物镇痛作用的研究新疆艾丁地区牡荆-castus L.花的化学成分摩洛哥几种药用和芳香植物的植物化学研究及体外抗氧化活性评价墨西哥莫雷洛斯州6种普通豆(Phaseolus vulgaris L.)抗氧化能力和营养成分含量灌溉水磁化对亏缺灌溉下番茄生长、产量和营养品质的影响
{"title":"Introduction pages, Notulae Scientia Biologicae 15(1), 2023","authors":"Radu E. SESTRAS","doi":"10.55779/nsb15111534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15111534","url":null,"abstract":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae (http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro), Issue 1, Volume 15, 2023: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting research or reviews, we invite readers to find news about: Antidepressant and anxiolytic-like activities of the dichloromethane/methanol extract of Crateva adansonii in mice exposed to chronic mild stress; Elemental impact on antibacterial study of hydroalcoholic leaves extract of Belosynapsis vivipara; Flow cytometry and chromosome numbers variation in argan tree Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels; Assessment of analgesic properties of alcohol and aqueous extracts of Opuntia ficus-indica flowers; Chemical composition of Vitex agnus-castus L. flowers collected from populations distributed in Aydin, Türkiye; Phytochemical studies and in vitro evaluation of the antioxidant activity of some medicinal and aromatic plants from Morocco; Antioxidant capacity and nutraceutical compounds content of six common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties harvested in Morelos, Mexico; Impact of magnetization of irrigation water on growth, yield and nutritional qualities of tomato under deficit irrigation.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135892675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adhatoda vasica (Acanthaceae) is a medicinal plant used in traditional formulations for the treatment of various disease conditions. The physicochemical properties fluctuate with the season and in response to stress. To obtain the highest medicinal value it is necessary to collect the plant raw material in the correct season. The present study was aim to evaluate the physiochemical fluctuations in the leaves of A. vasica and the vasicine, an antidiabetic constituent in these leaves. Leaves were collected in every month of a year at different time and places and authentication and standardization was done. The leaves were evaluated for the macroscopic and microscopic evaluation, quantitative microscopy, proximate phytochemical analysis, extractive values in petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water, and determination of the concentration of antidiabetic component vasicine. The leaves showed morphological and microscopical variations in different seasons. The phytochemical composition was the same in all seasons however the levels of extractive values fluctuated in response to seasonal variations. Maximum levels of ethanol and water extract were obtained in the winter season also the vasicine concentration was higher in this season.
{"title":"Environmental variations on physicochemical properties in vasicine content of Adhatoda vasica - An ayurvedic medicinal plant","authors":"Palshikar Gautam, S. Pitchaimuthu","doi":"10.55779/nsb15111368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15111368","url":null,"abstract":"Adhatoda vasica (Acanthaceae) is a medicinal plant used in traditional formulations for the treatment of various disease conditions. The physicochemical properties fluctuate with the season and in response to stress. To obtain the highest medicinal value it is necessary to collect the plant raw material in the correct season. The present study was aim to evaluate the physiochemical fluctuations in the leaves of A. vasica and the vasicine, an antidiabetic constituent in these leaves. Leaves were collected in every month of a year at different time and places and authentication and standardization was done. The leaves were evaluated for the macroscopic and microscopic evaluation, quantitative microscopy, proximate phytochemical analysis, extractive values in petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water, and determination of the concentration of antidiabetic component vasicine. The leaves showed morphological and microscopical variations in different seasons. The phytochemical composition was the same in all seasons however the levels of extractive values fluctuated in response to seasonal variations. Maximum levels of ethanol and water extract were obtained in the winter season also the vasicine concentration was higher in this season.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43709803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aziz Zouhri, Yahya El-Mernissi, Naoual El Menyiy, Toufik Bouddine, Nora Mir, Kamal El Aissaoui, H. Amhamdi, Abdelhay Elharrak, L. Hajji
Inflammation is a mechanism that occurs against aggressive agents such as infections, wounds, pollens, autoimmune diseases, and tissue damage. Morocco has traditionally used herbal remedies to treat many illnesses, including inflammation. The objective of this study was to describe the Moroccan medicinal plants used in inflammation treatment. This systematic review examines ethnobotanical studies published in English and French in the literature as well as the pharmacological studies that assess anti-inflammatory activity in vitro and in vivo, from databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Springer). The research was carried out until August 2021. In ethnobotanical surveys, 100 medicinal plants were identified, which belonged to 52 families of which the most often cited are Lamiaceae with 18 species, followed by Apiaceae (13 species) and Asteraceae (10 species). The most used plants to treat inflammation in Morocco are: Coriandrum sativum L, Caralluma europaea (Guss.) Nebr., Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Capparis spinosa L., Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag, Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb., Thymus atlanticus (Ball) Pau, Thymus saturejoides Coss, Thymus zygis L., Lawsonia isermis L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. This review highlighted Moroccan medicinal plants used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation. Many of this plant species require additional pharmacological, and clinical studies to verify which plants are effective in treating inflammation.
{"title":"A review of Moroccan medicinal plants used in the treatment of inflammation","authors":"Aziz Zouhri, Yahya El-Mernissi, Naoual El Menyiy, Toufik Bouddine, Nora Mir, Kamal El Aissaoui, H. Amhamdi, Abdelhay Elharrak, L. Hajji","doi":"10.55779/nsb15111414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15111414","url":null,"abstract":"Inflammation is a mechanism that occurs against aggressive agents such as infections, wounds, pollens, autoimmune diseases, and tissue damage. Morocco has traditionally used herbal remedies to treat many illnesses, including inflammation. The objective of this study was to describe the Moroccan medicinal plants used in inflammation treatment. This systematic review examines ethnobotanical studies published in English and French in the literature as well as the pharmacological studies that assess anti-inflammatory activity in vitro and in vivo, from databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Springer). The research was carried out until August 2021. In ethnobotanical surveys, 100 medicinal plants were identified, which belonged to 52 families of which the most often cited are Lamiaceae with 18 species, followed by Apiaceae (13 species) and Asteraceae (10 species). The most used plants to treat inflammation in Morocco are: Coriandrum sativum L, Caralluma europaea (Guss.) Nebr., Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Capparis spinosa L., Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag, Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb., Thymus atlanticus (Ball) Pau, Thymus saturejoides Coss, Thymus zygis L., Lawsonia isermis L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. This review highlighted Moroccan medicinal plants used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation. Many of this plant species require additional pharmacological, and clinical studies to verify which plants are effective in treating inflammation.","PeriodicalId":19353,"journal":{"name":"Notulae Scientia Biologicae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43657796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Sevindik, Deniz Karakoyun, İbrahim M. Güldere, Fatih Borhan, E. Apaydin, E. Kabil
Essential oils (EOs) are compounds that are biosynthesized autonomously by aromatic plants as their secondary metabolites. Vitex agnus-castus plant leaves, flowers and fruits are of pharmacological importance. In this study, the chemical composition determination of the essential oils of the Vitex agnus-castus flowers with different colors (white, pink, purple) growing in Aydin ecological conditions was carried out with the extraction using Clevenger hydro-distillation apparatus and then the essential oil composition was determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). As a result of the study, ‘Çakmar’ pink-flowered population had the main component (-)-allospathulenol (14.59%), ‘Çakmar’ purple-flowered and ‘Koçarli’ purple-flowered populations had the main component pyrrolo (3,2,1-jk) carbazole (14.42% and 14.68%, respectively), while ‘Çakmar’ white flowered, ‘Koçarli’ white flowered and ‘Koçarli’ pink flowered populations had the main component caryophyllene (15.54%, 12.64%, and 19.05 respectively).
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Common bean is considered one of the most important legumes in the world. It is the main source of protein, calories, B vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and other elements, which collectively give it a high nutraceutical value. In Mexico a great agrobiodiversity exists in the production of this grain, which implies the need to generate information regarding its nutritional quality as a tool to apply future genetic improvement programs. The purpose of this study was to characterize the antioxidant capacity (AC) and nutraceutical content of six bean varieties produced in Morelos State, Mexico. Grain morphometric characteristics, color (L, a*, b* chroma and °hue), nutritional quality, AC (DPPH), nutraceutical compounds content, micro and macro nutrients were determined. A significant effect (p < 0.05) of variety on almost all the variables evaluated except for phytic acid, P, K, Ca, C, S and H was observed. Lower lightness was obtained in varieties with darker colors such as ‘Negro’/102 (24.96), ‘Negro’/104 (26.85) and ‘Sangre de Toro’ (32.41) and higher lightness in lighter colored varieties such as ‘Peruano’ bean (69.21), ‘Pinto’ (65.94) and ‘Flor de Mayo’ (50.14). Nutritional and nutraceutical quality of the latter genotype stood out, as it had the highest crude fiber content (5.71 %), total phenols (4.24 mg GAE g-1), flavonoids (1.99 mg CE g-1), AC (96.76% Inhibition), and a high protein content (23.29%). Results also exhibited significant correlation (p < 0.05) between total phenols and flavonoids with AC. It is concluded that the nutritional characterization carried out on bean varieties from important producing areas in Mexico provide a valuable database for genotype selection with high functional and nutritional character, either to be grown for direct consumption, future biofortification or breeding programs.
普通豆被认为是世界上最重要的豆类之一。它是蛋白质、卡路里、B族维生素、矿物质、多酚和其他元素的主要来源，这些元素共同赋予了它很高的营养价值。在墨西哥，这种谷物的生产中存在着巨大的农业生物多样性，这意味着需要收集有关其营养质量的信息，作为应用未来遗传改良计划的工具。本研究的目的是表征墨西哥莫雷洛斯州生产的六种豆类品种的抗氧化能力(AC)和营养成分。测定籽粒形态特征、颜色(L、a*、b*色度和°色相)、营养品质、AC (DPPH)、营养保健品含量、微量和宏量营养素含量。除植酸、p、K、Ca、C、S、H外，品种对其余4个指标均有显著影响(p < 0.05)。颜色较深的品种，如“Negro”/102(24.96)、“Negro”/104(26.85)和“Sangre de Toro”(32.41)的亮度较低，而颜色较浅的品种，如“Peruano”(69.21)、“Pinto”(65.94)和“Flor de Mayo”(50.14)的亮度较高。后一基因型具有最高的粗纤维含量(5.71%)、总酚含量(4.24 mg GAE g-1)、总黄酮含量(1.99 mg CE g-1)、AC抑制率(96.76%)和蛋白质含量(23.29%)。结果表明，总酚和总黄酮与AC之间存在显著的相关关系(p < 0.05)。由此可见，对墨西哥重要产区大豆品种进行的营养特性分析，可为直接食用、生物强化或育种提供高功能和高营养性状的基因型选择提供有价值的数据。
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