Pub Date : 2021-09-21DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010164
P. Ebrahimi, A. Lante
Polyphenols are the most prominent natural antioxidants found numerously in nature. They are secondary metabolites recognized for having high health benefits for consumers, even if the exploitation of these remarkable natural compounds is still a challenge. Moreover, there is a dilemma over the nutritional value of polyphenols. Hence, this paper seeks to review the classification, sources, anti-browning effect, antioxidant activity, nutritional property and anti-disease effect of polyphenols for better understanding the issues which need to be addressed in the valorization of these natural compounds.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-07DOI: 10.2174/1874434602015010046
A. Popova, D. Mihaylova, A. Spasov
In the era of air pollutants, respiratory diseases are a very common diagnosis in children, adolescents, and adults. Disorders of the respiratory system can affect both upper and lower respiratory system, and cause an immense worldwide health, economical and psychological burden. Considerable attention is drawn to the use of plant-based products for the prevention and cure of health challenges, with respect of their eco-friendliness and very few side effects. Exposure to nature and active plant interaction is considered beneficial to physical and mental health. Plant-based drugs primarily target the immune and cardiovascular systems. Biologically active substances with different value can be identified from both terrestrial or marine botanicals, whose therapeutic abilities are an efficient control of an array of diseases. In view of the potential of plant agents to positively influence respiratory diseases, this review will provide the reader with recent objective findings in the field of plant therapy and pharmaceutical agents and their ability to alter the physical and psychological complications of airborne diseases.
{"title":"Plant-based Remedies with Reference to Respiratory Diseases – A Review","authors":"A. Popova, D. Mihaylova, A. Spasov","doi":"10.2174/1874434602015010046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874434602015010046","url":null,"abstract":"In the era of air pollutants, respiratory diseases are a very common diagnosis in children, adolescents, and adults. Disorders of the respiratory system can affect both upper and lower respiratory system, and cause an immense worldwide health, economical and psychological burden.\u0000 Considerable attention is drawn to the use of plant-based products for the prevention and cure of health challenges, with respect of their eco-friendliness and very few side effects. Exposure to nature and active plant interaction is considered beneficial to physical and mental health. Plant-based drugs primarily target the immune and cardiovascular systems. Biologically active substances with different value can be identified from both terrestrial or marine botanicals, whose therapeutic abilities are an efficient control of an array of diseases.\u0000 In view of the potential of plant agents to positively influence respiratory diseases, this review will provide the reader with recent objective findings in the field of plant therapy and pharmaceutical agents and their ability to alter the physical and psychological complications of airborne diseases.","PeriodicalId":296126,"journal":{"name":"The Open Biotechnology Journal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114691864","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}
Pub Date : 2021-07-07DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010059
Mandefro Tilahun, Wondwosen Tena, Bizuayehu Desta
Onion is one of the most important crops widely cultivated throughout the world, including Ethiopia. The production of onion is mainly affected by the inadequate application of inorganic fertilizer types and rates. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers on the growth, yield, quality, and nutrient uptake of onion at Shewa Robit in 2018/19 under irrigation. The experiment consisted of four nitrogen rates (100, 150, 200, and 250 kg N /ha) and five sulfur rates (0, 15, 30, 45, and 60kg S/ha). The treatments were laid out in a factorial arrangement with three replications using randomized complete block design (RCBD). Bombay Red was used as a testing onion variety. The interaction effect of nitrogen and sulfur significantly increased plant height, leaf length, leaf diameter, leaf area index, neck diameter, shoot dry weight, bulb fresh weight and bulb dry weight, percent dry matter content, yield, and quality parameters. The application of 200kg N/ha and 45 kg S/ha resulted in the highest yield (42.6 t ha-1), the average weight of bulb (193.6g), and a marketable bulb (99.8%). The highest N uptake (243.3 kg ha-1) and S uptake (31.9kg ha-1) were obtained by the combined application of 200 kgN/ha and 45kg S/ha. The application of 200 kgN/ha and 45kgS/ha can be recommended for high yield and quality onion production in the study area.
洋葱是世界上广泛种植的最重要的作物之一，包括埃塞俄比亚。影响洋葱产量的主要因素是施用无机肥料种类和用量的不足。通过田间试验，研究了2018/19年度灌溉条件下氮肥和硫肥对雪瓦罗布特洋葱生长、产量、品质和养分吸收的影响。试验包括4种氮肥浓度(100、150、200和250 kg N /ha)和5种硫浓度(0、15、30、45和60kg S/ha)。采用随机完全区设计(RCBD)，按三个重复的因子排列进行处理。孟买红被用作测试洋葱品种。氮硫互作显著提高了植株的株高、叶长、叶径、叶面积指数、茎颈直径、地上部干重、鳞茎鲜重和鳞茎干重、干物质含量、产量和品质参数。施氮200公斤/公顷，施硫45公斤/公顷，产量最高(42.6吨/公顷)，鳞茎平均重193.6克，鳞茎商品率99.8%。200 kgN/ha和45kg S/ha配施的氮素吸收量最高(243.3 kg ha-1)， S吸收量最高(31.9kg ha-1)。研究区洋葱高产优质推荐施用200 kgN/ha和45kgS/ha。
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Pollution control and mitigation are critical to protect the ecosystem and make everyone's life safer and healthier. Different pollution mitigation strategies and measures are implemented to remove pollutants, which broadly involve physical, chemical, and biological methods. Biological methods are found to be more sustainable, effective, and eco-friendlier than the other two methods. These methods mainly use microbes like bacteria, fungi, algae, and plants, and their products like enzymes and metabolic products to remove pollutants. Due to their unique photosynthetic ability and simple growth requirements, Algae can be grown using simpler components like CO2, sunlight, and media, making them a potential candidate to be used as a pollution mitigator. Algae can indicate and remove pollutants like CO2, SO2, NO2, and particulate matter from the air; these pollutants and particulate matter are either used for their growth or these are accumulated inside them.. Algal species have shown the efficient removal of heavy metals, organic pollutants, explosives, petroleum contaminants, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and plastics from different water sources. There is a lot of scope in using algae to remove organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater treatment plants. Algae hold great potential to remove radioactive pollutants from natural resources and involve removal mechanisms like biosorption and bioaccumulation. Algae can be used with different adsorbent materials to develop adsorption systems for the adsorption of radionuclides and heavy metals. This review elucidates different algal species, their cultural conditions, the removal efficiency of different types of pollutants from the air, water, soil, and their role in genetic engineering and the algae's potential for waste mitigation.
{"title":"Present and Future Prospect of Algae: A Potential Candidate for Sustainable Pollution Mitigation","authors":"Ashutosh Tripathy, Ramchandra More, Sandeep Gupta, Jastin Samuel, Joginder Singh, R. Prasad","doi":"10.2174/1874070702115010142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874070702115010142","url":null,"abstract":"Pollution control and mitigation are critical to protect the ecosystem and make everyone's life safer and healthier. Different pollution mitigation strategies and measures are implemented to remove pollutants, which broadly involve physical, chemical, and biological methods. Biological methods are found to be more sustainable, effective, and eco-friendlier than the other two methods. These methods mainly use microbes like bacteria, fungi, algae, and plants, and their products like enzymes and metabolic products to remove pollutants. Due to their unique photosynthetic ability and simple growth requirements, Algae can be grown using simpler components like CO2, sunlight, and media, making them a potential candidate to be used as a pollution mitigator. Algae can indicate and remove pollutants like CO2, SO2, NO2, and particulate matter from the air; these pollutants and particulate matter are either used for their growth or these are accumulated inside them.. Algal species have shown the efficient removal of heavy metals, organic pollutants, explosives, petroleum contaminants, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and plastics from different water sources. There is a lot of scope in using algae to remove organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater treatment plants. Algae hold great potential to remove radioactive pollutants from natural resources and involve removal mechanisms like biosorption and bioaccumulation. Algae can be used with different adsorbent materials to develop adsorption systems for the adsorption of radionuclides and heavy metals. This review elucidates different algal species, their cultural conditions, the removal efficiency of different types of pollutants from the air, water, soil, and their role in genetic engineering and the algae's potential for waste mitigation.","PeriodicalId":296126,"journal":{"name":"The Open Biotechnology Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121130270","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}
Pub Date : 2021-05-25DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010068
Sanket J. Joshi, H. Sarma
Over the years, the load of inorganic and organic micropollutants in the environment has significantly increased, threatening our daily lives. Chemicals used in agriculture, industries, and power generation, as well as wastewater treatment and medical technology, are some of the major polluters [1]. Though the use of recycled wastewater is increasing, there are concerns about human health and environmental impacts related to the presence of biologically active micropollutants that could cause side effects, such as genetic damage, mutations, and cancer [2, 3]. The risks of environmentally derived micropollutants to ecosystems and human health are still not fully understood [4]. Pollution monitoring is the quantitative or qualitative assessment of the occurrence, consequence, or concentration of any polluting substance in a defined environment. Accurate measurements are required to generate reliable data for forecasting and managing pollution risks [5]. The biological tools available for monitoring environmental pollution are based on biomarkers that are typically indigenous to the site of investigation and have been exposed to local environmental conditions over extended periods of time. A biomarker is a biological response measured in an organism that is naturally exposed to a study site that serves as an indicator of the presence and effect of environmental pollutants. The quantitative, sensitive, and specific biological response to be quantified is ideal [6]. Through the broad biodegradation capabilities developed by microorganisms towards undesirable organic compounds, bioremediation may be used to restore contaminated soils [7, 8]. Recent advancements in bioremediation techniques over the last two decades have focused on the critical goal of successfully restoring polluted environments in an economically and environmentally friendly manner. Diverse bioremediation techniques have been developed to rehabilitate polluted environments. Bioremediation can be carried out using
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Pub Date : 2021-05-24DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010036
Bizuayehu Desta, K. Woldetsadik, W. M. Ali
Significant variations in the storability of bulbs were evident due to harvest stages, curing, and storage methods. Harvesting of garlic bulbs at 100% top fall considerably increased bulb yield by about 16.74% and 8.75% compared to 60 and 80% top fall, respectively. Cured bulbs showed lower fresh bulb yield as compared to non-cured bulbs. Harvesting at 80% top fall, curing and storing bulbs on a shelf or in a net bag showed reduced weight and diameter loss of bulbs as compared to the other treatments. Bulbs harvested at 80% top fall and cured had significantly higher dry matter content than the rest. The highest sprouting percentage was recorded for 60% top fall harvested and non-cured bulbs, while the least was observed in 80% top fall harvested and cured bulbs.
{"title":"Effect of Harvesting Time, Curing and Storage Methods on Storability of Garlic Bulbs","authors":"Bizuayehu Desta, K. Woldetsadik, W. M. Ali","doi":"10.2174/1874070702115010036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874070702115010036","url":null,"abstract":"Significant variations in the storability of bulbs were evident due to harvest stages, curing, and storage methods. Harvesting of garlic bulbs at 100% top fall considerably increased bulb yield by about 16.74% and 8.75% compared to 60 and 80% top fall, respectively. Cured bulbs showed lower fresh bulb yield as compared to non-cured bulbs. Harvesting at 80% top fall, curing and storing bulbs on a shelf or in a net bag showed reduced weight and diameter loss of bulbs as compared to the other treatments. Bulbs harvested at 80% top fall and cured had significantly higher dry matter content than the rest. The highest sprouting percentage was recorded for 60% top fall harvested and non-cured bulbs, while the least was observed in 80% top fall harvested and cured bulbs.","PeriodicalId":296126,"journal":{"name":"The Open Biotechnology Journal","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116828530","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}
Pub Date : 2021-05-24DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010029
E. Maltseva, G. Iskakova, Ainur Ismagul, A. Chirkin, D. Naizabayeva, G. Ismagulova, N. Malakhova, N. Aitkhozhina, S. Eliby, Y. Skiba
RESEARCH ARTICLE A Cisgenic Approach in the Transformation of Bread Wheat cv. Saratovskaya 29 with Class I Chitinase Gene Elina Maltseva, Gulnur Iskakova, Ainur Ismagul, Alexandr Chirkin, Dinara Naizabayeva, Gulnara Ismagulova, Natalya Malakhova, Nagima Aitkhozhina, Serik Eliby and Yuriy Skiba M.A. Aitkhozhin Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 86 Dosmukhamedov St., Almaty, 050012, Kazakhstan Australian Center for Plant Functional Genomics, Hartley Grv, Adelaide, 5064, Australia
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Pub Date : 2021-05-07DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010109
N. H. Madanayake, N. Adassooriya
Science and technology have advanced rapidly in every aspect; thus, nanotechnology is one of the highly promising interdisciplinary approaches which has swiftly emerged in the world. The inherent properties of nanomaterials (NMs) made them widely accepted to use in many fields, including agriculture. Because of this, NMs have attracted novel agrochemical formulations to enhance crop productivity. However, deliberate and accidental release of nanoparticulate based agrochemical formulations and engineered NMs have raised concerns on the possible effects on agricultural crops. Therefore, the interaction of NMs leading to phytotoxicity is the biggest concern that is required to be assessed prior to their applications. Hence, this review discusses whether NMs can be used as a feasible stand-in candidate for agriculture.
{"title":"Phytotoxicity of Nanomaterials in Agriculture","authors":"N. H. Madanayake, N. Adassooriya","doi":"10.2174/1874070702115010109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874070702115010109","url":null,"abstract":"Science and technology have advanced rapidly in every aspect; thus, nanotechnology is one of the highly promising interdisciplinary approaches which has swiftly emerged in the world. The inherent properties of nanomaterials (NMs) made them widely accepted to use in many fields, including agriculture. Because of this, NMs have attracted novel agrochemical formulations to enhance crop productivity. However, deliberate and accidental release of nanoparticulate based agrochemical formulations and engineered NMs have raised concerns on the possible effects on agricultural crops. Therefore, the interaction of NMs leading to phytotoxicity is the biggest concern that is required to be assessed prior to their applications. Hence, this review discusses whether NMs can be used as a feasible stand-in candidate for agriculture.","PeriodicalId":296126,"journal":{"name":"The Open Biotechnology Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117162041","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}
Pub Date : 2021-04-28DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010082
J. Likus-Cieślik, M. Pietrzykowski
The presence of sulfur in the environment is an important macroelement for plant growth but becomes harmful in excessive amounts. The previous century saw rising levels of high SO2 concentrations (stemming from fossil fuel combustion) and wet deposition from acid rain, causing the intensification of forest die-back. Air pollution can be controlled or measured by biomonitoring. Despite recent reductions in SO2 emissions, urban and industrial areas are still at risk from high sulfur contamination. Open-cast lignite and sulfur borehole mining play a pivotal role in the regional scale of ecosystem contamination and acid mine drainage. Consequently, these aspects are unique for assessing the impact of extreme S contamination on soil properties changes, the vegetation effect, and biogeochemical cycles. We presented i) current SO2 pollution based on S concentration in pine needles, and ii) a comprehensive study of soil properties, as well as plant reactions to excessive sulfur concentration in the restored forest ecosystem of a former sulfur mine.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-13DOI: 10.2174/1874070702115010027
Faisal Muhammad
The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe and healthcare professionals are working interminably to treat the patients. The radiologists have already been contributory in the diagnoses of COVID-19. Radiologists are currently conducting their work from home using teleradiology due to COVID-19 pandemic [1, 2]. The fight against COVID-19 pandemic continues and there is a need of making teleradiology more common. Radiologists can work at home using teleradiology and communicate with the physicians electronically (Telehealth). This means could serve as an excellent way to reduce the risk of spreading or contracting the novel COVID-19. The first lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 in U.S. was diagnosed with the help of chest radiography [1]. The COVID-19 case images can be analyzed using teleradiology; however, other radiological services will be needed in detecting and treating COVID-19 cases. Teleradiology is expected to be part of the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic [1].
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