Effect of planting date and plant density in the bio-activity for the leaves and seeds of flax plant (Linum usitatissimum L.)‎

الملخص EN

Two field experiments were conducted in the field of medicinal plants belonging to College of Agriculture, the University of Basra during the agricultural seasons (2015/2016 and 2016/2017) with clay loam soil.

The study included six treatments which are the combination between two planting dates (1/11 and 1/12), the cultivating with three plant densities (20, 30, 40 kg.ha-1 ) and their interactions in the activity of methanolic extract for the leaves and seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum L.) as Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.

The highest anti-inflammatory effect in vitro for the methanolic extract for the leaves and cultivated seeds of the plant at 1/11 with a plant density of (20 kg.ha-1 ), which amounted of (97.80, 94.78, 98.0, 96.3), respectively, and anti-oxidant activity amounted to (98.04, 95.67, 66.58, 55.11%), respectively.

Treatment with Flavonoids for the leaves or seeds of flax plant had an anti-inflammatory effect in vivo that was close to the activity of Diclofenac drug