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Analysis of the Anticancer Phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata Nees. under Salinity Stress
Joint Authors
Talei, Daryush
Sagineedu, Sreenivasa Rao
Saad, Mohd Said
Valdiani, Alireza
Mahmood, Maziah
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Salinity causes the adverse effects in all physiological processes of plants.
The present study aimed to investigate the potential of salt stress to enhance the accumulation of the anticancer phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata accessions.
For this purpose, 70-day-old plants were grown in different salinity levels (0.18, 4, 8, 12, and 16 dSm−1) on sand medium.
After inducing a period of 30-day salinity stress and before flowering, all plants were harvested and the data on morphological traits, proline content and the three anticancer phytochemicals, including andrographolide (AG), neoandrographolide (NAG), and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide (DDAG), were measured.
The results indicated that salinity had a significant effect on the aforementioned three anticancer phytochemicals.
In addition, the salt tolerance index (STI) was significantly decreased, while, except for DDAG, the content of proline, the AG, and NAG was significantly increased (P≤0.01).
Furthermore, it was revealed that significant differences among accessions could happen based on the total dry weight, STI, AG, and NAG.
Finally, we noticed that the salinity at 12 dSm−1 led to the maximum increase in the quantities of AG, NAG, and DDAG.
In other words, under salinity stress, the tolerant accessions were capable of accumulating the higher amounts of proline, AG, and NAG than the sensitive accessions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Talei, Daryush& Valdiani, Alireza& Mahmood, Maziah& Sagineedu, Sreenivasa Rao& Saad, Mohd Said. 2013. Analysis of the Anticancer Phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata Nees. under Salinity Stress. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030382
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Talei, Daryush…[et al.]. Analysis of the Anticancer Phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata Nees. under Salinity Stress. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030382
American Medical Association (AMA)
Talei, Daryush& Valdiani, Alireza& Mahmood, Maziah& Sagineedu, Sreenivasa Rao& Saad, Mohd Said. Analysis of the Anticancer Phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata Nees. under Salinity Stress. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030382
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1030382