Heuchera Creme Brulee and Mahogany Medicinal Value under Water Stress and Oligosaccharide (COS)‎ Treatment

Joint Authors

Elansary, Hosam O.
Abdel-Hamid, Amal M. E.
Mahmoud, Eman A.
Al-Mana, Fahed A.
El-Ansary, Diaa O.
Zin El-Abedin, Tarek K.

Source

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-02-17

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

13

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Food borne pathogens cause serious human illnesses and diseases and their control using natural bioactive compounds becomes essential for the progress of agricultural and food industries.

Developing novel tools to enhance the medicinal values of traditional horticultural medicinal crops is one of the promising methods for achieving food borne pathogens control.

In this study, oligosaccharide water solutions were applied to Heuchera Creme Brulee and Mahogany subjected to a normal irrigation interval (2 days) or to prolonged irrigation intervals (6 days) for 6 weeks.

Plant morphological, physiological, and metabolic markers associated with the bioactivity of leaf extracts against selected microbes.

Oligosaccharide-treated plants showed significant increases in all morphological parameters during normal and prolonged irrigation intervals as compared to those of the controls.

Morphological improvement associated with a significant increase in chlorophyll, carbohydrates, proline, K, Ca, phenols, and free and total ascorbate and antioxidants.

Superoxide dismutase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase activities were higher, while H2O2 accumulated to a lower extent in oligosaccharide-treated plants.

These morphological and metabolic changes associated with increased antibacterial and antifungal activities of leaf extracts and their activities were comparable to antibiotics and antifungal agents (minimum inhibitory concentrations values were 0.5 -0.20 mg−1mL for bacteria and 0.08 -0.20 mg−1mL for fungi in Mahogany).

The application of oligosaccharide and/or water stress might be of great value for producing natural bioactive compounds for food borne pathogens control.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Elansary, Hosam O.& Abdel-Hamid, Amal M. E.& Mahmoud, Eman A.& Al-Mana, Fahed A.& El-Ansary, Diaa O.& Zin El-Abedin, Tarek K.. 2019. Heuchera Creme Brulee and Mahogany Medicinal Value under Water Stress and Oligosaccharide (COS) Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149754

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Elansary, Hosam O.…[et al.]. Heuchera Creme Brulee and Mahogany Medicinal Value under Water Stress and Oligosaccharide (COS) Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149754

American Medical Association (AMA)

Elansary, Hosam O.& Abdel-Hamid, Amal M. E.& Mahmoud, Eman A.& Al-Mana, Fahed A.& El-Ansary, Diaa O.& Zin El-Abedin, Tarek K.. Heuchera Creme Brulee and Mahogany Medicinal Value under Water Stress and Oligosaccharide (COS) Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149754

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1149754