Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 
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Publication date: Available online 8 July 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Yuki Yoneda, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroshi Nakashima, Juro Miyasaka, Katsuaki Ohdoi Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni accumulates steviol glycosides (SGs) which are natural sweeteners. Leaf extracts have been widely used as a food additive because the strong sweetness intensity of SGs that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. S. rebaudiana is a short-day (SD) perennial plant, and some studies claim that long-day (LD) treatment affects SGs accumulation. However, the optimal and detailed light regim...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - July 9, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Genetics of alkaloids in poppy straw with other morphological traits in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.)
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Rashmi Lahiri, R.K. Lal, S. Sarkar, Devendra Kumar, B.K. Dubey, Shama Shukla, S. Singh Opium poppy belongs to the family − ‘Papaveraceae’ and is well known mainly for its pharmaceutically important alkaloids and seeds. In order to delineate the gene-effects conditioning the expression of seed yield and straw alkaloids, six crosses viz. IS 14×Sampada, I 14×Mtu, Sampada×Sujata, CIM Ajay×Dfr 44, Sapna×Sanchita and SPS 49×TS 1 involving the eleven parents, were sampled for P1, P2 an...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - July 9, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Export target markets of medicinal and aromatic plants
Publication date: Available online 3 July 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Rokhsareh Asl Roosta, Reza Moghaddasi, Seyed Safdar Hosseini Medicinal and aromatic plants play a significant role in meeting the needs of the traditional medicine which, are found both in domestic and overseas markets. The aim of this research is prioritization of medicinal and aromatic plants importing countries using relative import advantage index and five other indices during the period of 2000–2014. The structure of the global import market for medicinal and aromatic plants was also exa...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - July 3, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Novel cosmeceuticals from plants —An industry guided review
Publication date: Available online 16 June 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): A.I. Charles Dorni, Augustine Amalraj, Sreeraj Gopi, Karthik Varma, S.N. Anjana Novel cosmeceutical ingredients from plant sources are in huge demand by the personal care products manufacturing industry due to the growing consumer awareness about healthy products with natural ingredients. The advancements in the understanding of the skin physiology and ageing resulted in the identification of novel biochemical targets of skin health, chemical manipulation of which has the potential to regain...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - June 17, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Path and factor analysis of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) performance
Publication date: Available online 13 June 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Hamid-Reza Fallahi, Seyyed Hamid Reza Ramazani, Morteza Ghorbany, Mahsa Aghhavani-Shajari Roselle is known for delicacy and also for medicinal properties. There is only limited information available on genetics and breeding of its economic traits. In this experiment, roselle were grown as a split–split plot based on a randomized complete-block design with three replications during 2015, at the experimental station of University of Birjand in Sarayan, Iran. Treatments consisted of three fact...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - June 13, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Thin-layer and vibrofluidized drying of basil leaves (Ocimum basilicum L.): analysis of drying homogeneity and influence of drying conditions on the composition of essential oil and leaf colour
Publication date: Available online 9 June 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Renata de Aquino Brito Lima-Corrêa, Moacir dos Santos Andrade, Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva, José Teixeira Freire, Maria do Carmo Ferreira A study on hot-air drying basil (Ocimum basilicum) leaves was carried out by obtaining sorption isotherms, thin-layer drying kinetics and drying in vibrofluidized equipment under temperatures from 30 to 60°C. Experimental data of sorption isotherms and moisture variations on thin-layer drying were fitted to empirical equations to predict...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - June 10, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Extraction of acetyl 11-keto- β-boswellic acid (AKBA) from Boswellia serrata plant oleo gum resin using novel three phase partitioning (TPP) technique
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): S.S. Niphadkar, N.B. Bokhale, V.K. Rathod The oleo gum resin of Boswellia serrata belonging to family Burseraceae, is Ayurvedic medicine and has been used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and arthritic diseases in many countries. Acetyl 11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA) is a potent anti-inflammatory agent obtained from oleo gum resin of Boswellic serrata. Our aim is to extract maximum amount of AKBA from Boswellic serrata by using Three Phase Partitioning (TPP) technique. In the TPP sy...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - May 25, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Predicting of flixweed (Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl) germination response to temperature using regression models
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Hamid-Reza Fallahi, Mahsa Aghhavani-Shajari, Monavareh Mohammadi, Reza Kadkhodaei-Barkook, Ebrahim Zareei Understanding of thermal requirements of medicinal plants is necessary for their appropriate germination, growth and development. In this experiment germination cardinal temperatures of flixweed (Descurainia sophia) was calculated using relationship of germination rate with temperature. Nine constant temperatures (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40°C) were considered and three regressio...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - May 23, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Intrapopulation variability of Myrtus communis L. growing in Morocco: Chemometric investigation and antibacterial activity
Publication date: Available online 8 May 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Mouhcine Fadil, Abdellah Farah, Bouchaib Ihssane, Taoufik Haloui, Sara Lebrazi, Saâd Rachiq The essential oils chemical composition of twenty samples of Moroccan Myrtus communis L. harvested from the same site was determined by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-one compounds representing an average of 99% of the oils composition were identified. High percentages of oxygenated monoterpenes (48.8–97.2%) and monoterpene hydrocarbons (0.4–50.7%) were observed. Major compounds were α-pinene (0.4–50.3%)...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - May 8, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Effect of shading on leaf yield, plant parameters, and essential oil content of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.)
Publication date: Available online 28 April 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Marco Russo, Bernd Honermeier In the present study, the effects of a light reduction by plant protection nets on lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) have been investigated. The lemon balm plant stand was surveyed over three consecutive years under sandy soil conditions. Harvest took place in two cuts in each of the investigated years (2013–2015). Shaded plants tended to have a higher plant height. The moderate shading could not positively influence leaf yield, investigated plant parameters, ...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - April 29, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Hydrotime model analysis of Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague seed germination
Publication date: Available online 29 April 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Parisa Farahinia, Seyed Ahamad Sadat-Noori, Mohamad Mahdi Mortazavian, Elias Soltani, Behrooz Foghi Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Apiaceae) is an annual herb that is known medicinal plant. Information about germination of T. ammi is scarce. The aims of this study were (1) to develop a general hydrotime model to predict seed germination of T. ammi and (2) to evaluate seed germination of T. ammi using hydrotime parameters. Seeds of 20 T. ammi ecotypes were germinated at five water potentia...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - April 29, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Drug yield and essential oil and carvacrol contents of two species of Satureja (S. khuzistanica Jamzad and S. rechingeri Jamzad) cultivated in two different locations
Publication date: Available online 21 April 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Ahmad Nooshkam, Hasan Mumivand, Javad Hadian, Ali Alemardan, Mohammad R. Morshedloo Satureja khuzistanica and Satureja rechingeri are two valuable medicinal perennial species endemic to Iran. They grow wild in southwest parts of Iran. These species are rich in carvacrol, with considerable biological activities. In order to study the effects of climate and region conditions on plant height, leaves+flowering shoots yield (drug yield), essential oil content and yield, and carvacrol content, tw...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - April 22, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Evaluation of genetic stability and analysis of phytomedicinal potential in micropropagated plants of Rumex nepalensis – A medicinally important source of pharmaceutical biomolecules
Publication date: Available online 21 March 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Paromik Bhattacharyya, Suman Kumaria, Biswajit Bose, Prasenjit Paul, Pramod Tandon Rumex nepalensis is an important medicinal herb found in high altitude regions of India. It is a rich source of various secondary metabolites and has a widespread use in various herbal preparations. The regeneration efficacy of both direct shoot organogenesis (DSO) and indirect shoot organogenesis (ISO) was experimentally tested and the highest regeneration frequency for DSO and ISO pathways were 87.2% and 91...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - March 20, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Heterosis and heterobeltiosis studies on yield and yield components of some Turkish poppy hybrids (Papaver somniferum L.)
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Negar Valizadeh, Neset Arslan, Khalid Mahmood Khawar Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is highly strategic and sensitive economic crop. A set of 7 potential poppy parent lines and cultivars along with their 42 reciprocal hybrids was made to collect information on extent of heterosis and heterobeltiosis for selection of better parents for capsules, seeds, morphine and total alkaloids yield. The study was carried out during 2012–13 and 2013–14 growing seasons. Heterosis and heterobeltiosis valu...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - March 18, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Induction of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn) growth and phytochemicals production by natural stimulants
Publication date: Available online 18 March 2017 Source:Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Author(s): Khalil M. Saad-Allah, Mohammed I. Fetouh, Mahmoud A. Elhaak Two field experiments were carried out through 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons in Faculty of Agriculture experimental farm, Tanta University, to investigate the influence of chicken manure (CM) and yeast extract (YE) on Silybum marianum (milk thistle) growth, yield and phytochemical constituents. CM was applied to soil with rates of 0.0, 23.81, 35.71 and 47.62m3/hectare (ha) and YE was applied after 15 and 75days of seed sowing, with...
Source: Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - March 17, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
