International journal of science and research ijsr is published as a monthly journal with 12 issues per year. Forage quality of calligonum comosum in three phenological. Pdf flavonoids of calligonum polygonoides and their. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Phytochemical study and antioxidant activity of calligonum azel. It was concluded that the calligonum comosum had higher quality in flowering and vegetative.
It commonly grows on dry sandy soils and on sand dunes. Calligonum polygonoides is also named orta in old arabic poems. Please note that this is a trial program and may end. Moreover, biosynthesized agnps were estimated for the. Synthesized agnps were characterized using ultraviolet uvvis spectrophotometer, transmission electron microscopy tem and zeta potential. The total phenolics, flavonoid content and free radicalscavenging activity of. This plant species is one of the famous pastoral plant characterizing the habitat of saudi arabia. Calligonum polygonoides famine foods purdue university. The leafs calligonum species of elongated, terete, leaf c. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
In southern tunisia, plants are subjected to severe drought and many human disturbances, causing the degradation of soils and plants. Phenotypic variations in communities of calligonum comosum lher polygonaceae from saudi arabia. This plant is referred to as orta in old arabic poetry. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. In this study, the production of phytochemicals as plant signaling mechanisms and their defensive roles in disease resistance and repelling herbivores are examined in calligonum comosum.
The stiff, green branches produce an abundance of flowers in the early spring. The phylogeny of calligonum and pteropyrum polygonaceae based on nuclear ribosomal dna its and chloroplast trnlf sequences. They appear in a cluster from the axils of woody branches. Notably, it is a referred, highly indexed, online international journal with high impact factor.
Dimorphic fruit colour is associated with differences in. Leaves are simple, opposite, nearly sessile, linear or scalelike, sometimes. Calligonum comosum extract inhibits diethylnitrosamineinduced. It is the most important source of food for sustenance during frequently occurring famines and is valued for commercial and medicinal uses. Vegetative community structures and phenotypic variations within calligonum comosum lher communities growing in two different locations in saudi arabia, nefud alshakika and aldahnaa, have been. Zygophyllum dumosum and calligonum comosum and in others with diffuseporous wood e. This page was last edited on 12 october 2016, at 07.
Calligonum comosum in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Pdf calligonum comosum polygonaceae, an egyptian desert plant, was extracted and fractionated using. Pteropyrum is a small genus of polygonaceae with four species from the arid regions of iran and adjacent countries. Phenolic profiling, sugar composition and antioxidant capacity of. Article information, pdf download for phytochemical study and. Edible and medicinal plants abal calligonum comosum description. Evaluation of cytotoxic compounds from calligonum comosum.
For this purpose, the nutritional values of calligonum comosum in three phenological stages vegetative. The aqueous and methanolic extracts of calligonum comosum were investigated for their antioxidant and dopaminergic effects on haloperidol hlinduced neuro and hepatotoxicities in male albino rat model. Aroclor 1260 is one of the more representative polychlorinated biphenyls found in biota. Anticancer activity of aloe vera and calligonum comosum. Calligonum a genus of branchy bushes of the buckwheat polygonaceae family. Aroclor 1260 was dissolved in corn oil and given to rats by gavage at doses 0, 20, 40, or 60 mgkgday for 15.
Shrub, up to 2 m tall, stem branched, branches fascicled, somewhat whitish, glaucous. Calligonum comosum, commonly known as arta, occurs in tunisia and north african deserts and it is often used in folk medicine. Access is allocated within two business days of purchase and lasts one year. Nl generates cracks serials keygens for the software to unlock it for free. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Ranjbarfordoei, a, patrick van damme, and roeland samson.
Calligonum comosum escanbil extract exerts antiangiogenic, antiproliferative and antiinflammatory effects on endometriotic lesions. Read evaluation of calligonum azel maire, a north african desert plant, for its nutritional potential as a sustainable food and feed, food research international on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The abal is one of the few shrubby plants that exists in the shady deserts. Chlorophytum comosum vittatum v spider ivy vittatum. The calligonum example represents a close examination of plant anatomy and its major phytochemicals that contribute. The decoction of roots of this species was vermifuge le floc.
Protective effect of calligonum comosum on haloperidolinduced oxidative stress in rat article in toxicology and industrial health 302 july 2012 with 93 reads how we measure reads. Germination regulating mechanisms in some desert seeds iii. Department of botany, the hebrew university, jerusalem, israel. Anticancer activity of aloe vera and calligonum comosum extracts separetely on hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Characterization of volatile components in calligonum comosum by coupling gas chromatographymass spectrometry and mean field approach independent component analysis. Chemical composition of essential oils of calligonum. The leaves are small, threadlike or needlelike, and free or grown together, with cones. Pteropyrum c 3 has a close affinity to calligonum c 4 and is therefore a suitable case for c 4 evolutionary studies. Genus chlorophytum are evergreen, rhizomatous perennials with linear or lanceshaped leaves and slender arching stems bearing loose racemes or panicles of small, starry white flowers, in some species also bearing plantlets. Taxonomic study of the tunisian calligonum genus using the.
Author links open overlay panel maram shalabi a kh. Calligonum polygonoides, locally known as phog hindi. The plant list includes 201 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus calligonum. The plant has the ability to survive the drastic environmental conditions of the. This page was last edited on 15 september 2017, at 01. Therefor most of the people agree with arabic origin of aorta for the great human artery khan et al. Effect of biotic and abiotic stress on the development and. In vitro antiapoptotic effects of the calligonum extract.
The first group treated with ethanolic extract of calligonum comosum 3 gkg bw, the doses of treatment given for 3 successive days and repeated at week 6 of the experiment, the second group. Bhandari 1995 reported that tunisian calligonum genus is an important source of food for animals and is also appreciated for their wood quality and medicinal purposes. Root and aboveground growth of rhizotrongrown seedlings of three tunisian desert calligonum species under water deficit. Plants of the genus calligonum are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, with flexuous woody branches. Growing in egypt article pdf available in zeitschrift fur naturforschung c 62910. This study was designed to delineate the testicular toxicity of aroclor 1260 and to elucidate the potential protective role of calligonum comosum c. Characteristics plants of the calligonum genus are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, with flexuous woody branches.
The major findings of the study are that in this species drought makes for. Mechanical and phytochemical protection mechanisms of. It is very hardy and being capable of growing under adverse. The young shoots are green, jointed, and almost without leaves. Pdf evaluation of cytotoxic compounds from calligonum. Calligonum polygonoides famine foods plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine purdue university, west lafayette, indiana. Dimorphic fruit colour is associated with differences in germination of calligonum comosum. Vegetation diversity of dune slacks in egypt mahmoud elsayed ali department of plant ecology and range management, desert research center drc, cairo,egypt article published on november 11, 2014 key words.
Evaluation of cytotoxic compounds from calligonum comosum l. The essential oils of calligonum comosum subcultured at the southeastern of tunisia bir lahmar and ghordab locations and collected at the flowering and the fructification stages, were obtained by hydrodistillation and were analyzed by gcfid and gcms in order to discern the differences and similarities between the investigated essential oils of this species. In the current study, extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles agnps was carried out using aqueous extracts of green calligonum comosum stem, besides fusarium sp. International network for natural sciences research journal publisher publishes original research articles from different topics of natural sciences. January 2016 international network for natural sciences. Calligonum article about calligonum by the free dictionary. Objective isolation, structure elucidation and evaluation of cytotoxic activity of flavonoids from c. Lipoic acid and calligonum comosumon attenuate aroclor. These are primarily included because names of species rank are. Article published on march 17, 2015 abstract this study is to investigate the aspects of the autecology of calligonum comosum plant. Phenotypic variations in communities of calligonum comosum.
This study is to investigate the aspects of the autecology of calligonum comosum plant. Pdf biological activity of calligonum comosum extracts as. Polygonaceae, locally known as arta, is a slowgrowing small leafless desert shrub. The calligonum comosum structure describes the assimilating cortex and the secondary xylem fahn. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Some ecophysiological characteristics of arta calligonum comosum l herit in response to drought. You can find this information at our new site abal calligonum comosum description. The stiff, green branches produce an abundance of flowers in the early spring months march, april. The plant list includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus calligonum. The calligonum example represents a close examination of plant anatomy and its major phytochemicals that contribute ecologically to. Pdf aspects of the autecology of arta calligonum comosum l. Is pteropyrum a pathway to c4 evolution in polygonaceae. Physical mapping of ribosomal dna and genome size in.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of calligonum. Dune slacks, brackish slacks, saline slacks, cultivated slacks, and plant diversity. It is the most important source of food for sustenance during frequently occurring famines and is. The plant cover appeared to be of mixed species dominated with thymelaea hirsuta northward and with calligonum comosum, bassia muricata and moltkiopsis ciliata southward. Allelopathic effect of arta calligonum comosum l, her extract on seed germination of arfaj rhanterium epapposum oliv modhi alotaibi department of biology, college of science, princess nora bint abdul rahman university, riyadh, saudi arabia article published on september 22, 2014. Calligonum is a genus of plants in the family polygonaceae with about 80 species across the mediterranean sea region, asia and north america.
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