Magneto-Priming Improved Nutraceutical Potential and Antimicrobial Activity of Momordica charantia L. Without Affecting Nutritive Value
Autor: | Ghulam Mustafa, Nabila Farah, Shazia Anwer Bukhari, Syed Ali Raza Naqvi, Saqib Mahmood |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Chlorophyll Staphylococcus aureus Momordica charantia Bioengineering Germination Microbial Sensitivity Tests Coumaric acid 01 natural sciences Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biochemistry Cinnamic acid chemistry.chemical_compound Magnetics Anti-Infective Agents Phenols 010608 biotechnology Food science Amino Acids Molecular Biology Carotenoid chemistry.chemical_classification 010405 organic chemistry food and beverages General Medicine Syringic acid Antimicrobial Catalase 0104 chemical sciences chemistry Peroxidases Dietary Supplements Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quercetin Nutritive Value Biotechnology |
Zdroj: | Applied biochemistry and biotechnology. 188(3) |
ISSN: | 1559-0291 |
Popis: | The need for some economic strategies for increased growth and nutraceuticals of medicinal plants is well acknowledged now. It was hypothesized that external magnetic field treatment (MFT) of seeds affecting internal magnet of cells may affect growth and metabolism. In this study, seeds were subjected to pre-sowing magnetic field (50 mT at 5 mm for 5 s). At vegetative stage, the leaf growth, chlorophyll content, catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), amino acids, proteins, flavonoids, soluble sugars, total soluble phenolics, carotenoids, anthocyanins, phenolic profile (HPLC based), and antimicrobial activity of leaves (in terms of the minimum inhibitory concentration against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were studied. Yield was evaluated for nutritive components in fruit (peel+pulp) and peel. MFT improved germination percentage, growth, leaf chlorophyll, antimicrobial activity, peel amino acids, phenolics, and POD with negligible effect on fruit nutritive value. Moreover, photosynthetic pigments and cinnamic acid exhibited direct correlation with antimicrobial potential against both pathogens. However, sinapic acid showed positive correlation against Staphylococcus aureus only. Cinnamic acid, coumaric acid, syringic acid, and quercetin were in direct correlation against Pseudomonas aeruginosa; it was directly correlated with total flavonoids too. In conclusion, magnetic field can be used to manipulate plant cell metabolism promising improvement of growth, antimicrobial activity, and phenolics of interest. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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