R. Shahhoseini; A. Babaei; M. Mirmasoomi; R. Omidbaigi
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Jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) is one of the medicinal plants containing mucilage and is used in the fields of pharmaceutical, medical, healthcare and industrial purposes. In evaluation of medicinal plants, secondary metabolites could be considered as a valuable indicator. In this experiment, optimizing ...
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Jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) is one of the medicinal plants containing mucilage and is used in the fields of pharmaceutical, medical, healthcare and industrial purposes. In evaluation of medicinal plants, secondary metabolites could be considered as a valuable indicator. In this experiment, optimizing extraction method of mucilage was evaluated based on the Patumi and Karawya methods and comparing the amount of mucilage in jujube ecotypes. For this purpose, 25 ecotypes of jujube were collected from different parts of the country. Research was performed in two separate experiments in a completely randomized design with four replications in the Genetics and Plant Physiology lab of the University of Tehran during 1388 and 1389. Results of this study showed that warm extraction was identified as the most suitable method. Also, results showed that there were significant differences among ecotypes in terms of amount of mucilage. The variation range of mucilage differed among the ecotypes from 28/92% to 11/58%. Maximum amount of mucilage was recorded for ecotypes of Kasva (Qom) and Kolaleh (Mazandaran). Generally, results of this research could be used to select the best ecotypes for medicinal purposes as well as providing good information for linebreeding of the valuable medicinal plant.
E. Daneshfar; K. Alirezalu; S.M. Ahmadi Hoseini; M.R. Naghavi; R. Omidbaigi
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Echium amoenum Fisch. is a perennial medicinal plant belonging to family Boraginaceae. Due to low information related to the seed oil of Echium amoenum Fisch., aim of the study was to determine and comparison of eight different accessions for 1000 seed weight, composition and content of fatty acids of ...
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Echium amoenum Fisch. is a perennial medicinal plant belonging to family Boraginaceae. Due to low information related to the seed oil of Echium amoenum Fisch., aim of the study was to determine and comparison of eight different accessions for 1000 seed weight, composition and content of fatty acids of the seed oil and determining the affinities of the accessions with regard to the seed oil yield. Some physicochemical characteristics of the oil were also measured. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications. Seed oil was extracted by soxhlet apparatus and the components were identified by GC/MS. For measuring the physicochemical characteristics of the oil including refractive index, acidity index, peroxide value, iodine value, saponification value, humidity, chlorophyll content and pH, standard methods of AOCS were used. Seven fatty acids were detected in composition of the oils. Linolenic acid, linoleic acid and oleic acid were identified as the main fatty acids. Acid gamma-linolenic was detected in oil analysis. No significant differences were recorded for 1000 seed weight and oil percentage at 95% level of probability while oil components showed significant differences. The farthest and the closest affinities were respectively recorded for (Esfahan and Rahim Abad) and (Zardband and Esfahan). Refractive index, acidity index, peroxide value, iodine value, saponification value, humidity, Chlorophyll content and pH were measured as follows, respectively: 1.47, 3.1 mg NaOH/g oil, 1.39 meq o2/1000 gr oil, 101.3 grI2/ 100gr oil, 163.02 mg KOH/g, 1.78%,16.9 mg Pheophytin/kg oil, and 5.8.
S. Zare Kia; R. Omidbaigi
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Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is an annual range medicinal plant that wildly grows in some places of Iran. This research is the first ecological survey on milk thistle. The purpose is was to study ecological characteristics and phonologic stages of milk thistle. The climate of the area ...
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Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is an annual range medicinal plant that wildly grows in some places of Iran. This research is the first ecological survey on milk thistle. The purpose is was to study ecological characteristics and phonologic stages of milk thistle. The climate of the area is wet. Annual average precipitation is 879.63 millimeters and annual average temperature is 16.29 centigrade. Results showed that the plant density and canopy cover in area was 30,000 plants per hectare and 33.2 % respectively. The mean length of root was 23 cm. The phonological studies showed that growth of roset leaves of milk thistle started from the end of September and continued till mid March. Stems appeared at the end of March, flowering took place from the end of April and the fruits ripped in mid May. On the basis of soil analysis, milk thistle prefers clay loam soils. Amounts of P, K, Ca, N, Organic matters, pH and EC were 4.25 ppm, 1584 ppm, 1.54 meq/lit, 0.16%, 4.26% and 0.1692 mMoh/cm respectively. Silymarin in the seed was 1.67%. Silybin in silymarin was 6.17%. Two different kinds of insect named: Oxythyrea cincletta and Epicormetis hirta poda observed on this plant.
