Dpph 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging activity. Pdf germination ecology of rhanterium epapposum oliv. In fact it has completely disappeared from most parts of the country due to a combination of overgrazing, collecting for firewood and off road driving. The potential anti helicobacter pylori and antioxidant. Saudi arabia, oman, united arab emirates, qatar, bahrain, kuwait, iraq, iran, pakistan. Potential antibacterial activity of some saudi arabia honey. Rhanterium epapposum is an herbaceous plant widely distributed in the gulf region and used by bedouins as antiseptic for wounds, skin infections and in gastrointestinal disturbances. Ecological significance of floristic composition and life. Phytoremediation of oilpolluted desert soil in kuwait.
The oil analyzed by thin layer chromatography, the results of phytochemical analysis indicated that the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids. A complete list of national flowers by country with amazing. Pdf alteration of the rhanterium epapposum plant community in. Heres a list of countries and their national flowers. The criteria of assessment of the plant toxicity were the effects on growth, organs of the body, hematological and serobiochemical parameters of rats. Apr 17, 2019 riyadh region is one of the hardest habitats in saudi arabia with a hyperarid climate. Chemical diversity of essential oils from flowers, leaves. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antimicrobial and free. The essential oils of the aerial part of two asteraceae species, namely euryops arabicus steud. Read rapid vegetation regeneration in a seriously degraded rhanterium epapposum community in northern kuwait after 4 years of protection, journal of environmental management on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. This page was last edited on 18 february 2018, at 10. Eo free solutions were used as negative control, whereas standard.
This study was conducted to investigate floristic composition and plant life forms of riyadh region and their ecological significance. Rhanterium epapposum is an excellent species for rangeland restoration and information on its germination ecology is meager. Allelopathic effect of arta calligonum comosum l extract. The record derives from tica data supplied on 20120211 which reports it as an accepted name record 1f9475b1f90d4b579efa8ad395922d1d with original publication details. Native to the deserts of saudi arabia and kuwait where it is known locally as arfaj arabic. Compositae growing in northeastern iran has been investigated by tlc, liquid. Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the leaves and. Extracts of heliotropium bacciferum, rhanterium epapposum, achillea fragrantissima, artemisia herbaalba, haloxylon salicornicum, deverra triradiata, echinops hussoni, prosopis farcta, cyperus conglomeratus and astragalus spinosus were the. Agramonte c saleh ibrahim alqasoumi f adnan jathlan alrehaily f. Users can query online sequence data, analyze it using a broad array of informatics tools web service or desktop, create and share custom workflows for repeated analysis, and save the resulting data and workflows in standardized reports. Desertification and land degradation has become a matter of increasing importance both locally and globally. Chemical composition and antimicrobial, insectrepellent and anticholinesterase activities.
The species that gave the highest fl values are deliberated more encouraging candidate plants for indepth pharmacological. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the. A linear relationship was found betweenestimated desert annual cover and biomass production. Article information, pdf download for chemical composition and antioxidant. The arfaj plant consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers about 1. The oil was subsequently analyzed by both gcfid and gcms, simultaneously. Actually the plant is commonly known as rhanterium epapposum which is more popular and native to the deserts of saudi arabia and kuwait. The antidiarrheal activity and phytoconstituents of some. Wound healing potential of methanolic extracts of some plants. Rhanterium epapposum, locally called arfaj is the national flower of kuwait.
The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the flowers of rhanterium adpressum coss. The seed germination and seedling establishment of the rare acridocarpus orientalis were investigated to understand its requirements for further seedlings establishment in the united arab emirates uae. Rhanterium is a genus of dwarfshrubs in the plougmansspikenard tribe within the daisy family growing in the deserts of the middle east and northern africa. Media in category rhanterium epapposum the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. In parallel the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were evaluated.
To evaluate the medicinal uses of rhanterium epapposum oliv. Reestablishment of native plants by seed germination. It is an important first step in order to try to conserve the species and prevent its disappearance. Rhanterium epapposum is an herbaceous plant widely distributed in the gulf.
Early growth stages of the rare acridocarpus orientalis in. Essential oils extracted from two medicinal plants peganum harmala and rhanterium epapposum native to the arabian peninsula specially saudi arabia, were evaluated for their larvicidal effects and emergence of khapra beetle trogoderma granarium adults. Germination studies in rhanterium epapposum oliv article pdf available in world applied sciences journal 7. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicinal plants of jazan. Asteraceae, a perennial bushy shrub common name arfaj is broadly distributed across saudi arabia, and is the only species of the genus found in the middle east collenette, 1999. Rhanterium epapposum, echinops spinosus and echinops hussoni, were the least efficacy. Each honey sample was collected in a sterile universal glass container and kept at. Saudi arabia, oman, united arab emirates, qatar, bahrain, kuwait, iraq, iran, pakistan rhanterium suaveolens desf. Chemical diversity of essential oils from flowers, leaves, and. It has been observed that more than sixty percent of the commercially. Scientific research and essays effectiveness of using.
Arfaj is a forage plant, grazed on by sheep and camel in the desert. Asteraceae essential oils monoterpenes abstract objective. A complete list of national flowers by country with amazing pictures most countries of the world have a designated national flower that forms their floral emblem. In saudi arabia, genus rhanterium is represented by r. Seed germination of rhanterium epapposum in responses to aqueous extract of calligonum comosum stem. Bioactivityguided investigation of geranium essential. Aug 21, 2009 national flowers is the rhanterium epapposum. Remella1, nageswara rao kvv2, bhimji ambedkaru k3 department of pharmaceutical chemistry, acharya nagarjuna university, guntur, india. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Rhanterium is a genus of dwarfshrubs in the plougmansspikenard tribe within the daisy family growing in the deserts of the middle east and northern africa species. Root associated bacteria were directly isolated from the root nodules of vachellia pachyceras. The antidiarrheal activity of these plants might be due to their high contents of flavonoids and tannins. A note on the augmented zagreb index of cacti with fixed number of vertices and cycles. Rhanterium epapposum arfaj, kuwait national flower i love q8. Jul 23, 2019 in this study, free living n2fixing bacteria were enriched and isolated from the rhizospheric soil of three keystone native plant species of kuwait. Effectiveness of using oils extracts of peganum harmala. As a result of damage caused during the first gulf war in 19901991, the kuwaiti environment suffered from drastic pollution caused by massive petroleum hydrocarbon contamination resulting from the destruction and burning of 700 oil wells across kuwait. This was accomplished using curve estimation and simple linear. Free radicals generation is involved in many disorders include nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs nsaidsinduced peptic ulcers 8. The composition of the essential oil of rhanterium epapposum oliv. A study of rhanterium epapposum local name arfaj and haloxylon salicornicum local name remeth steppe was therefore effected to determine the seasonal variation in aboveground phytomass and percentage cover, and to investigate differences.
Evaluation of toxicity of rhanterium epapposum in wistar rats. In vitro antioxidant activities of rhanterium suaveolens extracts. Although it is well known that precipitation has a significant impact on productivity and species richness of community or perennials, nevertheless, due to lack of measurements, especially longterm experiment data, there is little information on how quantity and. Lena honey rhanterium epapposum, large influx honey acacia tortilis, olive alaatm honey olea europaea, dahbianh honey carduus acicularis, and citrus honey citrus sinensis. Eo free solutions were used as negative control, whereas standard antimicrobial agents were used as a positive control. The arfag rhanterium epapposum and harmel peganum harmala plants were collected from different locations of majmaah area in saudi arabia in the early flowering period march to april 2018 figure 2 and 3. The essential oil eo of the aerial parts of rhanterium epapposum oliv.
A range of types of polluted soils, including fresh oil lakes, dry oil lakes, and tarcretes, damaged desert wildlife. The eos obtained using clevenger modified apparatus were characterized by high resolution gcms, while their antioxidant and antibacterial properties were examined by. Influence of land degradation on the local rate of dust. Kuwait journal of science kjs a note on the minimum reduced reciprocal randic index of nvertex unicyclic graphs. Reestablishment of native plants by seed germination in the state of kuwait 1. Arfaj rhanterium epapposum once a common dwarf shrub in many northeastern parts of uae, overgrazing has led to the disappearance of the species in many locations. Bioextract harnesses the power of online informatics tools for creating and customizing workflows. 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. Effects of rainfall and grazing on vegetation yield and. Home pharmacogn j, vol 11, issue 1, janfeb, 2019 comparative study for the volatile oil constituents and antimicrobial activity of rhanterium epapposum oliv.
Journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry extraction and evaluation of antioxidant activity of hibiscus cannabis. Chemical composition and antimicrobial, insectrepellent and anticholinesterase activities author links open overlay panel betul demirci a hasan soliman yusufoglu b nurhayat tabanca c halide edip temel d ulrich r. The biological tests were carried out using a vertical filter paper bioassay, where ticks must cross an area of the paper treated with repellent to approach host stimuli. The major components identified were the monoterpene hydrocarbons. Rhanterium epapposum with 50% fl is the most efficient in treating diabetes in jazan communities. Depression in growth and hepatonephropathy were severe in rats fed. The evaluation of 10 essential oils of geranium, pelargonium graveolens geraniaceae, were all shown to have repellent activity against nymphs of the medically important lone star tick, amblyomma americanum l. Rhanterium epapposum is a perennial shrub usually found northern part of kuwait is on the verge of extinction due to overgrazing and use as a source of firewood brown, 2003. Synonymic checklists of the vascular plants of the world 2019. The national flower of kuwait is arfaj rhanterium epapposum. It could be concluded that, the remarkable antidiarrheal activity of these plants attest to their utility in a wide range of stats of diarrhea. Data analyses revealed that ethanolic extracts of both r.
Pdf alteration of the rhanterium epapposum plant community. The free radicals play role in many diseases by causing damage and aging in the cells seo et al. Read volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv, flavour and fragrance journal on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antimicrobial and free radicalscavenging activities of the essential oils from euryops arabicus and laggera decurrens. The study aimed to compare the results obtained from volatile oil analysis of r. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil. Actually the plant is commonly known as rhanterium epapposum which is more popular and native to the deserts of saudi arabia and. Pdf germination studies in rhanterium epapposum oliv. Antibacterial, antioxidant and enzyme inhibition activity. Rhanterium epapposum 60%, haloxylon salicornicum 30%, nitraria retusa and zygophyllum qatarense 10% are the dominant plant communities in the reserve 37. Five major plant communities are recognized haloxylon salicornicum, rhanterium epapposum, cyperus congolmoratus, zygophyllum qatarense, and panicum turgidum. On the other hand, there is an increasing demand of the herbal medicines as they are safe, effective, economical, ecofriendly and free from deleterious effects.
This plant consists of a complicated network of branches with small leaves and bright yellow flowers. Samira omar asem and jose kaitharath2 kuwait institute for. The considerable variations in germination between years lead us to study the variation in the size, mass and number of filled achenes in the capitulum. Different extracts were tested for in vitro free radical scavenging assays, such as hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, inhibition of lipid peroxidation and inhibition of hydrogen induced erythrocyte haemolysis. The investigation led to the identification of 48 and 44 compounds for both plants, respectively. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv yaghmai, mohammad shahram. Pdf on jan 1, 2009, majda khalil suleiman and others published germination studies in rhanterium epapposum oliv find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Annuals are an important component part of plant communities in arid and semiarid grassland ecosystems. In this study, free living n2fixing bacteria were enriched and isolated from the rhizospheric soil of three keystone native plant species of kuwait. Rhanterium epapposum community has been a great success at the farm level and can be adopted in other farms. Products under royalty free license can be used without liability to pay any license fees for multiple lifelong uses, or sales volume of final product after being paid for once. Jan 25, 2015 this page was last edited on 18 february 2018, at 10. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv yaghmai. Fattaka, and rhanterium epapposum arfaj, from hail region, northern saudi arabia, against the larval stages of the dengue fever vector, aedes aegypti.
Molecules free fulltext phytochemical analysis and in. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The fresh plant samples were airdried in the shade for. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv, flavour. Liver of a fed 200 g r epapposum liet for 12 weeks, shoving cytoplasmic fatty vacuolation and necrosis of the hefatocytey hand e the lowest doi feed efficiencybut of the animals died dlring the course of the e. It is known that the plants have high antioxidant properties bahadori et al. According to trotter and logan, plants which are used in some routine manner are more expected to be biologically active. Red sea nubosindian tropical desert and semidesert 73 5. Aug 01, 2003 read rapid vegetation regeneration in a seriously degraded rhanterium epapposum community in northern kuwait after 4 years of protection, journal of environmental management on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Comparative study for the volatile oil constituents and. Native to the deserts of the arabian peninsula including saudi arabia, kuwait and qatar where it is known locally as arfaj arabic. The essential oil was very rich in monoterpene compounds. Apr 23, 2015 we evaluated the impacts of precipitation patterns annual precipitation, growingseason precipitation and spring precipitation on aboveground biomass, interannual variation of aboveground biomass, relative aboveground biomass and species richness of annuals across 29 years. Scavenging the free radicals accumulating within the tissues is very important for protecting the organisms from many diseases.
The protection of this reserve from all anthropogenic activities has resulted in a sequence of ecological changes leading to self rehabilitation of natural vegetation. Rhanterium species rhanterium epapposum name synonyms asteriscus arabicus velen. Treatment g l 1 days to first germination time to 50% germination pg% cv% 2. Divulging diazotrophic bacterial community structure in. The current situation of rhanterium epapposum is quite critical in most areas of kuwait. We present the first reported study of the effects of feeding rhanterium epapposum aerial parts at 20, 50, 100 and 200 g kg1 of standard diet to male wistar rats for 12 weeks. Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the family asteraceae. Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the asteraceae family. The product may not be sold, given, or assigned to another person or entity in the form it is downloaded from the site. The economic feasibility of establishing arfaj community in a large scale has been assessed and found that the reported methodology could be effectively used with some modifications of the irrigation system in the field. The eos obtained using clevenger modified apparatus were characterized by high resolution gcms, while their antioxidant and antibacterial properties were examined by spectrophotometric and. Mar 23, 20 rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the asteraceae family.
Arfaj arfaj rhanterium epapposum a dwarf shrub with spherical foliage and beautiful, large, yellowbrown inflorescences, the arfaj, the national flower of kuwait, kingdom plantae phylum tracheophyta class magnoliopsida order asterales family asteraceae genus rhanterium 1. Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the leaves and stem essential oils eos of jatropha gossypifolia and their efficacies against infectious and oxidative stress diseases were studied in vitro. Allelopathic effect of arta calligonum comosum l extract on. Rhanterium epapposum, farsetia aegyptia, and haloxylon. Ausaj lycium shawii desert plant, common in the uae in variety of habitats. All the experiments were performed in triplicate and mean of results is given in table 2. The oil contained 107 volatile components of which 92% were terpenoids. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv, flavour and. Certain genotypes of rhanterium epapposum, gynandiris sisyrinchium, haloxylon salicornium, lycium shawii, nitraria retusa, ochradenus baccatus and gypsophila capillaris, were selected and tissue culture technology was developed because of their potential for use in desert revegetation, phytoremediation and urban landscaping. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicinal plants of. Picture archives flora of qatar asteraceae rhanterium epapposum rhanterium epapposum oliv. Impact of precipitation patterns on biomass and species.
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