Agramonte c saleh ibrahim alqasoumi f adnan jathlan alrehaily f. This plant consists of a complicated network of branches with small leaves and bright yellow flowers. 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. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv, flavour and. The oil contained 107 volatile components of which 92% were terpenoids. The antidiarrheal activity of these plants might be due to their high contents of flavonoids and tannins. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antimicrobial and free. Desertification and land degradation has become a matter of increasing importance both locally and globally. 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. Eo free solutions were used as negative control, whereas standard. A linear relationship was found betweenestimated desert annual cover and biomass production.
Rhanterium epapposum arfaj, kuwait national flower i love q8. 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. Rhanterium epapposum with 50% fl is the most efficient in treating diabetes in jazan communities. Impact of precipitation patterns on biomass and species. The eos obtained using clevenger modified apparatus were characterized by high resolution gcms, while their antioxidant and antibacterial properties were examined by spectrophotometric and. Rhanterium species rhanterium epapposum name synonyms asteriscus arabicus velen. Germination studies in rhanterium epapposum oliv article pdf available in world applied sciences journal 7. Ecological significance of floristic composition and life. 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. Data analyses revealed that ethanolic extracts of both r. 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. 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.
Wound healing potential of methanolic extracts of some plants. Annuals are an important component part of plant communities in arid and semiarid grassland ecosystems. Seed germination of rhanterium epapposum in responses to aqueous extract of calligonum comosum stem. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Red sea nubosindian tropical desert and semidesert 73 5. In this study, free living n2fixing bacteria were enriched and isolated from the rhizospheric soil of three keystone native plant species of kuwait. 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.
This study was conducted to investigate floristic composition and plant life forms of riyadh region and their ecological significance. Jan 25, 2015 this page was last edited on 18 february 2018, at 10. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv yaghmai, mohammad shahram. 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. Pdf germination studies in rhanterium epapposum oliv. The eos obtained using clevenger modified apparatus were characterized by high resolution gcms, while their antioxidant and antibacterial properties were examined by. Chemical composition and antimicrobial, insectrepellent and anticholinesterase activities. Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the asteraceae family. Rhanterium epapposum 60%, haloxylon salicornicum 30%, nitraria retusa and zygophyllum qatarense 10% are the dominant plant communities in the reserve 37. 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.
Eo free solutions were used as negative control, whereas standard antimicrobial agents were used as a positive control. Molecules free fulltext phytochemical analysis and in. In parallel the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were evaluated. In vitro antioxidant activities of rhanterium suaveolens extracts. Native to the deserts of the arabian peninsula including saudi arabia, kuwait and qatar where it is known locally as arfaj arabic. Asteraceae essential oils monoterpenes abstract objective. 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. The composition of the essential oil of rhanterium epapposum oliv. Free radicals generation is involved in many disorders include nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs nsaidsinduced peptic ulcers 8. According to trotter and logan, plants which are used in some routine manner are more expected to be biologically active.
The species that gave the highest fl values are deliberated more encouraging candidate plants for indepth pharmacological. 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. Saudi arabia, oman, united arab emirates, qatar, bahrain, kuwait, iraq, iran, pakistan. 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. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicinal plants of. Reestablishment of native plants by seed germination.
Chemical diversity of essential oils from flowers, leaves, and. Antibacterial, antioxidant and enzyme inhibition activity. Potential antibacterial activity of some saudi arabia honey. The free radicals play role in many diseases by causing damage and aging in the cells seo et al. Allelopathic effect of arta calligonum comosum l extract on. Root associated bacteria were directly isolated from the root nodules of vachellia pachyceras. Allelopathic effect of arta calligonum comosum l extract.
The oil analyzed by thin layer chromatography, the results of phytochemical analysis indicated that the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids. Pdf alteration of the rhanterium epapposum plant community. Apr 17, 2019 riyadh region is one of the hardest habitats in saudi arabia with a hyperarid climate. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the. 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. A complete list of national flowers by country with amazing. Pdf alteration of the rhanterium epapposum plant community in. Comparative study for the volatile oil constituents and. It has been observed that more than sixty percent of the commercially.
The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the flowers of rhanterium adpressum coss. The current situation of rhanterium epapposum is quite critical in most areas of kuwait. Compositae growing in northeastern iran has been investigated by tlc, liquid. Pdf germination ecology of rhanterium epapposum oliv. Treatment g l 1 days to first germination time to 50% germination pg% cv% 2. Rhanterium epapposum is an excellent species for rangeland restoration and information on its germination ecology is meager. 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. It could be concluded that, the remarkable antidiarrheal activity of these plants attest to their utility in a wide range of stats of diarrhea. Home pharmacogn j, vol 11, issue 1, janfeb, 2019 comparative study for the volatile oil constituents and antimicrobial activity of rhanterium epapposum oliv. Influence of land degradation on the local rate of dust. Fattaka, and rhanterium epapposum arfaj, from hail region, northern saudi arabia, against the larval stages of the dengue fever vector, aedes aegypti. Aug 21, 2009 national flowers is the rhanterium epapposum. The essential oils of the aerial part of two asteraceae species, namely euryops arabicus steud. Bioextract harnesses the power of online informatics tools for creating and customizing workflows.
Scavenging the free radicals accumulating within the tissues is very important for protecting the organisms from many diseases. 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. The national flower of kuwait is arfaj rhanterium epapposum. This was accomplished using curve estimation and simple linear.
The essential oil was very rich in monoterpene compounds. 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. Rhanterium epapposum, locally called arfaj is the national flower of kuwait. Arfaj is a forage plant, grazed on by sheep and camel in the desert. Samira omar asem and jose kaitharath2 kuwait institute for. 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. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv, flavour.
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. Actually the plant is commonly known as rhanterium epapposum which is more popular and native to the deserts of saudi arabia and. 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. Reestablishment of native plants by seed germination in the state of kuwait 1.
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. Rhanterium epapposum, farsetia aegyptia, and haloxylon. All the experiments were performed in triplicate and mean of results is given in table 2. 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. 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. Actually the plant is commonly known as rhanterium epapposum which is more popular and native to the deserts of saudi arabia and kuwait. 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. This page was last edited on 18 february 2018, at 10. 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. Saudi arabia, oman, united arab emirates, qatar, bahrain, kuwait, iraq, iran, pakistan rhanterium suaveolens desf. Depression in growth and hepatonephropathy were severe in rats fed. A range of types of polluted soils, including fresh oil lakes, dry oil lakes, and tarcretes, damaged desert wildlife. 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. Heres a list of countries and their national flowers.
The fresh plant samples were airdried in the shade for. The essential oil eo of the aerial parts of rhanterium epapposum oliv. Volatile components of rhanterium epapposum oliv yaghmai. Evaluation of toxicity of rhanterium epapposum in wistar rats. Divulging diazotrophic bacterial community structure in. Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the leaves and. The major components identified were the monoterpene hydrocarbons. 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. Bioactivityguided investigation of geranium essential. 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. 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. Synonymic checklists of the vascular plants of the world 2019.
Mar 23, 20 rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the asteraceae family. 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. Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil. Effects of rainfall and grazing on vegetation yield and. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antimicrobial and free radicalscavenging activities of the essential oils from euryops arabicus and laggera decurrens. Chemical diversity of essential oils from flowers, leaves. Lena honey rhanterium epapposum, large influx honey acacia tortilis, olive alaatm honey olea europaea, dahbianh honey carduus acicularis, and citrus honey citrus sinensis. It is known that the plants have high antioxidant properties bahadori et al. The criteria of assessment of the plant toxicity were the effects on growth, organs of the body, hematological and serobiochemical parameters of rats. The antidiarrheal activity and phytoconstituents of some. The oil was subsequently analyzed by both gcfid and gcms, simultaneously.
Rhanterium epapposum community has been a great success at the farm level and can be adopted in other farms. Kuwait journal of science kjs a note on the minimum reduced reciprocal randic index of nvertex unicyclic graphs. Rhanterium epapposum, echinops spinosus and echinops hussoni, were the least efficacy. The investigation led to the identification of 48 and 44 compounds for both plants, respectively. 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. Each honey sample was collected in a sterile universal glass container and kept at. In saudi arabia, genus rhanterium is represented by r. 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. Phytoremediation of oilpolluted desert soil in kuwait. Scientific research and essays effectiveness of using. Dpph 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging activity.
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. A note on the augmented zagreb index of cacti with fixed number of vertices and cycles. The arfaj plant consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers about 1. Ausaj lycium shawii desert plant, common in the uae in variety of habitats. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicinal plants of jazan. Effectiveness of using oils extracts of peganum harmala. Rhanterium epapposum is an herbaceous plant widely distributed in the gulf. To evaluate the medicinal uses of rhanterium epapposum oliv. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Five major plant communities are recognized haloxylon salicornicum, rhanterium epapposum, cyperus congolmoratus, zygophyllum qatarense, and panicum turgidum. Early growth stages of the rare acridocarpus orientalis in.
It is an important first step in order to try to conserve the species and prevent its disappearance. Media in category rhanterium epapposum the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. The study aimed to compare the results obtained from volatile oil analysis of r. 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. Article information, pdf download for chemical composition and antioxidant. 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. 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. 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. The protection of this reserve from all anthropogenic activities has resulted in a sequence of ecological changes leading to self rehabilitation of natural vegetation. Picture archives flora of qatar asteraceae rhanterium epapposum rhanterium epapposum oliv. Remella1, nageswara rao kvv2, bhimji ambedkaru k3 department of pharmaceutical chemistry, acharya nagarjuna university, guntur, india.
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