Medicinal plant Biotechnology
Mahnaz Arabibaf; Nadali Babaeian; Nadali Bagheri
Abstract
Trigonella foenum-graecum is annual plant and dicotyldones of the fabaceae family. Root, leaf and seed have important medicinal compounds. Manipulation of cell culture media with elicitors is one of the important strategies for induction of secondary metabolism and production of valuable metabolites. ...
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Trigonella foenum-graecum is annual plant and dicotyldones of the fabaceae family. Root, leaf and seed have important medicinal compounds. Manipulation of cell culture media with elicitors is one of the important strategies for induction of secondary metabolism and production of valuable metabolites. Salicylic acid as a non-biological elicitor is effective in increasing the production of pharmaceutical metabolites. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of salicylic acid on growth, some physiological and trigonelline production in in vitro culture of fenugreek. Fenugreek cell culture was obtained using cuticle extract of TN-47-155 fenugreek genotype in MS medium containing 0.35 mg / l TDZ and 0.05 mg / l IBA. Salicylic acid at concentrations of 12.5, 25, 50 mg / L were used. The cells were then treated with triglyceride and other physiological parameters after one week of treatment. The results of HPLC showed that cell growth and viability of the cells decreased as compared to the control. The amount of hydrogen peroxide and membrane lipid peroxidation in the cells increased compared to the control (without hormone) treatment. All treatments increased the production of TG and total phenol. Treatment of cells with 50 mg / l (75%) salicylic acid increased triglyceride levels twice as much as control (35%). Salicylic acid can be used as a stimulant in fenugreek cell culture and induces higher triglyceride production.
Bioinformatics
Shahrbano Mirdar Mansuri; Nadali Babaeian Jelodar; Zahra-Ssadat Shobbar; Ghorbanali Nematzadeh; Mohammad reza Ghaffari
Volume 7, Issue 19 , November 2017, , Pages 65-76
Abstract
Rice is a glycophyte plant and salinity stress is one of the most important obstacles for the rice production. Understanding complex molecular mechanisms of plant response to salt stress is necessary for developing salt tolerant rice. In this study, microarray data analysis was used for identification ...
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Rice is a glycophyte plant and salinity stress is one of the most important obstacles for the rice production. Understanding complex molecular mechanisms of plant response to salt stress is necessary for developing salt tolerant rice. In this study, microarray data analysis was used for identification of salt stress responsive genes. By analysis of 9 microarray data sets, 13798 differentially expressed genes were found. Gene ontology analysis of up-regulated genes in the salt tolerant genotypes showed that transcription factors enriched against rice genetic background. Based on the hub analysis results, most of the key genes were protein kinases, for example CPK10 and PFK. Amongst the transcription factors, GCN5 identified as the key gene in the hub analysis in this study. Totally, 10 hub genes were identified which belong to regulatory factors, transporters and signal transduction effectors. We hope that the obtained results would be beneficial toward developing the salt tolerant rice.