Catharanthus roseus
Current Research and Future Prospects
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Artemisia annua is a medicinal plant particularly known for the production of a sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin; a specialty metabolite known for its efficacy in the treatment of malaria by killing different st...
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Salinity stress is a chief abiotic hindrance affecting crop productivity and yield particularly in arid and semi-arid regions across the globe. Plants have evolved a network of physiological and molecular mec...
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Strigolactones (SLs) constitute a group of carotenoid-derived phytohormones with butenolide moieties. These hormones are involved in various functions, including regulation of secondary growth, shoot branching...
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Nickel (Ni), an essential micronutrient and a prime component of the plant enzyme urease, has an indispensable role in plants. Triacontanol (TRIA) is a conspicuous plant growth regulator in agriculture, which ...
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Scanty literature is available on the effect of various heavy metals (HMs) on Mentha species and their mitigation using different emerging trends. Kee** the prevailing problem regarding the contamination of HMs...
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Catharanthus roseus (L.) is a member of the family Apocynaceae, a rich source of indole alkaloids, used in several disorders like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, constipation, cancer, and menstrual problems. The...
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Eucalyptus (family Myrtaceae), represented by over 900 species distributed throughout the world, are well known for their essential oils. Nutrient supply is treated as a dynamic variable which is related to rela...
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Dhofar region of Oman has unique position in Arabic peninsula due to Kharif (monsoon) season. During the season, the area receives sufficient water required for development of various type of vegetation includ...
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Cancer has taken millions of lives in the passing decade alarming the scientists to urgently design the magic bullets for this jeopardy. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don reportedly emerged as a remedy to this prob...
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Medicinal legumes (Fabaceae family) bear primary and secondary metabolites and other important compounds such as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and other useful products. The medicinal legumes are potential ...
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Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae) is a medicinal plant that produces indole alkaloids used in cancer chemotherapy. C. roseus has been the most commonly used model plant for the study of the biosynthe...
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Catharanthus roseus L. is a potent medicinal plant belonging to Apocynaceae family. In a number of countries, different parts of it are traditionally used in the treatment of various diseases, e.g. diabetes, men...
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Plants, because of their sessile nature, are the foremost organisms which always face several environmental stresses such as extreme temperatures, drought, water logging, salinity, and heavy metals, which seve...
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In the present investigation, the role of salicylic acid (SA) in inducing salinity tolerance was studied in Artemisia annua L., which is a major source of the antimalarial drug artemisinin. SA, when applied at 1....
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Triacontanol (TRIA) has been realized as a potent plant growth promoting substance for a number of agricultural and horticultural crops. Out of a large number of essential oil bearing plants, mint (Mentha arvensi...
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A pot experiment was conducted to find out whether the foliar spray of salicylic acid (SA) could successfully ameliorate the adverse effects of salinity stress on periwinkle. Thirty-day-old plants were supplie...
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Salinity stress affects many metabolic facets of plants and induces anatomical and morphological changes resulting in reduced growth and productivity. To overcome the damaging effects of salinity, different st...