Catharanthus roseus
Current Research and Future Prospects
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Natural Polysaccharides: Novel Plant Growth Regulators
The recent decades have marked the applications of numerous growth promoters to meet the demands of the ever-growing population. However, their toxicity and side effects have always been a concern. This led th...
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An Insight into the Role of Plant Growth Regulators in Stimulating Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Some Medicinally Important Plants
Abiotic stress occur when the environmental condition changes abundant to disturb the cellular functions. The most common stresses that frequently occur are salinity (in the form of NaCl), drought, heavy metal...
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The Role of Micronutrients in Growth and Development: Transport and Signalling Pathways from Crosstalk Perspective
Micronutrients usually exhibit toxic effects at higher concentrations on physiological and structural characteristics of plants and are required in low amounts. Plants have acquired highly tuned mechanisms to ...
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Intimidating Effects of Heavy Metals on Mentha Species and Their Mitigation Using Scientific Approaches
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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The Accumulation and Degradation of Alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus Supported by Various External Agents Under Different Environmental Conditions
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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Nutrient Uptake, Removal, and Cycling in Eucalyptus Species
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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Nutrients Requirement of Medicinal Plants of Dhofar Region of Oman
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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Unraveling the Cumulative Effect of Soil-Applied Radiation-Processed Sodium Alginate and Polyacrylamide on Growth Attributes, Physiological Activities, and Alkaloids Production in Periwinkle [Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don]
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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Regulatory Role of Mineral Nutrients in Nurturing of Medicinal Legumes Under Salt Stress
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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Plant Efficacy and Alkaloids Production in Sadabahar (Catharanthus roseus L.): Role of Potent PGRs and Mineral Nutrients
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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Vincristine and Vinblastine Anticancer Catharanthus Alkaloids: Pharmacological Applications and Strategies for Yield Improvement
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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Artemisia annua: A Miraculous Herb to Cure Malaria
Artemisia annua L. (family Asteraceae) is the only source of a potent antimalarial drug artemisinin that has been used for centuries in Chinese traditional therapy for the treatment of fever and mala...
