Assessment of cupressus sempervirensis L. hardiness through carbohydrates and pigments content in the leaves

Alkurdi, Maryam I.S.; Supuka, Ján

doi:10.15576/asp.fc/2015.14.2.3

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“…Some Chlorophyll a fluorescence ratios are frequently used to evaluate stress conditions [36]. The Chl a/b ratio increased while chlorophyll content decreased in response to planting type, the results agree with [37]; [38]. The responses of all species were in the same direction, but differed in magnitude.Carotenoids have two important functions in plants.…”

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Viburnum tinus L. as a new Mediterranean element for central Europe urban landscapes

Supuka¹,

Feriancová²,

Bihuňová³

2014

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Viburnum tinus L. as a new Mediterranean element for central Europe urban landscapes

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2014

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“…Cupressus sempervirens commercially known as "Cypress", a medium-sized evergreen tree to 35 m belongs to the family Cupressaceae, is a species of Cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region (Tapondjou et al, 2005;Alkurdi and Supuka, 2015). Cupressus sempervirens is medicinal plant and act as expectorant and astringent and used externally for treating coughs and bronchitis.…”

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Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Anticancer Properties and Toxicity Evaluation of Leaf Essential Oil of <i>Cupressus sempervirens</i>

Fayed

2015

Not Bot Hort Agrobot Cluj

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The essential oil isolated by hydro-distillation from Cupressus sempervirens (Cypress) leaves was analysed by GC-MS and tested for antioxidant and in vitro as well as in vivo anticancer activities. In addition, the toxicity effect of the essential oil was studied using normal Swiss mice. Eighteen components of Cypress essential oil were identified and the main essential oil components were α-pinene (29.21%), δ3-carene (18.92%), α-cedrol (12.25%), α-terpinolene (7.66%) and limonene (5.50%). Cupressus sempervirens essential oil was able to reduce the stable, purple-colored radical DPPH into yellow-colored DPPH reaching 50% of reduction with IC50 value = 290.09 μg mL -1. The in vitro anticancer activity of the essential oil was studied against two human promyelocytic leukemia cell lines (HL-60 and NB4) and experimental animals model cancer cell line (EACC). Cypress essential oil exerted the highest cytotoxic activity with a LC50 of 333.79 µg mL -1 against NB4 followed by HL-60 and EACC cell lines (LC50 of 365.41, and 372.43 µg mL -1 , respectively). Regarding in vivo anticancer study, pre-initiation treatment with the essential oil was more effective than initiation and post-initiation treatments respectively on the tumor (EACC) transplanted female mice (increase lifespan (%), decrease total EACC number and increase dead cells). In toxicity study, serum urea, transaminases and lactate dehydrogenase were increased. The results obtained from this study showed that the Cypress essential oil possesses antioxidant and anticancer properties, taking into consideration its mild toxicity.

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Solvent retention capacity as a useful tool for quality evaluation of flours produced from Slovak bred wheat varieties

Holkovičová,

Kohajdová,

Lauková

et al. 2024

Acta Chimica Slovaca

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Wheat varieties (IS Danubius and MS Luneta) bred in Slovakia were assessed for their bakery potential. It was found that flour produced from IS Danubius was characterised by significantly higher level of wet and dry gluten content (30.91 and 20.53 %, respectively) and exhibited higher gluten swelling capacity (29.3 %) in comparison to commercial wheat flour that is usually available in Slovak markets. Solvent retention capacity (solvation in specific solvents) of the tested flours was also determined. The measurements showed that these parameters significantly differ from those determined for commercially available flour, whereas the flour produced from IS Danubius wheat variety had the highest lactic acid retention capacity (124.15 %). Correlation analysis indicated strong positive correlations between solvent retention capacity values and gluten characteristics. Furthermore, it was found that baked rolls prepared from IS Danubius flour showed significantly higher loaf volume compared to commercial wheat flour. This study proves lactic acid retention capacity and sucrose retention capacity as parameters enabling the prediction of gluten network quality in dough and of qualitative parameters of baked goods. From the sensory evaluation resulted that the highest score for overall acceptance was observed in IS Danubius baked rolls, which significantly differs from both MS Luneta and commercial wheat flour.

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Assessment of cupressus sempervirensis L. hardiness through carbohydrates and pigments content in the leaves

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Viburnum tinus L. as a new Mediterranean element for central Europe urban landscapes

Viburnum tinus L. as a new Mediterranean element for central Europe urban landscapes

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Anticancer Properties and Toxicity Evaluation of Leaf Essential Oil of <i>Cupressus sempervirens</i>

Solvent retention capacity as a useful tool for quality evaluation of flours produced from Slovak bred wheat varieties

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