In Vitro Culture of Rheum emodi Wall: An Endangered Medicinal Plant of Northwestern Himalaya

Tabin, Shagoon; Kamili, Azra N.; Gupta, Rajesh; Parray, Javid A.; Bansal, Anshu

doi:10.1007/s40011-016-0835-7

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“…In contrast, Polygonum hydropiper exhibited a preferential multiple shoot induction from shoot tip on KIN over BAP (Hasan & Sikdar, 2010). Effectiveness of BAP to induce multiple shoots was also reported on a variety of plants such as R. vesicarius, Cassia alata and Rheum emodi (Abo El-Soud et al, 2011;Ahmed et al, 2017 andTabin et al, 2017). Superiority of BAP for shoot induction may be due to the ability of plant tissue to metabolize BAP more readily than other synthetic growth regulators (Kalia et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In addition, it is an efficient mean of germplasm exchange, storage and maintenance. Micropropagation via shoot tips and stem meristems has been applied on rare and endangered medicinal plants like Polygonum hydropiper, R. vesicarius, Hypericum gaitii and Rheum emodi (Hasan & Sikdar, 2010;Abo El-Soud et al, 2011;Swain et al, 2016 andTabin et al, 2017) due to preserving the genetic integrity of the propagated plants. Extensive studies investigated the utilization of plant cell cultures for the production of plant metabolites with pharmacological activities (Matkowski, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A main factor that masters the growth and success of the in vitro plant culture is growth regulators; auxins and cytokinins. The cytokinin, 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), was found to induce in vitro regeneration of medicinal plants either alone (Al Khateeb et al, 2017) or when it was combined with auxins such as IBA (Tabin et al, 2017), NAA (Swain et al, 2016) or IAA; indole-3-acetic acid (Moharami et al, 2014 andŚlesak et al, 2014). Moreover, the involvement of cytokinins in callus culture media and their contribution in callus induction and proliferation are well established.…”

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Effect of growth regulators on micropropagation, callus induction and callus flavonoid content of Rumex pictus Forssk

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T HE CURRENT study investigates the effect of growth regulators on micropropagation, callus induction and callus flavonoid content of Rumex pictus Forssk; an endangered medicinal plant. Various combinations of kintin (KIN), 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), Thidiazuron (TDZ) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) were used for micropropagation from shoot tip explants. Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 2mg L-1 BAP was the best for micropropagation where shoot formation frequency was 70% with 12.6 shoots/explant. The highest root formation frequency resulted on half-strength MS medium fortified with 2mg L-1 naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) or 1mg L-1 IBA. One mg L-1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) combined with 0.4mg L-1 BAP induced the highest callus mass production from the investigated explants, particularly 1 st foliage leaf that was the best explant for callus induction and proliferation. The accumulation of flavonoids in callus was diminished by BAP but enhanced by increasing 2,4-D concentration in culture medium. To our knowledge, this is the first report of micropropagation and callus induction of this endangered medicinal plant which will help in its rapid mass production, conservation and in vitro production of secondary metabolites.

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confidence: 91%

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“…The Rheum plant (commonly called Rhubarb), belongs to the family Polygonaceae of the group Monochlamydae of Dicots, is the world over-represented by 60 species, of which only 7 species have been reported from the Indian subcontinent [1]. According to Stewart [2], all the seven species (including R. emodi, R. spiciforme & R. webbianum) reported from the Indian subcontinent are also present in the Kashmir Himalaya.…”

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“…According to Lindley's Treasury of Botany, the name is derived from the Greek rheo ('to flow'), in allusion to the purgative properties of the root. A total of 560 plant species of India are included in the Red List of Threatened species by IUCN, including Rheumspecies [1,3]. Rheum emodi is included in critically endangered species.…”

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Medical and medicinal importance of Rheum spp. collected from different altitudes of the Kashmir Himalayan range

Tabin

Gupta

kamili

et al. 2022

Cell. Mol. Biomed. Rep.

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Most of the plants are essential due to their medicinal properties and have contributed to the origin and evolution of many traditional herbal therapies. Rheum is also one of the famous and known medicinal plants of Kashmir Himalaya. It ranges from an altitude of 1700-5500 m. Its Roots are long and stout. The stem is erect, hollow, sulcate, glabrous, or strigose. It is native to Asia-Temperate to Asia-Tropical, from China to India, Nepal, and Pakistan. In India, its found in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh. Rhubarb is the English name of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae). Emodi, Webbianum and Spiciforme are three species of Rheum found in Kashmir Himalaya. Rheum species are wellknown medicinal plant and is found on high altitudes. Its leaves and stalks are taken as food and cooked as vegetables. It's used as medicine and is generally proven more effective against certain ailments like antibacterial, anticancerous, anti-inflammatory, rheumatoid diseases, stomachache, and intestinal problems. It is also used for the treatment of indigestion, abdominal disorders, boils, wounds and flatulence. But Rheum has become endangered due to exploitation. Active compounds like aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysaphanol and physicion are found in this plant which is anti Cancerian agents. High molecular diversity is also observed in all the three species of Rheum.

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In vitro propagation and establishment of adventitious root cultures of Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meisn for quantification of emodin production

Singh

Chaturvedi

2021

In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant

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In Vitro Culture of Rheum emodi Wall: An Endangered Medicinal Plant of Northwestern Himalaya

Cited by 6 publications

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Effect of growth regulators on micropropagation, callus induction and callus flavonoid content of Rumex pictus Forssk

Effect of growth regulators on micropropagation, callus induction and callus flavonoid content of Rumex pictus Forssk

Medical and medicinal importance of Rheum spp. collected from different altitudes of the Kashmir Himalayan range

In vitro propagation and establishment of adventitious root cultures of Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meisn for quantification of emodin production

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