THE EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, CONCENTRATION OF NAPHTHOQUINONES AND ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF EUCLEA NATALENSIS (EBENACEAE)
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| Title | THE EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, CONCENTRATION OF NAPHTHOQUINONES AND ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF EUCLEA NATALENSIS (EBENACEAE) |
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| Abstract | The effect of Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium (NPK) (2:1:2 (44)) fertilizers on growth, content of bioactive naphthoquinones (shinanolone, 7-methyljuglone, diospyrin, isodiospyrin and neodiospyrin) and antimycobacterial activity was investigated in seedlings of Euclea natalensis grown under shade and in field conditions. Seedlings were subjected to three differential fertilization regimes (Treatment 1 at 10 g/l, Treatment 2 at 20 g/l and Treatment 3 at 40 g/l). Naphthoquinones were quantified using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The bioactivity of root extracts from seedlings was tested against Mycobacterium smegmatis and M. tuberculosis. Treatment 2 enhanced the vegetative performance of seedlings grown under shadehouse conditions (P |
| Publisher | African Ethnomedicines Network |
| Date | 2009-06-07 |
| Source | African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines (AJTCAM) ABSTRACTS OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS, CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER 2008 |
| Rights | Articles can be used for educational and non-comercial purposes. The copyrights of articles are retained by the authors with publication rights granted to AJTCAM. |