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World J Microbiol Biotechnol
January 2025
Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Institute of Advanced Research, Koba Institutional Area, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382426, India.
Catharanthus roseus is a medicinal plant widely known for producing monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs), including therapeutic compounds such as vinblastine and vincristine, which are crucial for cancer treatment. However, the naturally low concentration of these alkaloids in plant tissues poses a significant challenge for large-scale production. This study explores the application of siderophore-producing bacteria for seed bacterization of Catharanthus roseus to enhance the production of MIAs, including vindoline, catharanthine, and vinblastine.
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January 2025
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow, 226015, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Catharanthus roseus leaves have been traditionally described to possess potent antidiabetic activity and some leaf-specific alkaloids, including vindoline, have been studied for their antidiabetic potential. The aim of the present study was to validate the antidiabetic property of the plant with special reference to vindoline. An Ayurveda-based method was used to prepare the Swaras [leaf juice extract (LJE)] of three familial C.
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December 2024
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
This study aimed to increase the concentrations of vindoline (VDL) and catharanthine (CAT) in Catharanthus roseus plants cultivated in an indoor farming system using artificial lighting and plasma-activated water (PAW). After a 61-days pre-treatment period under fluorescent lamps, plants were exposed to four treatments: white light (W) from the same fluorescent lamps, red light (R) from LEDs, W with PAW, and R with PAW. These combinations were evaluated at two sampling times: 45 days (T1) and 70 days (T2) after the end of pre-treatment (DAP).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant Cell Environ
December 2024
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
The evolutionary arms race between plants and insects has led to key adaptive innovations that drive diversification. Alkaloids are well-documented anti-herbivory compounds in plant chemical defences, but how these specialized metabolites are allocated to cope with both biotic and abiotic stresses concomitantly is largely unknown. To examine how plants prioritize their metabolic resources responding to herbivory and cold, we integrated dietary toxicity bioassay in insects with co-expression analysis, hierarchical clustering, promoter assay, and protein-protein interaction in plants.
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December 2024
Centre of Bio-Medical Research (CBMR), Sanjay Gandhi Post Institute of Medical Sciences Campus, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Catharanthus roseus, also known as Madagascar periwinkle, is a perennial plant renowned for its extensive pharmacological properties. It produces vital chemotherapeutic compounds, including vinblastine and vincristine, and exhibits anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antioxidant activities. In this study, we utilized a range of two-dimensional (2D) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, such as H-H correlation spectroscopy (COSY), H-H J-resolved NMR, and H-C heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) sensitivity-enhanced NMR spectroscopy, to identify key metabolites in C.
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