Heavy metals in contaminated environment: destiny of secondary metabolite biosynthesis, oxidative status and phytoextraction in medicinal plants

BA Lajayer, M Ghorbanpour, S Nikabadi - … and Environmental Safety, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Heavy metals uptake and translocation by medicinal plants depends on various
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …

Exploring the anti-hypertensive potential of lemongrass—a comprehensive review

H Silva, R Bárbara - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lemongrass is an herb used in folk medicine for the treatment of
hypertension, although its pharmacological potential has not yet been thoroughly studied …

Repellent efficacy of 20 essential oils on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and Ixodes scapularis ticks in contact-repellency assays

HA Luker, KR Salas, D Esmaeili, FO Holguin… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cases of mosquito-and tick-borne diseases are rising worldwide. Repellent products can
protect individual users from being infected by such diseases. In a previous study, we …

Does mineral fertilization modify essential oil content and chemical composition in medicinal plants?

R Nurzyńska-Wierdak - Acta Scientiarum Polonorum …, 2013 - czasopisma.up.lublin.pl
Essential oils are the main active components of many essential oil raw materials. This is the
most numerous group of medicinal raw materials, which has a big tradition and still a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Contact, fumigant, and cytotoxic activities of thyme and lemongrass essential oils against larvae and an ovarian cell line of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni

JH Tak, E Jovel, MB Isman - Journal of pest science, 2016 - Springer
The chemical composition of a plant essential oil can be affected by many environmental
and biological factors. Understanding the role of individual constituents as well as their …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza augments essential oil composition and antioxidant properties of Ocimum tenuiflorum L.–A popular green tea additive

SD Thokchom, S Gupta, R Kapoor - Industrial crops and products, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing interest and demand of Ocimum tenuiflorum L. and its products in different
industrial sectors necessitate appropriate cultural practices for cultivation of the plant with …

Productivity, essential oil yield, and heavy metal accumulation in lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) under varied wastewater–groundwater irrigation regimes

K Lal, RK Yadav, R Kaur, DS Bundela, MI Khan… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Huge quantities of wastewater generated from municipalities need to be disposed off at
regulated rates in non-edible crops viz. aromatic and medicinal plants to avoid food chain …

Modification of yield and composition of essential oils by distillation time

JB Cannon, CL Cantrell, T Astatkie… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Altering the distillation times of economically important essential oils such as peppermint
(Mentha× piperita L.), lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus Steud.), and palmarosa …

Application of artificial neural network and response surface methodology for predicting and optimizing dual-fuel CI engine characteristics using hydrogen and bio fuel …

N Hariharan, V Senthil, M Krishnamoorthi, SV Karthic - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, the experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of using hydrogen (H
2) andLemon Grass Oil (LGO) as a partial substitute fuel for diesel in a single-cylinder …

The impact of irrigation intervals and npk/yeast on the vegetative growth characteristics and essential oil content of lemongrass

N Mahmoud, MAH Abdou, S Salaheldin, WS Soliman… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growth and quality of medicinal plants are greatly affected by environmental stress, with
over half of the world's agricultural land facing water shortages. This research was …