{"title":"Antioxidant Activity and Phytochemical Profile in Sequential Solvent Extract of Faloak (Sterculia quadrifida) Leaves and Stem Bark","authors":"Finna Setiawan","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.2323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2323","url":null,"abstract":"Faloak (Sterculia quadrifida R.Br) is an endemic plant of East Nusa Tenggara Island. This plant was found in the East Nusa Tenggara archipelago, including Timor, Sumba, Flores, Alor and Rote Islands. Traditionally, the community used this plant for a variety of therapeutic purposes. Faloak demonstrate numerous biological activities, primarily attributable to its secondary metabolite compounds. The presence of phenolic compounds and flavonoids renders it a good candidate for the development of a novel natural antioxidant resource. Faloak possesses several biological activities related to its high antioxidant content. However, research on antioxidant, phenolic, and flavonoids content of Faloak leaves and stembark in different solvent remains limited. This study aims to investigate the antioxidant activity of Faloak leaves and stembark the ABTS (2, 2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) and DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1- (2, 4, 6-trinitrophenyl) hydrazyl) radical scavenging assay in different solvents. Measurement of phenolic and flavonoids levels, together with thin layer chromatography (TLC) bioautography, is performed to predict the related antioxidant compounds. The results showed that ethanol, as a polar solvent, produced the highest output, indicating that Faloak mostly comprises a polar compound. Leaves have a higher concentration of phenolic and flavonoid compounds than stembark. Leaves and stembark have significant antioxidant activity. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) combined with bioautography confirmed the presence of polyphenols and flavonoids, which are likely responsible for the antioxidant activity in the Faloak fractions. Bioautography also yielded active compounds with antioxidant activity. The stembark and leaves of Faloak possess antioxidant properties; nevertheless, the leaves demonstrate significant potential as a candidate for diverse pharmacological treatments due to their robust antioxidant activity and sustainability.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"33 06","pages":"330603-330603"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2323","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147904256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microbe-Derived Antioxidants Promote the Expression of Nutrient Transporters through Regulating Apoptosis and Autophagy in Mice Challenged with Diquat","authors":"Xindan Chen, Takami Sho, Weina Xu, Jing Zhang, Jianxiong Xu","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.1180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1180","url":null,"abstract":"We evaluated the effects and underlying mechanisms of microbe-derived antioxidants (MA) on the expression of nutrient transporters in mice challenged with diquat.Thirty C57BL/6 female mice were randomly divided into 3 groups: Control and Diquat group, both orally administered with 0.9% saline each day; MA+Diquat group, administered with 0.065 mg/mL day -1 MA.At day 22, the mice were injected with 0.9% saline (Control) or 1.8 mg/mL diquat (Diquat and MA+Diquat groups) and sacrificed for jejunum samples after 3 h.Results showed that oral administration of MA alleviated diquat-induced intestinal oxidative stress, as evidenced by the increased (P < 0.05) activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), enhanced (P < 0.05) content of total glutathione (T-GSH) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), and decreased (P < 0.05) contents of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and malondialdehyde (MDA).Compared with the Diquat group, pretreatment with MA elevated (P < 0.05) the mRNA expression of glucose transporters, fatty acid transporters and oligopeptide and amino acid transporters.Notably, diquat supplementation increased (P < 0.05) the concentrations of caspase-3, caspase-8 and caspase-9, whereas such increases were inhibited (P < 0.05) by MA supplementation in diquat challenged mice.In addition, complementation of MA elevated (P < 0.05) the mRNA and protein expression of microtubleassociated protein light chain 3 (LC3) and beclin-1 in diquat challenged mice.Collectively, our findings indicate that the promoted expression of nutrient transporters in MA-pretreated mice appears to be associated with the enhanced autophagy and the inhibited apoptosis.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"22 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1180","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhendong Zhao, Li Xia, Dandan Xu, Guohong Zhou, Huiqing Huang, Daiying Zhou, Jin Lin, Shaolin Li, Jia Liu
{"title":"Steroidal Saponin Ypsilandra thibetica Induces Apoptosis in Colorectal Carcinoma Cells through the Mitochondrion-Dependent Reactive Oxygen Species Pathway","authors":"Zhendong Zhao, Li Xia, Dandan Xu, Guohong Zhou, Huiqing Huang, Daiying Zhou, Jin Lin, Shaolin Li, Jia Liu","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.1067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1067","url":null,"abstract":"The whole plant of Ypsilandra thibetica Franch, a perennial herb, has the officinal functions in heat-clearing, detoxifying and relieving congeation.YB16, one of the steroidal saponin in Y. thibetic, exerts anticancer activity in prostate cancer and lung cancer.However, the bioactivity and underlying mechanisms of YB16 in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) are not understood.In the present study, by MTT, apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential levels and intercellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) assays, YB16 inhibited the proliferation of cells and induced apoptosis in CRC HCT116 and HCT8 cells.Meanwhile, YB16 provoked mitochondrial membrane potential depolarizing in a concentration-dependent manner.Further analysis showed that YB16 induced apoptosis via stimulating the production of intercellular ROS and the antioxidant NAC reversed the apoptosis in HCT116 and HCT8 after YB16 treatment.These datas demonstrated that YB16 induced the apoptosis in CRC cell lines via mitochondrial-dependent ROS pathway and YB16 might be a potential anticancer drug to CRC.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"22 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147896708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Function of Nitric Oxide in Chitosan Oligosaccharide-Induced Resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus","authors":"Hongyan Zhang, Heng Yin, Guojie Jin","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.0866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.0866","url":null,"abstract":"Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) has been shown to protect plants against viral invasion.To study its antiviral mechanism, nitric oxide (NO) signaling was investigated in the process of resistance to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in tobacco plants induced by COS.Results show that COS and NO donor sodium nitroprusside could induce NO generation quantified by Griess reagent in tobacco leaves with no TMV infection.However, the NO levels were not markedly different in various samples after TMV infection.The content of S-nitrosothiols, an important signal molecule downstream of NO was also determined, and results indicate that they may not be involved in the COS-induced antiviral process.In addition, western blotting experiments show that COS and sodium nitroprusside were observed to inhibit TMV multiplication and movement, which were blocked by NO scavenger cPTIO.COS and sodium nitroprusside-induced callose deposition were also reversed by treatment with cPTIO in aniline blue assay.The expression of -1, 3-glucanase, which has been proved to control callose degradation, was regulated by COS and NO.Another protein, calreticulin related with TMV movement was also modulated by COS and NO.Collectively, these observations suggest that NO participates in COS-induced resistance to TMV by regulating calreticulin and -1, 3-glucanase expression.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.0866","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147888907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiantian Zhang, Fu-Yao Wei, Shuwei Liu, Shujie Zhao, Lei Liu, Huiying Zhao, Yuxin Li
{"title":"Identification and Quantification of Chemical Constituents in Daphne altaica and their Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities","authors":"Tiantian Zhang, Fu-Yao Wei, Shuwei Liu, Shujie Zhao, Lei Liu, Huiying Zhao, Yuxin Li","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.1159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1159","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"22 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.1159","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147917541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated CRISPR/Cas9 Base Editing of CaSal1 Gene Enhances Drought Tolerance in Chickpea","authors":"Naglaa Y. Abdallah","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.2270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2270","url":null,"abstract":"Drought stress poses a significant challenge to agriculture in the context of climate change, as it restricts chickpea yield and leads to financial losses. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most widely farmed legume worldwide. This work aimed to examine the impact of altering the Sal1 gene, which encodes the 3’-phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphate phosphatase, on drought tolerance in chickpea. The CRISPR-based gene editing technique was employed for this purpose. Considering the constraints imposed by gene delivery systems and the laborious and expensive tissue culture procedure, we opted for the utilization of Agrobacterium rhizogenes. The designed sgRNA was inserted into the expression vector, pDW3873, which contains the nuclease null variant, nCas9 D10A, coupled to the PmCDA1 cytosine deaminase at the C-terminal, then injected into the A. rhizogenes strain K599. In this study, CRISPR/Cas9 was used to make precise changes to a specific genomic area in CaSal1 gene. Results demonstrated that a total of 6 chickpea plants were identified as transgenic plants. Their drought tolerance was enhanced and root showed double branches of the control but shorter in length. This article demonstrates that the CDB system effectively facilitates gene editing in a sterile-free environment, eliminating the requirement for tissue culture. Consequently, it is well-suited for the transformation of a substantial quantity of plants. This technique can also be utilized on several species that have the ability to produce root suckers.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"33 02","pages":"330210-330210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2270","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qin Liu, Tajie Sangzhu, Yang Luo, Ping Deng, Yunqi Zhao, Ge Zhang, Jing Li, Hao‐Zheng Li, Manjun Yang
{"title":"Dynamic Response of Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) to Drought Stress – A Case Study of Natural Drought Modeling","authors":"Qin Liu, Tajie Sangzhu, Yang Luo, Ping Deng, Yunqi Zhao, Ge Zhang, Jing Li, Hao‐Zheng Li, Manjun Yang","doi":"10.17957/ijab/15.2216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2216","url":null,"abstract":"Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam. cv. Blue Heaven) is an annual forage cultivar for more than one-half of the carrying capacity. Because ryegrass is dependent on water availability, drought during emergence severely affects grain yield in a global warming world. In this research, the dynamic profile of drought-inducible metabolic response was determined. Compared with well-watered conditions (1st day), from the 2nd to 14th day after stress, the ryegrass samples were collected every two days and measured for the content of total saccharides, sucrose, glucose, ascorbic acid, free amino acid, total polyphenol, chlorophyll, reduced and oxidative glutathione, reactive oxidative species, malondialdehyde, superoxide anion, cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose. Under the daily evaporation of 27.18 ± 3.4 g/day, the dynamic response to drought tolerance of ryegrass fluctuated on the whole rather than linear change. The first eight days had light and moderate drought stress, and ryegrass actively reduced the drought stress damage through the metabolic and antioxidant system. After eight days, ryegrass suffered from severe stress, and its metabolic and antioxidant system were collapsed and plants died. The dynamic response to light and moderate stress (the first 8 days) were not consistent with that of severe stress (last 6 days) and even had opposite results. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the optimized treatment by dynamic monitoring in drought stress. More importantly, optimal daily evaporation, moderate and severe stress should be selected according to the needs of drought tolerance research. Overall, this study provided a novel and comprehensive insight of the dynamic response to drought stress.","PeriodicalId":13769,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Agriculture and Biology","volume":"32 04","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.17957/ijab/15.2216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147880929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}