Effect of contrasting climates on antioxidant and bioactive constituents in five medicinal herbs in Western Himalayas

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 484-492

  Kaur, Tarandeep ^a,b   Bhat, Rohini ^a,b   Vyas, Dhiraj ^a,b  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flavonoids; Glutathione; Medicinal herbs; Phenols; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACTIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; PHENOL;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SRINAGAR [JAMMU AND KASHMIR];

EID: 84957916581     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-014-3380-y     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Agati G, Azzarello E, Pollastri S, et al. (2012) Flavonoids as antioxidants in plants: Location and functional significance. Plant Science 196: 67–76. DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.07.014
2. Bates LS, Waldren RP, Teare ID (1973) Rapid determination of free proline for water-stress studies. Plant soil 39: 205–207. DOI: 10.1007/BF00018060
3. Bhutiyani MR, Kale VS, Pawar NJ (2007) Long-term trends in maximum, minimum and mean annual air temperatures across the Northwestern Himalaya during the twentieth century. Climatic Change 85: 159–177. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9196-1
4. Bidart-Bouzat MG, Imeh-Nathaniel A (2008) Global change effects on plant chemical defenses against insect herbivores. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50: 1339–1354. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00751.x
5. Bravo S, García- Alonso J, Martín- Pozuelo G, et al. (2012) The influence of post-harvest UV-C hormesis on lycopene, ß-carotene, and phenolic content and antioxidant activity of breaker tomatoes. Food Research International 49: 296–302. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.07.018
6. Dedemo GC, Rodrigues FA, Roberto PG, et al. (2013) Osmoprotection in sugarcane under water deficit conditions. Plant Stress 7: 1–7.
7. Deineka VI, Sorokopudov VN, Deineka LA, et al. (2008) Studies of Physalis alkekengi L. fruits as a source of xanthophylls. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal 42: 87–88. DOI: 10.1007/s11094-008-0065-2
8. Demmig-Adams B, Adams III WW (1996) The role of xanthophyll cycle carotenoids in the protection of photosynthesis. Trends in plant sciences 1: 21–26. DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(96)80019-7
9. Forde BG, Roberts MR (2014) Glutamate receptor-like channels in plants: a role as amino acid sensors in plant defence? F1000 prime reports 6:37. DOI: 10.12703/P6-37
10. Foyer CH, Noctor G (2005) Redox homeostasis and antioxidant signaling: a metabolic interface between stress perception and physiological responses. Plant Cell Online 17: 1866–1875. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.033589
11. Gadgil M, Rao PS (1998) Nurturing Biodiversity: An Indian Agenda. Centre for Environment Education. New Delhi, India.
12. Gairola S, Shariff NM, Bhatt A, et al. (2010) Influence of climate change on production of secondary chemicals in high altitude medicinal plants: Issues needs immediate attention. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 4: 1825–1829. DOI: 10.5897/JMPR10.354
13. Geetha S, Sai-Ram M, Mongia SS, et al. (2003) Evaluation of antioxidant activity of leaf extract of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) on chromium(VI) induced oxidative stress in albino rats. Journal of Ethnopharmcology 87: 247–251. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00154-5
14. Guy C, Kaplan F, Kopka J, et al. (2008) Metabolomics of temperature stress. Physiologia Plantarum 132: 220–235. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00999.x
15. Hartmann T (2007) From waste products to ecochemicals: fifty years research of plant secondary metabolism. Phytochemistry 68: 2831–2846. DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.09.017
16. Ishikawa T, Shigeoka S (2008) Recent advances in ascorbate biosynthesis and the physiological significance of ascorbate peroxidase in photosynthesizing organisms. Bioscience Biotechnology Biochemistry 72: 1143–1154. DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80062
17. Jahns P, Holzwarth AR (2012) The role of the xanthophyll cycle and of lutein in photoprotection of photosystem II. BBABioenergetics 1817: 182–193. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.04.012
18. Jan S, Kamili AN, Hamid R, et al. (2014) Variation in adaptation mechanisms of medicinal herbs to the extreme winter conditions across the North Western Himalaya. Israel Journal of Plant Science 61: 1–11. DOI: 10.1080/07929978.2014.939828
19. Kaur T, Hussain K, Koul S, et al. (2013a) Evaluation of Nutritional and Antioxidant Status of Lepidium latifolium L: A Novel Phytofood from Ladakh. Plos One 8: e69112. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069112
20. Kaur T, Bhat HA, Raina A, et al. (2013b) Glutathione regulates enzymatic antioxidant defence with differential thiol content in perennial pepperweed and helps adapting to extreme environment. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 35: 2501–2511. DOI: 10.1007/s11738-013-1286-x
21. Khandaker L, Akond ASMG, Ali MB, et al. (2010) Biomass yield and accumulations of bioactive compounds in red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) grown under different colored shade polyethylene in spring season. Scientia Horticulturae 123: 289–294. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.09.012
22. Khanduri VP, Sharma CM, Singh SP (2008) The effects of climate change on plant phenology. Environmentalist 28:143–147.
23. Körner C (2007) The use of ‘altitude’ in ecological research. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 569–574. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.09.006
24. Lowry OH, Rosebrough NJ, Farr AL, et al. (1951) Protein measurement with the folin-phenol reagent. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 193: 265–275.
25. Lütz C (2010) Cell physiology of plants growing in cold environments. Protoplasma 244: 53–73. DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0161-5
26. Melis A, Neidhardt J, Benemann JR (1998) Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyta) with small chlorophyll antenna sizes exhibit higher photosynthetic productivities and photon use efficiencies than normally pigmented cells. Journal of Applied Phycology 10: 515–525. DOI: 10.1023/A:1008076231267
27. Metlen KL, Aschehoug ET, Callaway RM (2009) Plant behavioural ecology: dynamic plasticity in secondary metabolites. Plant Cell Environment 32: 641–653. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01910.x.
28. Miller-Rushing AJ, Primack RB (2008) Global warming and flowering times in Thoreau’s Concord: a community perspective. Ecology 89: 332–341. DOI: 10.1890/07-0068.1
29. 2 concentrations. BioScience 41: 96–104.
30. Nägele T, Heyer AG (2013) Approximating subcellular organisation of carbohydrate metabolism during cold acclimation in different natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 198: 777–787. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12201
31. Nautiyal MC, Nautiyal BP, Prakash V (2004) Effect of grazing and climatic changes on alpine vegetation of Tungnath, Garhwal Himalaya, India. Environmentalist 24: 125–134. DOI: 10.1007/s10669-004-4803-z
32. Noctor G, Mhamdi A, Chaouchi S, et al. (2012) Glutathione in plants: an integrated overview. Plant Cell Environment 35: 454–484. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02400.x
33. Okuda T, Masuda Y, Yamanka A, et al. (1991) Abrupt increase in the level of hydrogen peroxide in leaves of winter wheat is caused by cold treatment. Plant Physiology 97:12651267. DOI: 0032-0889/91/97/1265/03/01.00/0
34. Portes MT, Damineli DSC, Ribeiro RV, et al. (2010) Evidence of higher photosynthetic plasticity in the early successional Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. compared to the late successional Hymenaea courbaril L. grown in contrasting light environments. Brazilian Journal of Biology 70: 75–83. DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842010000100011
35. Potters G, Horemans N, Jansen MA (2010) The cellular redox state in plant stress biology–a charging concept. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48: 292–300. DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.12.007
36. 2 activated up-regulation of glutathione in Arabidopsis involves induction of genes encoding enzymes involved in cysteine synthesis in the chloroplast. Molecular Plant 2: 344–356. DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp002
37. Rai VK (2002) Role of amino acids in plant responses to stresses. Biologia Plantarum 45 481–487. DOI: 10.1023/A:1022308229759
38. Ramakrishna A, Ravishankar GA (2011) Influence of abiotic stress signals on secondary metabolites in plants. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 6: 1720–1731. DOI: 10.4161/psb. 6.11.17613
39. Rao ML, Savithramma N (2012) Quantification of Primary and Secondary Metabolites of Svensonia hyderobadensis–A Rare Medicinal Plant. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 4: 519–521.
40. Salick J, Fangb Z, Byg A (2009) Eastern Himalayan alpine plant ecology, Tibetan ethnobotany, and climate change. Global Environment Change 19: 147–155. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.01.008
41. Samant SS, Dhar U, Palni LMS (1998) Medicinal Plants of Indian Himalaya: Diversity, Distribution Potential Values. Gyan Prakash, Nainital, India.
42. Sawhney SK, Singh R (2009) Introductory practical biochemistry, 2nd ed. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
43. Silvertown J (1998) Plant phenotypic plasticity and noncognitive behaviour. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13: 255–256. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01398-6
44. 2 and temperature. Physiologia Plantarum 117: 352–358. DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00035.x
45. Soobrattee MA, Neergheen VS, Luximon-Ramma A, et al. (2005) Phenolics as potential antioxidant therapeutic agents: mechanism and actions. Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of mutagenesis 579: 200–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.03.023
46. Tuteja N, Sopory SK (2008) Chemical signaling under abiotic stress environment in plants. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 3: 525.
47. Vergeer LHT, Aarts TL, De Groot JD (1995) The ‘wasting disease’ and the effect of abiotic factors (light intensity, temperature, salinity) and infection with Labyrinthula zosterae on the phenolic content of Zostera marina shoots. Aquatic Botany 52: 35–44. DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(95)00480-N
48. Vyas D, Kumar S, Ahuja PS (2007) Tea (Camellia sinensis) clones with shorter periods of winter dormancy exhibit lower accumulation of reactive oxygen species. Tree Physiology 27: 1253–1259. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.9.1253
49. Walters RG (2005) Towards an understanding of photosynthetic acclimation. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 435–447. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri060
50. Zhang SB, Zhou ZK, Hu H, et al. (2005) Photosynthetic performances of Quercus pannosa vary with altitude in the Hengduan Mountains, southwest China. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 291–301. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.031
51. Zhu HX, Shi Y, Zhang QN, et al. (2005) Applying 3, 5-dinitrosalicylic Acid (DNS) Method to Analyzing the Content of Potato Reducing Sugar. Chinese Potato 5: 002.
52. Zobayed SMA, Afreen F, Kozai T (2005) Temperature stress can alter the photosynthetic efficiency and secondary metabolite concentrations in St. John’s wort. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43: 977–984.