Comparison of Pericarp Functional Traits in Capparis spinosa from Coastal and Inland Mediterranean Habitats

Christodoulou, Savvas; Chimona, Chrysanthi; Rhizopoulou, Sophia

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“…One of the major families of chemically active compounds found in caper is the flavonoid family, which makes it a great medicinal plant (Christodoulou et al, 2022). Additionally, these flavonoids exhibit an amazing involvement in numerous pharmacological processes, such as anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant actions (Kdimy et al, 2022), as well as, may have an impact on how well the immune system functions (Valijanovich, 2021).…”

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Enhancement Rutin Production from Capparis spinosa Plant by UV-C or Gamma Irradiation using In vitro Culture

Saleh,

M. Serag El-Din,

Youssef

2024

Egyptian Journal of Horticulture

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I N THE FRAMEWORK of climate changing adaptation and mitigation efforts, biotechnology can positively contribute to lowering the likelihood of environmental systems being affected by climate change's consequences. Caper bush is notoriously difficult to grow through traditional techniques, although despite the substantial social-economic and medical value of this species, its micropropagation has received very little study thus far. Therefore, in our study the internode segments were collected from the Southern of Sinai, and disinfected with various treatments of disinfectant agents and exposure times. Then the successive clean shootlets formed in the sterilization stage were separated and cultured on MS medium at various strengths of salts (Full, ¾, ½ and ¼ strength). The established micronodes were cut into small pieces, and re-cultured on MS medium supplemented with BAP or Kin each at 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/l. The growing shootlets were removed individually and cultured on rooting MS medium supplemented with 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 mg/l IBA or IAA for each, and finally the rooted explants were acclimatization in green house. UV-C rays exposure times (2, 4 and 6 hrs) or gamma radiation wave doses (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 Gy) were applied. The successive rooted explants cultured on MS media containing IAA 4.0 mg/l (scored 41.66 % roots) were transferred on peat moss: vermiculite 2:1 which scored 41.66 % acclimatized plantlets. Also, gamma radiation at 1.0 Gy increased flavonoid and rutin content to 12.34 and 3.25 mg/g DW compared to 7.21 and 0.06 mg/g DW for control plants, respectively.

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Enhancement Rutin Production from Capparis spinosa Plant by UV-C or Gamma Irradiation using In vitro Culture

Saleh,

M. Serag El-Din,

Youssef

2024

Egyptian Journal of Horticulture

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“…Capparis is a nano-phanerophyte genus with a Eurasian-subtropical chorotype, belonging to the family Capparaceae [ 1 ]. The genus Capparis L. has about 250–300 species, arboreal, shrubby, lianose, and herbaceous [ 2 ], widespread across tropical and subtropical regions of the world (World Flora Online) and cultivated in North Africa, southern Europe, central and southern Asia, and Australia.…”

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Sicilian Populations of Capparis spinosa L. and Capparis orientalis Duhamel as Source of the Bioactive Flavonol Quercetin

Sgadari

Cerulli

Schicchi

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The genus Capparis is a taxon of difficult delimitation that has several species and ecotypes due to its wide heterogeneity, its extreme phenotypic diversity, and the presence of intermediate forms linked to hybridization phenomena. The Sicilian territory hosts numerous wild and cultivated populations of two spp. Capparis spinosa L. and Capparis orientalis Duhamel, which are ecologically and morphologically distinct. The caper has considerable interest and economic value for its medicinal properties, culinary uses, and cultivation characteristics. It is one of the foods with the highest quercetin content. Quercetin is a flavonol with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunostimulant properties. Recently, patents and clinical studies have highlighted the inhibitory effect of this compound against several SARS-CoV-2 enzymes (MPro, PLPro, and RdRp). Therefore, the aim of this study was to quantify the amount of quercetin in C. spinosa and C. orientalis by LC-ESI/QTrap/MS/MS and to correlate it with the pedoclimatic features. The results obtained showed that quercetin is more abundant in C. orientalis than in C. spinosa. The highest values of quercetin were recorded in C. orientalis flowers, leaves, and flower buttons of volcanic islands with southwest and east warm exposures. In conclusion, the data acquired can provide a good basis for further scientific investigations to support the identification of possible ecotypes as a source of quercetin for food or pharmaceutical purposes.

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Retrospective Approach to the Endemic Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus on Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Rhizopoulou,

Pouris

2024

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The carnation Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus (Caryophyllaceae) is a range-restricted perennial, endemic plant that grows on cliffs, rocks, ravines, terraces, and boulders on Serifos Island in the Cyclades in the Aegean archipelago (Greece), possessing an impressive, aesthetic blossoming during the dry season. This indigenous carnation of Serifos has attracted the interest of naturalists and scientists. Specimens of this subspecific taxon from the island of Serifos (Greece) were collected during botanical explorations in preindustrial times by the French naturalist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1702) and in the late eighteenth century by the English Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford John Sibthorp (1787). Those specimens, documented in relevant publications and labelled with different names (i.e., Caryophyllus Graecus arboreus and Caryophyllus arboreus Seriphius in the early eighteenth century and Dianthus fruticosus in the early nineteenth century), are related to aspects of vegetation history, linking the past to the present and (most probably) to the future. Today, a thorough understanding of the in situ development and functionality of this endemic carnation is still required, as is a framework of its sustainability and management in small-scale insular habitats. The timeless perception of the emblematic wild carnation Dianthus fruticosus ssp. fruticosus, which is still growing on inland and coastal sites of Serifos and neighboring islands in the Cyclades (Greece), is also a reminder that a native plant is often a repository to which local communities may look when crafting their identity.

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Comparison of Pericarp Functional Traits in Capparis spinosa from Coastal and Inland Mediterranean Habitats

Cited by 3 publications

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Enhancement Rutin Production from Capparis spinosa Plant by UV-C or Gamma Irradiation using In vitro Culture

Enhancement Rutin Production from Capparis spinosa Plant by UV-C or Gamma Irradiation using In vitro Culture

Sicilian Populations of Capparis spinosa L. and Capparis orientalis Duhamel as Source of the Bioactive Flavonol Quercetin

Retrospective Approach to the Endemic Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus on Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece)

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