DIVERSITY IN PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF OMANI FENUGREEK (Trigonella foenum - graecum L.) ACCESSIONS

Abstract

Trigonella foenum-graecum L. is an annual dicotyledonous plant, which belongs to the subfamily Papilionaceae of the Leguminaceae family (Acharya et al., 2006b). Historically, it has always been known as a medicinal herb for over two thousand years in various parts of the world (Srinivasan, 2006;Raja and Kudesia, 2012). Due to its distinct smell, it was described as a 'malodorous' plant (Pour et al., 2012;Lust, 2014). It imparts a pleasant flavour, colour and aroma to foods that make it a highly desirable supplement to be used in culinary practices. Srinivasan (2006) documented that fenugreek is one of the important ingredients in making up of curry powders. Fenugreek seeds contain significant amounts of galactomannans also called fenugreek gum, which are the main polysaccharide in fenugreek seeds and may contain up to about 50% of seed weight (Reid et al., 2003). They are used as industrial thickener and food emulsifier and for various medicinal purposes (

Phytochemistry, HPLC profile and antioxidant activity of aqueous extracts of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.) seeds grown in arid zones of Algeria

“…The tannins content recorded for aqueous extracts of fenugreek seeds was better, compared to that recorded in the works of Al-Maamari et al [35] for the same species that have found a tannin content of 0.78%, this difference is probably due to the soil composition. Tannins are substances of organic origin that are found in all parts of the plant [36], those are proton donors to free radicals produced during peroxidation allowing cessation of auto-oxidation reaction [37].…”

Variability in proximate composition, phytochemical traits and antioxidant properties of Iranian agro-ecotypic populations of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

“…Yimam et al 24 also recorded the significant (p < 0.05) difference among T. foenum-graecum genotypes for most of the agro-morphological traits examined in Ethiopia as the second most diverse country. The quantitative and qualitative traits of the studies AEPs of fenugreek are in agreement with previous investigations from other countries 23 , 25 – 29 . In a study, the seed number per pod, pod number per plant, and 1000 seed weight were measured as 13.6, 5.7, and 7.3 g for the samples collected from Miandoab, Urmia province in Iran, respectively 30 .…”

“…Our results revealed that the phenolic and flavonoid components were remarkably contributed to the antioxidant property of fenugreek. The other researchers have also declared a positive and significant association between antioxidant activity and the plant total phenol and total flavonoid conten 54 , 58 , 59 . Himalian and Singh 60 reported that flavonoids increase the antioxidant activity of the plant.…”

AFLP Fingerprinting Analysis of Citrus Cultivars and Wild Accessions from Oman Suggests the Presence of Six Distinct Cultivars

“…This is also supported by the moderate levels of genetic differentiation among the 33 cultivars and accessions, indicating that the level of gene flow is low among the cultivars. Previous studies have shown that populations with limited outcrossing tend to having a low level of genetic diversity and a moderate to high level of genetic differentiation (Al-Sadi et al 2012;Al-Maamari et al 2014;Gannibal et al 2014;Al-Sadi et al 2015). However, it has been reported that there was a range of polymorphism (41-70%) in mandarin analyzed by AFLP which suggested the possibility of having diverse type of mandarins within the accessions examined (Dorji & Yapwattanaphun 2015).…”

“…AFLP fingerprinting proved to be powerful in grouping citrus cultivars according to their level of relatedness to each other. AFLP is a widely used technique in the population genetic and phylogenetic studies of plants and microorganisms (Keivani et al 2010;Al-Sadi et al 2012;Kumar et al 2012 (Nei 1978) of 12 citrus species and 6 accessions based on AFLP fingerprinting analysis using 910 polymorphic loci Casasnovas et al 2013;Al-Maamari et al 2014;Al-Sadi et al 2015). AFLP is also commonly used for studying relationship and genetic diversity in citrus species (Nartvaranant & Nartvaranant 2011;Khiavi et al 2015;Zhou et al 2017).…”