Performance Evaluation of Ferns for Cut Green and Landscape Purpose

Sankar, Mini; Sudhadevi, P. K.; Geetha, C.; Kurian, Roshmi; Shilpa, P.

doi:10.24154/jhs.2019.v14i02.008

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“…First, given that around 2-3% of the airborne microbes are pathogens [13], it is expected that homeopathic medicines, as opposed to bacterial lysates, contain lysates of mostly non-pathogenic microbes (excluding 'nosodes', a small group of homeopathic remedies prepared from diseased tissues or microbial cultures [49], which contain lysates of pathogenic microbes in addition to lysates of ambient microbes). A question may arise whether the lysates of non-pathogenic microbes can be immunomodulatory in nature like bacterial lysates containing extracts of pathogenic microbes.…”

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Adhering to mainstream concepts homeopathic therapy interpreted as a combination of non-specific and protein-based antigen-specific immunotherapy

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2023

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The absence of drugs in ultra-diluted homeopathic medicines and unfavourable clinical trial results portray homeopathic remedies as placebos. Here, it is proposed that homeopathic therapy is a combination of non-specific and antigen-specific mucosal immunotherapy in crude form. The non-specific immunotherapy is mediated by immunomodulatory microbial lysates (disintegration products of microbial cells) present in homeopathic medicines, given that ubiquitous microorganisms from the surrounding environment are unknowingly and unavoidably incorporated into the homeopathic medicines during their preparation and are killed and lysed in alcohol-water vehicle under shaking (‘potentization’) forming microbial lysates whose major ingredients are proteins. As proteins readily interact with a variety of substances, drugs in the homeopathic medicines should bind to the proteins. The drug binding modulates the conformation and effectively, the immunogenicity of the proteins and the latter (designated as drug-modulated proteins) are the agents of antigen-specific immunotherapy. The hypothesis gets some support from the observations that homeopathic medicines elicit immunomodulatory response. Also, the hypothesis without invoking any disputed theory explains the basic tenets of homeopathy and associated controversies like the medicinal properties of ultra-dilutions, where protein-protein interactions via allostery and vibration synchronization bring about conformational modulation of protein molecules in the absence of drugs. As immunotherapy via homeopathic medicines is accidental and accordingly, in rudimentary form, homeopathic treatment (including medicines) cannot be optimal from the standpoint of immunotherapy. Hence, clinical trials in homeopathy may show inconsistent results. However, probing and refining homeopathy from the perspective of immunotherapy may bring forth a novel, simple and affordable immunotherapy.

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Adhering to mainstream concepts homeopathic therapy interpreted as a combination of non-specific and protein-based antigen-specific immunotherapy

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“…Also, Beckmann-Cavalcante et al ( 2017) evaluated ornamental potential of native species through a score system considering features of interest for floral art and consumer market. Sankar et al (2019) evaluated 11 ferns native to India considering quantitative and qualitative characters to classify them and stablished their suitability for landscapes and commercial uses. Safeena et al (2019) also in India, reflect the aptness of different cut foliages to function for various purposes in floristry through the evaluation of morphological characteristics and vase life of 18 species including ferns and Asparagus species.…”

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Cut foliage: potentiality of native Argentine ferns as new ornamental crops

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Puerta³

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The cut foliage constitutes an important part of the floricultural production since it represents a fundamental element in flower arrangements, and ferns are the complementary elements most used by florists. In Argentina, there is native material that has not been yet domesticated and could have suitable characteristics for foliage use. The objective of the work was to determine the potential use of 15 native ferns as cut foliage through quality parameters and vase life, generating a scoring system that allows a classification list. Morphological descriptors such as petiole length, length and width of the blade, planes in which the fronds are arranged, brightness, consistency, abundance of spores and presence of pests were taken into account. Also, the production of fronds of six selected species with good scores was recorded. The results showed that it is feasible to consider the commercial production of Pityrogramma calomelanos, Niphidium crassifolium, Campyloneurum nitidum, Blechnum austrobrasilianum and Pteris denticulata by the quantity of fronds obtained and their quality, represented by their size. Campyloneurum nitidum excelled for its vase life of more than 26 days and frond production of 273.61 fronds m-2 at second year cultivation. Pteris denticulata produces 179.44 fronds m-2 but vase life was only 7 days.

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Performance Evaluation of Ferns for Cut Green and Landscape Purpose

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

Adhering to mainstream concepts homeopathic therapy interpreted as a combination of non-specific and protein-based antigen-specific immunotherapy

Adhering to mainstream concepts homeopathic therapy interpreted as a combination of non-specific and protein-based antigen-specific immunotherapy

Cut foliage: potentiality of native Argentine ferns as new ornamental crops

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