Abstract
Synergism and antagonism impact of different plant metabolites present in crude fruit extract of Tribulus terrestris 'the herbal Viagra' have been studied. Variability in plant composition, biomass and metabolites concentration in different modules was significantly contributed by spatial factor. However the edhaphic parameters also changes with both spatial and temporal factors significantly. Fruit is the officinal part and the fruit production significantly related with soil nitrogen (P<0.01), whereas the soil nitrogen and pH also influenced the alkaloid content in fruit (P<0.05). The linear relation between fruit protein and fruit alkaloid (P<0.01) also observed and the relationship in between different soil parameters were established. Bioassay work confirmed its aphrodisiac properties, and site III is suggested for maximum biomass and high concentration of different metabolites.
Highlights
Most culture, from ancient times, has used plants as a source of medicine
The maximum relative importance value in 1x1m quadrat study was recorded for Cyprus rotundus (75) and the minimum was observed for Dactyloctenium sindicum (2.60)
Variation in fruit production and its weight noticed at different sites
Summary
Traditional medicines are still the mainstay of health care and most of the drugs and the resultant remedy come from plants. 2005; Mathur and Sundaramoorthy, 2006 and Mathur et al 2008) Most of these studies either based on it’s active components and/ or on application of crude plant extract. As it is evident the beneficial effects of plant material are typically for the effect of secondary products present in plants. Most of the secondary plant products changes with environmental, spatial, communities’ organization and modules factors (Mathur and Sundaramoorthy, 2009). Once the medicinal properties of a particular plant species established, these factors are very important for the large scale in term of biomass, and active compounds
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