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In vitro exposed magnesium oxide nanoparticles enhanced the growth of legume Macrotyloma uniflorum
- Source :
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29:13635-13645
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Nanoparticles interact with plants to induce a positive, negative, or neutral effect on their growth and development. In this study, we document the positive influence of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles (NPs) on the morpho-biochemical parameters of Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram). Horse gram is a protein and polyphenol-rich legume crop. It is an important part of the human diet and nutrition. When exposed to MgO-NPs, a significant increment in the shoot-root length, fresh biomass, and chlorophyll content of horse gram was evident. Furthermore, there was a 4-20 and 18-127% increase in the accumulation of carbohydrate and protein content on MgO-NP exposure. The antioxidant potential was enhanced by 5-19% on NP treatment as a result of the increase in the accumulation of total polyphenolics. Total phenols and flavonoids were enhanced by 7-20 and 50-84% in the presence of MgO-NPs. The enzyme activity of SOD, CAT, and APX was also enhanced in MgO-NP-exposed horse gram. The observed alterations were also justified by the Pearson correlation. Overall, the MgO-NP-induced morpho-biochemical alterations in horse gram indicated their probable role as a nano-fertilizer. However, it further warrants the need to extensively investigate the responses of various other plant types to MgO-NPs before industry scale application.
- Subjects :
- Antioxidant
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
medicine.medical_treatment
Metal Nanoparticles
chemistry.chemical_element
Antioxidants
Macrotyloma
Vegetables
medicine
Environmental Chemistry
Food science
Legume
biology
Magnesium
food and beverages
Fabaceae
General Medicine
Carbohydrate
biology.organism_classification
APX
Pollution
Enzyme assay
chemistry
Polyphenol
biology.protein
Nanoparticles
Magnesium Oxide
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16147499 and 09441344
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d2d03e34e5c070e373a429f59ce7b2e2