Application of magnetic field and iron in order to change medicinal products of Ocimum basilicum

Faezeh Ghanati (), Parviz Abdolmaleki, Majid Vaezzadeh, Elham Rajabbeigi and Mohammad Yazdani
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Faezeh Ghanati: Tarbiat Modares University, TMU
Parviz Abdolmaleki: Tarbiat Modares University, TMU
Majid Vaezzadeh: K.N.Toosi University
Elham Rajabbeigi: Tarbiat Modares University, TMU
Mohammad Yazdani: Tarbiat Modares University, TMU

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2007, vol. 27, issue 4, 429-434

Abstract: Abstract In the present research, the effects of static magnetic field, with or without iron on the growth, the activity of certain enzymes (like polyphenol oxidase and phenyle alanine ammonialyase), the content of phenolic compounds and the essential oil composition of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) were studied. Treatment of plants with static magnetic field with or without iron led to decrease of the growth of plants as well as decrease in the activity of phenyle alanine ammonialyase and of phenolic compounds content. In addition in those plants exposed to magnetic field the amount of essential oils, notably of methyl chavicol, was increased. Exposure of plants to the magnetic field decreased the activity of polyphenol oxidase, whereas treatment of plants with iron when exposed to magnetic field increased polyphenol oxidase activity. In this group the content of essential oil was reduced.

Keywords: Essential oil; Medicinal products; Ocimum basilicum; Phenolic compounds; Phenyle alanine ammonialyase (PAL); Polyphenol oxidase (PPO); Static magnetic field (SMF); Sweet basil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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