PMID- 28754623 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180717 LR - 20181202 IS - 1879-0003 (Electronic) IS - 0141-8130 (Linking) VI - 105 IP - Pt 1 DP - 2017 Dec TI - Structural re-arrangement of depolymerized sodium alginate enriches peltate glandular trichomes and essential oil production of spearmint. PG - 1043-1050 LID - S0141-8130(17)30674-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.134 [doi] AB - Over the past decade, radiation-degraded polysaccharides have been used as regulators of growth and development in several crop plants. In quest of the possible reasons of previously established growth-promotion activity of irradiated sodium alginate (ISA), structural parameters of irradiated and un-irradiated sodium alginate were analysed using Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopic (FT-IR) studies to develop an understanding of structure-property relationship. Using foliar application, response to graded concentrations of ISA was tested in terms of yield and quality attributes of spearmint (Mentha spicata L.). Among different concentrations of ISA [0 (control), 40, 80, 120 and 160mgL(-1)], 80mgL(-1) proved to be the optimum foliar-spray treatment for most of the parameters studied including peltate glandular-trichomes density, which was increased from 20 to 44mm(-2). Measurements made at 150days after planting revealed that foliar application of ISA at 80mgL(-1) increased the content and yield of spearmint essential oil (EO) by 36.0 and 122.6%, respectively, in comparison to the control. Compared to the control, gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed an increase of 18.7% in the carvone content and a decrease of 15.7% in limonene content of the spearmint EO. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sadiq, Yawar AU - Sadiq Y AD - Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. Electronic address: yawarsadiq17@gmail.com. FAU - Khan, M Masroor A AU - Khan MMA AD - Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. FAU - Shabbir, Asfia AU - Shabbir A AD - Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. FAU - Ahmad, Bilal AU - Ahmad B AD - Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. FAU - Jaleel, Hassan AU - Jaleel H AD - Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. FAU - Uddin, Moin AU - Uddin M AD - Botany Section, Women's College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. FAU - Varshney, Lalit AU - Varshney L AD - Radiation Technology Development Division, BARC, Mumbai 400 085, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170725 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biol Macromol JT - International journal of biological macromolecules JID - 7909578 RN - 0 (Alginates) RN - 0 (Hexuronic Acids) RN - 0 (Oils, Volatile) RN - 8A5D83Q4RW (Glucuronic Acid) SB - IM MH - Alginates/*chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Glucuronic Acid/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Glycosylation MH - Hexuronic Acids/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Mentha spicata/*drug effects/growth & development/*metabolism MH - Oils, Volatile/*metabolism MH - Photosynthesis/drug effects MH - Polymerization MH - Trichomes/*drug effects/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carvone OT - Essential oil OT - Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry OT - Irradiated sodium alginate EDAT- 2017/07/30 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/18 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/07/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0141-8130(17)30674-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.134 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biol Macromol. 2017 Dec;105(Pt 1):1043-1050. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.134. Epub 2017 Jul 25.