Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications

Natural bio-active compounds synthesized by plants as secondary metabolites are well known and established. Today, their application in various fields such as medicine in the form of drugs and biopesticides in agriculture is well documented. In recent times, the delivery of such compounds is achieve...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Khairulmazmi, Adam, Tijjani
Other Authors: Akhtar, Mohd Sayeed
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78875/
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description Natural bio-active compounds synthesized by plants as secondary metabolites are well known and established. Today, their application in various fields such as medicine in the form of drugs and biopesticides in agriculture is well documented. In recent times, the delivery of such compounds is achieved through nanodelivery technology, which is gaining acceptability in both field of drugs and agrochemical industries. The bio-active compounds with chemical diversity are obtained from nature either as homogenous plant crude extracts or as purified compounds. Crude plant extracts exist as a combination of different bio-active compounds with various polarities, and their partition remains a challenge in the process of characterization and identification. Extraction of these compounds from plant species is achieved by different solvents and extraction methods. Analytical methods like HPLC have commonly been utilized with GC-MS and LC-MS/MS chromatography methods to identify the compounds. Crude extracts from different morphological parts of plant species including Moringa oleifera are increasingly becoming important in the context of agricultural pest management and human medicine. M. oleifera is a medicinal plant that synthesizes such metabolites which include phenolic acids, carotenoids, quinones, antraquinones, flavonoids, flavonols, flavones, tannins, alkaloids, coumarins, terpenoids, amines, cyanogenic glycosides, triterpenoids, non-protein amino acids, glucosinolates, polyacetylenes, polyketides, phenylpropanes, steroids and saponins. They exert biological activities and can potentially be used to retard microbial activities. Other uses of M. oleifera are medicinal uses and other purposes such as water purification, fertilizer, biogas and biopesticides. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the uses and profiling of bio-active compounds of M. oleifera, their mode of action and prospects in commercial biopesticides for agricultural applications.
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spelling upm-788752021-07-12T10:34:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78875/ Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications Ahmad, Khairulmazmi Adam, Tijjani Natural bio-active compounds synthesized by plants as secondary metabolites are well known and established. Today, their application in various fields such as medicine in the form of drugs and biopesticides in agriculture is well documented. In recent times, the delivery of such compounds is achieved through nanodelivery technology, which is gaining acceptability in both field of drugs and agrochemical industries. The bio-active compounds with chemical diversity are obtained from nature either as homogenous plant crude extracts or as purified compounds. Crude plant extracts exist as a combination of different bio-active compounds with various polarities, and their partition remains a challenge in the process of characterization and identification. Extraction of these compounds from plant species is achieved by different solvents and extraction methods. Analytical methods like HPLC have commonly been utilized with GC-MS and LC-MS/MS chromatography methods to identify the compounds. Crude extracts from different morphological parts of plant species including Moringa oleifera are increasingly becoming important in the context of agricultural pest management and human medicine. M. oleifera is a medicinal plant that synthesizes such metabolites which include phenolic acids, carotenoids, quinones, antraquinones, flavonoids, flavonols, flavones, tannins, alkaloids, coumarins, terpenoids, amines, cyanogenic glycosides, triterpenoids, non-protein amino acids, glucosinolates, polyacetylenes, polyketides, phenylpropanes, steroids and saponins. They exert biological activities and can potentially be used to retard microbial activities. Other uses of M. oleifera are medicinal uses and other purposes such as water purification, fertilizer, biogas and biopesticides. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the uses and profiling of bio-active compounds of M. oleifera, their mode of action and prospects in commercial biopesticides for agricultural applications. Springer Nature Akhtar, Mohd Sayeed Swamy, Mallappa Kumara Sinniah, Uma Rani 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78875/1/Natural%20compounds%20extracted%20from%20Moringa%20oleifera%20and%20their%20agricultural%20applications.pdf Ahmad, Khairulmazmi and Adam, Tijjani (2019) Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications. In: Natural Bio-active Compounds. Springer Nature, Singapore, 449 - 475. ISBN 9789811371530; EISBN 9789811371547 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7154-7_14#citeas 10.1007/978-981-13-7154-7_14
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Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title_full Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title_fullStr Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title_full_unstemmed Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title_short Natural compounds extracted from Moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
title_sort natural compounds extracted from moringa oleifera and their agricultural applications
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