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Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima

Halophytes are plant species widely distributed in saline habitats, such as beaches, postindustrial wastelands, irrigated lands, salt flats, and others. Excessive salt level, known to limit plant growth, is not harmful to halophytes, which have developed a variety of defense mechanisms allowing them...

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Autores principales: Ben Hsouna, Anis, Michalak, Monika, Kukula-Koch, Wirginia, Ben Saad, Rania, ben Romdhane, Walid, Zeljković, Sanja Ćavar, Mnif, Wissem
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358933
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12111583
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author Ben Hsouna, Anis
Michalak, Monika
Kukula-Koch, Wirginia
Ben Saad, Rania
ben Romdhane, Walid
Zeljković, Sanja Ćavar
Mnif, Wissem
author_facet Ben Hsouna, Anis
Michalak, Monika
Kukula-Koch, Wirginia
Ben Saad, Rania
ben Romdhane, Walid
Zeljković, Sanja Ćavar
Mnif, Wissem
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description Halophytes are plant species widely distributed in saline habitats, such as beaches, postindustrial wastelands, irrigated lands, salt flats, and others. Excessive salt level, known to limit plant growth, is not harmful to halophytes, which have developed a variety of defense mechanisms allowing them to colonize harsh environments. Plants under stress are known to respond with several morpho-anatomical adaptations, but also to enhance the production of secondary metabolites to better cope with difficult conditions. Owing to these adaptations, halophytes are an interesting group of undemanding plants with a high potential for application in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, this review aims to present the characteristics of halophytes, describe changes in their gene expression, and discuss their synthesized metabolites of pharmacognostic and pharmacological significance. Lobularia maritima is characterized as a widely spread halophyte that has been shown to exhibit various pharmacological properties in vitro and in vivo. It is concluded that halophytes may become important sources of natural products for the treatment of various ailments and for supplementing the human diet with necessary non-nutrients and minerals. However, extensive studies are needed to deepen the knowledge of their biological potential in vivo, so that they can be introduced to the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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spelling pubmed-96872652022-11-25 Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima Ben Hsouna, Anis Michalak, Monika Kukula-Koch, Wirginia Ben Saad, Rania ben Romdhane, Walid Zeljković, Sanja Ćavar Mnif, Wissem Biomolecules Review Halophytes are plant species widely distributed in saline habitats, such as beaches, postindustrial wastelands, irrigated lands, salt flats, and others. Excessive salt level, known to limit plant growth, is not harmful to halophytes, which have developed a variety of defense mechanisms allowing them to colonize harsh environments. Plants under stress are known to respond with several morpho-anatomical adaptations, but also to enhance the production of secondary metabolites to better cope with difficult conditions. Owing to these adaptations, halophytes are an interesting group of undemanding plants with a high potential for application in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, this review aims to present the characteristics of halophytes, describe changes in their gene expression, and discuss their synthesized metabolites of pharmacognostic and pharmacological significance. Lobularia maritima is characterized as a widely spread halophyte that has been shown to exhibit various pharmacological properties in vitro and in vivo. It is concluded that halophytes may become important sources of natural products for the treatment of various ailments and for supplementing the human diet with necessary non-nutrients and minerals. However, extensive studies are needed to deepen the knowledge of their biological potential in vivo, so that they can be introduced to the pharmaceutical and food industries. MDPI 2022-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9687265/ /pubmed/36358933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12111583 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ben Hsouna, Anis
Michalak, Monika
Kukula-Koch, Wirginia
Ben Saad, Rania
ben Romdhane, Walid
Zeljković, Sanja Ćavar
Mnif, Wissem
Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title_full Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title_fullStr Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title_short Evaluation of Halophyte Biopotential as an Unused Natural Resource: The Case of Lobularia maritima
title_sort evaluation of halophyte biopotential as an unused natural resource: the case of lobularia maritima
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358933
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12111583
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