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Botanical Study of Orobanche minor Smith (Orobanchaceae)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Pharmacognosy

Abstract

Orobanche minor Smith is an obligate root parasite weed subsisting on Trifollium species. Many of Orobanche plants are well known to have different pharmacological actions such as anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and hepatoprotective activities. Therefore, this work aimed to study the main morphological and anatomical characteristics of the leaf, stem, flower, fruit, bulb and haustorium of Orobanche minor contributing to provide more information about characterization and identification of this species growing in the Egyptian Clover fields, as this plant is considered to be one of the parasitic weeds used in folk medicine while it is still under biological and chemical studies. The main morphological features are the succulent hairy stem with sessile leaves and the fleshy underground bulb bearing haustoria. The plant is characterized microscopically by the epidermal cells with beaded anticlinal walls, anomocytic stomata and glandular hairs, starch granules with centric clefted hilum and ovoid dust-like microscopical seeds with lignified reticulated seed coat.

DOI

10.21608/zjps.2024.286503.1070

Keywords

minor, Parasitic, haustorium, macromorphology, micromorphology

Authors

First Name

Engy

Last Name

Nabil

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Egypt- General Administration of Medical Affairs, Benha University, Egypt

Email

engy_omar_engoy@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-4326-0489

Volume

33

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

48696

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-05-10

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

57

Page End

73

Print ISSN

1110-5089

Online ISSN

2356-9786

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https://zjps.journals.ekb.eg/article_362510.html

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362,510

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862

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Publication Title

Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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https://zjps.journals.ekb.eg/

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Botanical Study of Orobanche minor Smith (Orobanchaceae)

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Created At

24 Dec 2024