Paper · 2025 · International Journal of Environmental Sciences

Evaluation of Alpha-Amylase Inhibition by Catharanthus roseus and Azadirachta indica Leaf Extracts: An In Vitro Approach

Chinthana Handankere Basavaraju; Shilpashree Bettadapura Muralidhar; Arpitha G; et al.

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Abstract

The toxic effect of lead on Pb accumulation from soil on tomato plant (Pusa ruby): growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight, and dry weight), chlorophyll content and lead content in plants with different concentration of lead: control, 0.05mg/L, 0.1mg/L, 0.15mg/L, 0.2mg/L). Elevated lead concentrations, particularly 0.2mg/L Pb, had a detrimental effect on the germination rate and the uptake of elements by roots, shoots, and leaves. Germination rate decreases as the lead concentration increases in the soil, at concentration of 0.2mg/L the germination ratio is about 1:10 which is around negligible. Plants exposed to increased Pb concentrations may display a diversity of detrimental symptoms, decrease in the germination rate, reduction in growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight) blackening of the roots, dwarfism in plant height, growth retardation, and other symptoms. as well as the chlorophyll content (chlorophyll a, and a+b) and the tissue water content also decreases. Lead content on plant parts (root, shoot and leaf) increases as the lead concentration increases from control to very high concentration. We concluded that increased the lead concentration in the plants, the plants went through the various detrimental toxicity to avoid these toxicity and negative effect on plants we should use mitigation strategies on lead.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Germination rate decreases as the lead concentration in soil increases in tomato.

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lead concentratione1
Outcome
Germination ratee1
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decreasese1

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“Germination rate decreases as the lead concentration increases in the soil”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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At 0.2 mg/L Pb the germination ratio in tomato is about 1:10, which is around negligible.

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0.2mg/Le2
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germination ratioe2
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decreaseinferrede2
Value
about 1:10e2

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“at concentration of 0.2mg/L the germination ratio is about 1:10 which is around negligible”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lead content in root, shoot and leaf of tomato increases as lead concentration increases from control.

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root, shoot and leafe3
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lead concentratione3
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Lead contente3
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increasese3
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controle3

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“Lead content on plant parts (root, shoot and leaf) increases as the lead concentration increases from control to very high concentration”

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Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Increased Pb concentrations may reduce growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight) of tomato.

Treatment
increased Pb concentrationse4
Outcome
growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight)e4
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reductione4

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“Plants exposed to increased Pb concentrations may display a diversity of detrimental symptoms, decrease in the germination rate, reduction in growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Chlorophyll content and tissue water content of tomato decrease under increased Pb concentrations.

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increased Pb concentrationse4
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chlorophyll content (chlorophyll a, and a+b) and the tissue water contente5
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decreasese5

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“Plants exposed to increased Pb concentrations may display a diversity of detrimental symptoms”

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“as well as the chlorophyll content (chlorophyll a, and a+b) and the tissue water content also decreases”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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Mitigation strategies on lead should be used to avoid toxicity to tomato plants.

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mitigation strategies on leade6

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“we should use mitigation strategies on lead”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Elevated lead concentrations, particularly 0.2 mg/L Pb, had a detrimental effect on the uptake of elements by roots, shoots and leaves of tomato.

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Elevated lead concentrations, particularly 0.2mg/L Pbe7
Outcome
the uptake of elements by roots, shoots, and leavese7
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detrimental effecte7

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Solanum lycopersicum
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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”

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“Elevated lead concentrations, particularly 0.2mg/L Pb, had a detrimental effect on the germination rate and the uptake of elements by roots, shoots, and leaves”

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lead atom · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

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lead atom · physiology: pigments · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree

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lead atom · molecular: metabolites · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree

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lead atom · nutrient: content · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree

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