Claim · model-written summary
At the highest concentration, extracts of the three plants showed phytotoxic activity, ranked P. latbenia > E. wallichii > B. ciliata.
- Taxon
- Euphorbia wallichii, Bergenia ciliata and Phytolacca latbenia
Bergenia ciliata
Euphorbia wallichiiPhytolacca latbeniae1 - Treatment
- crude methanolic extractse0
- Outcome
- phytotoxic activitiese2
- Direction
- higherinferrede2
- Qualifier
- At highest concentratione2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“This work examines the crude methanolic extracts of three medicinally important plants native to Pakistan for potent phytotoxic activities and important phytochemicals”
e1“These plants include Euphorbia wallichii, Bergenia ciliata and Phytolacca latbenia”
e2“At highest concentration, extracts from all the three plants showed phytotoxic activities such that P. latbenia > E. wallichii > B. ciliata”
Title
Nazif Ullah; Ihsan-ul Haq; Bushra Mirza Toxicology and Industrial Health 2013. doi:10.1177/0748233712472527
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Root length of target seedlings was affected more than shoot length by the extracts.
- Intervention effect Brassica napus was more sensitive to the extracts than Triticum aestivum.
- Observation Phytolacca latbenia is rich in saponins and terpenoids.
- Observation Euphorbia wallichii and Bergenia ciliata are rich in tannins, terpenoids and cardiac glycoside.
- Observation Phytolacca latbenia carries a moderate amount of cardiac glycosides.