Claim · model-written summary
2 µM Se in solution enhanced essential oils, hydroxycinnamic acids, phenolics and antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- basil
Ocimum basilicume0 - Treatment
- 2 µM Se in nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- production of essential oils, hydroxycinnamic acids, total phenolics and antioxidant activitye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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Verbatim
e0“Se application of 2 µM Se in nutrient solution and of 5 µM Se by foliar spraying successfully enhanced production of essential oils, hydroxycinnamic acids, total phenolics and antioxidant activity of basil leaves”
t0“Sweet Basil”
Title
Liubov Skrypnik; Anastasia Novikova; Elina Tokupova Plants 2019. doi:10.3390/plants8110458
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Selenium in nutrient solution raised leaf Se concentration to 20.23 μg g−1.
- Intervention effect Foliar selenium raised leaf Se concentration to 10.74 μg g−1.
- Intervention effect Selenium had neither toxic nor beneficial plant effects.
- Intervention effect 5 µM foliar Se enhanced essential oils, hydroxycinnamic acids, phenolics and antioxidant activity.
- Intervention effect Only selenium in nutrient solution positively affected anthocyanin content.
- Recommendation Authors recommend 5 μM in solution and 10 μM foliar selenium for enrichment and phytonutrients.