Abstract
Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice, and is marketed fresh, dried or frozen. In crop nutrition, nitrogen is essential for plant growth and as a macro-element, is part of the proteins’ structure and participates in the metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and energy transfer. It has been shown that a balance between ammonium and nitrate favors plant growth and that the degree of benefit varies among crops. This study was conducted to evaluate the growth of two varieties of basil in function of four nutrient solutions containing different NH4+/NO3- ratios. Results showed that different variety response differently to nutrient solution. Although the highest yield in both varieties (sweet and purple) was obtained when fed by nutrient solution without ammonium but their response on quality indices were different due to nitrate ammonium ratio in nutrient solutions. The highest total phenol content of sweet and purple basil was 92 and 100 mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weight respectively, while the highest antioxidant capacity was obtained in purple variety grown in nutrient solution 2 (NH4+:1/NO3:4) and the lowest value were related to sweet variety with the same nutrient solution. Moderate content of total nitrogen can be suitable for sweet variety while for purple variety nutrient solution with low amount of ammonium can be more suitable.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Highest yield in both basil varieties was obtained with nutrient solution without ammonium.
- Taxon
- basil
Ocimum basilicume0 - Material
- sweet and purplee3
- Treatment
- nutrient solution without ammoniume3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Comparator
- four nutrient solutions containing different NH4+/NO3- ratiose1
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e1“evaluate the growth of two varieties of basil in function of four nutrient solutions containing different NH4+/NO3- ratios”
e3“the highest yield in both varieties (sweet and purple) was obtained when fed by nutrient solution without ammonium”
Claim · model-written summary
The two basil varieties responded differently to the nutrient solution.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- nutrient solutione2
- Outcome
- variety responsee2
- Direction
- differentlye2
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e2“Results showed that different variety response differently to nutrient solution”
Claim · model-written summary
Sweet basil had the highest total phenol content, 92 mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weight.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- sweete4
- Outcome
- total phenol contente4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Value
- 92e4
- Qualifier
- mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weighte4
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e4“The highest total phenol content of sweet and purple basil was 92 and 100 mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weight respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Purple basil had the highest total phenol content, 100 mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weight.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- purplee4
- Outcome
- total phenol contente4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Value
- 100e4
- Qualifier
- mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weighte4
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e4“The highest total phenol content of sweet and purple basil was 92 and 100 mg gallic acid equivalent per gram of dry weight respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Purple basil grown in nutrient solution 2 had the highest antioxidant capacity.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- purple varietye5
- Treatment
- nutrient solution 2 (NH4+:1/NO3:4)e5
- Outcome
- antioxidant capacitye5
- Direction
- higheste5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e5“the highest antioxidant capacity was obtained in purple variety grown in nutrient solution 2 (NH4+:1/NO3:4) and the lowest value were related to sweet variety with the same nutrient solution”
Claim · model-written summary
Sweet basil had the lowest antioxidant capacity in the same nutrient solution.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- sweet varietye5
- Treatment
- same nutrient solutione5
- Outcome
- antioxidant capacitye5
- Direction
- loweste5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e5“the highest antioxidant capacity was obtained in purple variety grown in nutrient solution 2 (NH4+:1/NO3:4) and the lowest value were related to sweet variety with the same nutrient solution”
Claim · model-written summary
Moderate total nitrogen content is suitable for sweet basil.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- sweet varietye6
- Outcome
- Moderate content of total nitrogene6
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Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e6“Moderate content of total nitrogen can be suitable for sweet variety while for purple variety nutrient solution with low amount of ammonium can be more suitable”
Claim · model-written summary
A nutrient solution with low ammonium can be more suitable for purple basil.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- purple varietye6
- Outcome
- nutrient solution with low amount of ammoniume6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice”
e6“Moderate content of total nitrogen can be suitable for sweet variety while for purple variety nutrient solution with low amount of ammonium can be more suitable”
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