Effect of the Ascorbic Acid, Pyridoxine and Hydrogen Peroxide Treatments on Germination, Catalase Activity, Protein and Malondialdehyde Content of Three Oil Seeds

Authors

  • Aria DOLATABADIAN Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran (IR)
  • Seyed Ali Mohammad MODARRES SANAVY Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran (IR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha36270

Keywords:

ascorbic acid, catalase, pyridoxine, hydrogen peroxide, germination, malondialdehyde, oil seed

Abstract

Oil seed production has an important role in human nutrition and industry. Success in oil plant cultivation is related to seed production with high viability and rapid germination, because these seeds rapidly loose their viability by fats oxidation. Thus, in this work we studied the effects of ascorbic acid, pyridoxine and hydrogen peroxide solutions on germination quantitative traits, catalase activity, protein and malondialdehyde content of three old oil seeds (sunflower, rape seed and safflower). The results showed that ascorbic acid and pyridoxine stimulated significantly the sunflower and rape seed germination. These vitamins, however, didn't have any effect on safflower germination. Hydrogen peroxide strongly increased safflower germination. Ascorbic acid and pyridoxine decreased catalase activity in sunflower and rape seed, whereas hydrogen peroxide increased it. Ascorbic acid and pyridoxine prevented protein degradation and lipid peroxidation in germinated seeds. Consequently, we understand that ascorbic acid and pyridoxine can increase sunflower and rape seed germination and stimulate rate of growth. Also safflower germination increased due to germination inhibitor oxidation by hydrogen peroxide. In conclusion, this report shows that oil seeds treated with ascorbic acid, pyridoxine and hydrogen peroxide remarkably increase the capacity of germination. We suggest that treatments with such substances can improve the old oil seed germination during storage.

Downloads

Published

2008-12-30

How to Cite

DOLATABADIAN, A., & MODARRES SANAVY, S. A. M. (2008). Effect of the Ascorbic Acid, Pyridoxine and Hydrogen Peroxide Treatments on Germination, Catalase Activity, Protein and Malondialdehyde Content of Three Oil Seeds. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 36(2), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha36270

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Research Articles
CITATION
DOI: 10.15835/nbha36270

License

Copyright (c) 2008 Aria DOLATABADIAN, Seyed Ali Mohammad MODARRES SANAVY

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

License:

© Articles by the authors; licensee UASVM and SHST, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Papers published in the journal Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca are open access distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses).

Open Access Journal:

The journal allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restriction. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.