The Potential of a New Commercial Seaweed Extract in Stimulating Morpho-Agronomic and Bioactive Properties of Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav.

This study aimed to understand the effect of commercial seaweed extract as a biofertilizer, named True-Algae-Max (TAM®), on yield, nutritional, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activity Eruca vesicaria. Three concentrations TAM® (5, 10, 15%) were studied by foliar spray over two cultivation years (2016 2017) without any chemical fertilizer, along with control consisting synthetic nitrogen, phosphorus potassium (NPK) fertilizers. The yield composition E. vesicaria significantly improved in all treatments, particularly at 10% concentration TAM®, which resulted maximum (1.99 kg m−2) significant amounts chlorophyll, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids total nutrients. Compared NPK control, grown antioxidant from 41.80 49.36 mg g−1 cytotoxicity 25.30 60.40% an IC50 value 85.7 µg mL−1 against hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (HepG2). These findings indicate that can generally be used safe potential multifunctional biofertilizer agricultural field. use could potentially help mitigate adverse effects main nutrient deficiencies, diminishing