The present study aimed the evaluation of allelopathic effect of hydroalcoholic extract from the aerial parts of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. (Asteraceae); against the germination and radicle growth of Cicer arietinum and Triticum aestivum seeds. The extract at different concentrations was incubated in controlled conditions with the surface sterilized seeds of C. arietinum and T. aestivum and o...

The present study aimed the evaluation of allelopathic effect of hydroalcoholic extract from the roots of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. (Asteraceae); against the germination and radicle growth of Cicer arietinum and Triticum aestivum seeds. The extract at different concentrations was incubated in controlled conditions with the surface sterilized seeds of C. arietinum and T. aestivum and observed...

The present study aimed the evaluation of allelopathic effect of aqueous extract of coffee (Coffea arabica) against germination and radicle growth of Cicer arietinum and Triticum aestivum seeds. The extract at different concentrations was incubated in controlled conditions with the surface sterilized seeds of C. arietinum and T. aestivum and observed periodically for seed germination and radicl...

IAA induces tryptophan oxygenase (EC 1.13.1.12) in Cicer arietinum seedlings and CAMP mimics this action [I]. In seedlings preincubated with IAA, there is also a 3-3.5fold activation of adenyl cyclase as evident from increased incorporation of [8-14C]adenine into [14C]cAMP [2]. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect on germination of C. arietinum caused by inclusion of 8-azadenine in the imbibition...

Domesticated chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and its wild relative C. judaicum grow in sympatric distribution in Israel and both are susceptible to Ascochyta blight caused by Didymella rabiei. C. arietinum was grown for millennia in drier and hotter Levantine spring conditions while C. judaicum grows in the wetter and milder winters. Accordingly, it is possible that D. rabiei isolates originated fro...

Background and objectives: Urolithiasis is a common urological disorder. Based on the Persian medicine literatures, Cicer arietinum has a potential to dissolve renal stones. This study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of Cicer arietinum in patients with renal stone. Methods: The extract of C. arietinum seeds was sp...

BACKGROUND The use of traditional foods can enrich our diet, perpetuating important elements of local knowledge and cultural inheritance. Raw, soaked and cooked samples of two Fabaceae species (Cicer arietinum L. and Lathyrus sativus L.) were characterized regarding nutritional and bioactive properties. RESULTS L. sativus gave the highest carbohydrate, protein, ash, saturated fatty acid and p...

The influence of coffee pulp organic matter as a substrate for the growth of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) was compared with substrates of diverse origins to increase soil organic carbon and provide the basis for the use of the organic coffee by-product for the production of legumes in the tropical arable cultivation condition of Ethiopia. Four kinds of substrates, namely topsoil (Treatment I)...

BACKGROUND Cicer arietinum (Chickpea) is one of the most important harvests in the world with high nutritional value. Lack of essential oils in the seeds of Chickpea is an advantage in search for drug-like molecules with less toxicity. We evaluated anticonvulsant effect of C. arietinum in common animal models of epilepsy. METHODS Dichloromethane extract was obtained from C. arietinum seeds by...

For millennia, chickpea (Cicer arietinum) has been grown in the Levant sympatrically with wild Cicer species. Chickpea is traditionally spring-sown, while its wild relatives germinate in the autumn and develop in the winter. It has been hypothesized that the human-directed shift of domesticated chickpea to summer production was an attempt to escape the devastating Ascochyta disease caused by Di...