A Study of Antioxidant Activities and GC-MS Analysis of Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on Zea mays Leaves

Authors

  • S. Muthulakshmi  Department of Botany with specialization in Plant Biotechnology,The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women,Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
  • K. Lingakumar  Centre for Research and Postgraduate Studies in Botany,Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous ), Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.

Keywords:

Antioxidant, Bioactive compounds, GC-MS, Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and Zea mays

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the foliar applied Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on antioxidant and bioactive compounds in Zea mays. The plants where treated with different concentration of SNP (5µM and 1mM) on 20 days old seedling Zea mays. The treatment was carried out for 2 days. In general, the 5µM and 1mM increase in the production of proline content, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (PD) and Malondialdehyde content when compare to the control. Where as in case of bioactive compounds production the maximum significant of bioactive compounds are present in 5µM of sodium nitroprusside. The major constituents were Octasiloxane 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7,9,9,11,11,13,13,15,15–hexadecamethyl (RT: 15.873); 2-Ethylacridine (RT: 16.582); Silicic acid, diethyl bis (trimethylsilyl)ester (RT: 17.395) along with other minor constituents were also present. Hence it is concluded that regular application of SNP to Zea mays resulted in higher biomass production and phytochemical content.

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2018-11-30

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S. Muthulakshmi, K. Lingakumar, " A Study of Antioxidant Activities and GC-MS Analysis of Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on Zea mays Leaves, International Journal of Scientific Research in Chemistry(IJSRCH), ISSN : 2456-8457, Volume 3, Issue 5, pp.67-72, November-December-2018.