... PGPRs to improve the growth and rooting of Portulacaria afra in pots was evaluated. Portulacaria afra is an interesting plant from a medicinal ... compared to the untreated control (CTRL), both in Portulacaria afra and in Portulacaria afra variegated. The results show that microorganisms are ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2020 - | GSC Advanced Research and Reviews
Peter V. Bruyns, Mário de Oliveira Neto, Gladys Flávia de Albuquerque Melo-de-Pinna, Cornelia Klak,
... Africa and southern Africa. After the divergence of Portulacaria afra , the Portulacarioideae mainly diversified around the margins ... the two genera of the Portulacarioideae, Ceraria and Portulacaria , are not monophyletic and we transfer the five accepted species of Ceraria to Portulacaria .
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2014 - Wiley | Taxon
Oluwafunbi Christianah Adeleye, Ida Risenga,
Portulacaria afra, is indigenous to South Africa and has been identified to have several medicinal properties according ... for the first time the roots extracts of Portulacaria afra, using four solvents with different polarities. The ...
Tópico(s): Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
2022 - Oriental Scientific Publishing Company | Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal
Portulacaria afra, a succulent plant, shifts from a predominantly C(3) mode of gas exchange to a ...
Tópico(s): Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
1977 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
H.‐Dietmar Behnke, Tom J. Mabry, Imre J. Eifert, Liliana Pop,
... Aizoaceae than to the Caryophyllaceae. Three genera, Ceraria, Portulacaria, and Talinella, previously treated as doubtful members of ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
1975 - Canadian Science Publishing | Canadian Journal of Botany
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Patricia A. Rorabaugh, Zac Hanscom,
Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq., a perennial facultative Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species, was studied under natural photoperiods ...
Tópico(s): Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
1984 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Patricia A. Rorabaugh, Zac Hanscom,
... is subject to long day photoperiodic control in Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq., a facultative CAM plant, was ...
Tópico(s): Botanical Research and Applications
1984 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Irwin P. Ting,
... water status, and pigment composition were studied in Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. during a normal summer drought ...
Tópico(s): Algal biology and biofuel production
1987 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
... Philippi (syn. Philippiamara Kuntze), Ceraria Pearson & Stephens and Portulacaria Jacquin which were previously grouped together on palynological ... is endemic to South America, while Ceraria and Portulacaria possess flavonols and are endemic to Africa. The ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
1986 - Elsevier BV | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Alfredo J. Huerta, Irwin P. Ting,
In response to water stress, Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. (Portulacaceae) shifts its photosynthetic carbon metabolism from the Calvin-Benson cycle for CO(2) fixation (C(3)) photosynthesis ...
Tópico(s): Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
1988 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Lonie J. Guralnick, Irwin P. Ting,
Abstract. Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. is a perennial facultative CAM species showing a seasonal shift from C 3 to ...
Tópico(s): Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
1988 - Wiley | Plant Cell & Environment
... in the facultative Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species, Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. In P. afra individuals performing ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
1992 - Wiley | Physiologia Plantarum
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Robert L. Heath, Guillermo Goldstein, Irwin P. Ting,
The kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence were measured in Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. when the plants were functioning ...
Tópico(s): Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
1992 - Oxford University Press | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
M. C. Rutherford, Leslie W. Powrie, Lara B. Husted,
... 2011. A preliminary assessment of rain throughfall beneath Portulacaria afra canopy in subtropical thicket and its implications ... den Broeck D, Weel S, Boogerd C. 2011. Portulacaria afra is constrained under extreme soil conditions in ...
Tópico(s): Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
2012 - Wiley | Land Degradation and Development
Marius L. van der Vyver, Richard M. Cowling, Anthony Mills, Mark Difford,
... has made landscape‐scale restoration of severely degraded Portulacaria afra (spekboom)‐dominated subtropical thicket, by planting multiple ...
Tópico(s): Land Use and Ecosystem Services
2013 - Wiley | Restoration Ecology
Robbert Duker, Richard M. Cowling, Derek R. du Preez, Alastair Potts,
... We tested this hypothesis by establishing cuttings of Portulacaria afra (spekboom) – a dominant thicket succulent shrub that ...
Tópico(s): African Botany and Ecology Studies
2015 - Elsevier BV | South African Journal of Botany
... STRP), about 21.5 million cuttings of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) were planted over the period 2004–2016 ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2017 - Academy of Science of South Africa | South African Journal of Science
Lonnie J. Guralnick, Kate Gladsky,
Portulacaria afra L. is a dominant facultative CAM species growing in the Southeastern Cape of South Africa. ...
Tópico(s): Botanical Research and Applications
2017 - Elsevier BV | Heliyon
Taher A. Salaheldin, Ghadir A. El-Chaghaby, Mohamed El‐Sherbiny,
... of 4.36nm. The antibacterial assay showed that Portulacaria afra extract had no inhibitory potential against the ...
Tópico(s): Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
2019 - | Novel Research in Microbiology Journal
Marius L. van der Vyver, Richard M. Cowling,
... South African Subtropical Thicket type, and its ecotones. Portulacaria afra (spekboom) is a canopy cover dominant in ...
Tópico(s): Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
2019 - Elsevier BV | Forest Ecology and Management
Shumaila Ijaz, Javed Iqbal, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Sobia Kanwal, Maryam Tavafoghi, Mohammad Z. Ahmed, Tariq Mahmood,
... of methanolic (PAM) and chloroform (PAC) extracts of Portulacaria afra root, leaf, seed and flower. FT-IR ( ...
Tópico(s): Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea
2023 - Elsevier BV | Journal of King Saud University - Science
Sobia Tabassum, Saeed Ahmad, Kashif ur Rehman Khan, Baber Ali, Faisal Usman, Qaiser Jabeen, Muhammad Sajid-ur-Rehman, Maqsood Ahmed, Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, Luay Alkazmi, Gaber El‐Saber Batiha, Qamar-uz- Zaman, Abdul Basit,
Portulacaria afra Jacq (Portulacaceae) is a medicinal plant used traditionally in the treatment of pain and inflammation. ...
Tópico(s): Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
2023 - Elsevier BV | Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Marius L. van der Vyver, Anthony Mills, Mark Difford, Richard M. Cowling,
... degraded subtropical succulent thicket, via the planting of Portulacaria afra (spekboom) truncheons, is the focus of a ...
Tópico(s): Soil erosion and sediment transport
2021 - PeerJ, Inc. | PeerJ
Marius L. van der Vyver, Anthony Mills, Richard M. Cowling,
... degraded subtropical thicket dominated by the succulent shrub, Portulacaria afra (spekboom). Restoration using spekboom truncheons has the ...
Tópico(s): Urban Green Space and Health
2021 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Sobia Tabassum, Saeed Ahmad, Kashif-ur-Rehman Khan, Fouzia Tabassum, Anjum Khursheed, Qamar uz Zaman, Najat A. Bukhari, Alanoud T. Alfagham, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Yinglong Chen,
... that reduce the adverse effects of chemical drugs. Portulacaria afra is a rich source of phytochemicals with ...
Tópico(s): Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Molecules
E. Van Jaarsveld, Anso Le Roux,
Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. has a widespread distribution in South Africa. There is a marked leaf size ...
Tópico(s): Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
2021 - | Bradleya
Sobia Tabassum, Saeed Ahmad, Kashif-ur Rehman, Umair Khurshid, Huma Rao, Abdulwahab Alamri, Mukhtar Ansari, Barkat Ali, Muhammad Waqas, Hammad Saleem, Sirajudheen Anwar,
Portulacaria afra Jacq. (Family: Didiereaceae) is an important medicinal plant having several traditional uses for treating common ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
2022 - Elsevier BV | South African Journal of Botany
Anthony Mills, Richard M. Cowling, D. J. Steÿn, Jurjen Spekreijse, D. Van den Broeck, Silvia Weel, Coen Boogerd,
... degraded thicket landscapes can be achieved by planting Portulacaria afra (spekboom) cuttings. The factors determining P. afra ...
Tópico(s): Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
2011 - Elsevier BV | South African Journal of Botany
Domonique Courtney Basson, Sandy van Vuuren, Ida Risenga,
... the medicinal or nutritional properties of medicinal plants. Portulacaria afra is a South African medicinal plant that ... certain ailments, despite rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Significance: Portulacaria afra is a South African medicinally important species ...
Tópico(s): Seed and Plant Biochemistry
2024 - Academy of Science of South Africa | South African Journal of Science
Domonique Courtney Basson, Thabiso Katlego Teffo, Ida Risenga,
Introduction: Portulacaria afra is a medicinal plant commonly used among African traditional healers to treat skin conditions and dehydration. ...
Tópico(s): Medicinal plant effects and applications
2022 - Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences | Journal of Herbmed Pharmacology