New Delhi: A research team from the Indian Institute of Science and Research (Iiser) Claims Bhopal has sorted the genome of turmeric plants for the first time in the world.
The results have recently been published in journals belonging to the prestigious natural group – biological communication.
Safe! You have managed to throw your voteogin to see results in accordance with the team, with increasing interest in herbal medicines around the world, the researchers focus on herbal areas that are poorly understood like their genetic background.
The development of DNA and RNA sequencing technology has encouraged a new discipline called “herbal genomics” which is targeted to understand herbal genetic composition and their relationship with drug properties.
Given the accuracy of herbal genomics and the complexity of the herbal system, only a few of the herbal genomes are well assembled have been studied so far, the team claims.
“We have, for the first time in the world, sorting the turmeric genome, Indian gold spices.
This work is important because turmeric has focused in more than 3,000 publications, but the entire sequence of genomes is not known until us.
The team worked on,” Vineet K.
said.
Sharma, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Iiser Bhopal.
“Being the first explanation of the turmeric genetic arrangement, our research has provided unknown information until now about the factory.
Sequencing and Iiser analysis also confirmed the genetic makeup of triploid turmeric,” he said.
The researchers conducted a comparative evolutionary analysis in 17 species of plants.
Comparison shows the evolution of genes associated with secondary metabolism, phytohormone plant signaling, and various biotic and abiotic stressful response.
Researchers have revealed genetic structures related to the main enzymes involved in the production of curcuminoids, the main drug compounds present in turmeric.
They also show the origin of the evolution of this enzyme.
“Our studies have shown that many genes in turmeric have evolved in response to environmental stressors.
To survive environmental stress conditions, the turmeric plant has developed a unique genetic path for secondary metabolite synthesis such as curcuminoids for its own survival.
This secondary metabolite is responsible for The nature of the herb medicine, “Sharma added.
He explained that considering that turmeric has been widely used in the Indian treatment system for centuries, the translation into modern medicine is being pursued in recent years.
“In this context, the sequence of the turmeric genome will play a role in its merger into the mainstream drug system.
The sequencing of the genome of this drug plant provides new insights about the origin of the nature of this drug will also help further studies on this species, genus, and family,” Sharma said.