Journal
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 834-836Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.6.15166
Keywords
water hyacinth; antimicrobial; anticancer; active compounds
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- National CFIDS Foundations Inc, Needham, MA, USA
- STDF, Ministry of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research, Egypt [ID 312]
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Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms, originating in the amazonian basin, is a warm water aquatic plant. Water hyacinth is considered one of the most productive plants on earth and, accordingly, is considered one of the top ten world's worst weeds. Water hyacinth spread to other tropical and subtropical regions by humans. It invaded about 62 countries in Africa, Asia and North America, and propagated extremely serious ecological, economical and social problems in the region between 40 degrees north and 45 degrees south. The dense weed of water hyacinth forms dense monocultures that can threaten local native species diversity and change the physical and chemical aquatic environment, thus altering ecosystem structure and function by disrupting food chains and nutrient cycling. We have separated and identified nine active fractions from water hyacinth and showed their promising therapeutic activities. Several compounds (alkaloid, phthalate derivatives, propanoid and phenyl derivatives) were identified in the extract of water hyacinth.
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