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| Title: | Spatial influence on the important bio-chemical properties of Piper nigrum Linn. leaves |
| Authors: | Parthasarathy, Utpala
Asish, G R
Zachariah, T J
Saji, K V
George, Johnson K
Jayarajan, K
Mathew, P A |
| Keywords: | Black pepper
Carotene
Chlorophyll
Phenol
Piper nigrum
Spatial influence |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2008 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8 - A61K 36/00, A23L 1/22 |
| Abstract: | Black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.) is available in a vast altitudinal diversity and shows great adaptability to a wide range of climatic and soil conditions. The study of leaf bio-chemical components such as chlorophyll, carotene and phenol concentration and bio-mass percentage, showed considerable intra species variation in wild black pepper collected from the Western Ghats (Karnataka and Kerala). The results plotted in map with the help of ARC-GIS software to get an idea of spatial variation, indicated that, the diversity of chlorophyll and carotene percentage is wide in a narrow geographical range, but certain patch showed high phenol concentration (between 10º48' and 12º25' latitude). |
| Page(s): | 444-447 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.7(5) [September-October 2008]
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