However, juniperus procera is one of the famous ancient plants that has been traditionally used to treat several diseases such as hyperglycemia, hepatitis, jaundice, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Additional antibacterial diterpenes from the bark of. Juniperus procera tropical african timber tree with fragrant wood east african cedar genus juniperus, juniperus. Juniperus procera endl the african pencil cedar in africa and. In florida, only red cedar juniperus virginiana is native, while others are used as ornamentals in the landscape. But the forest covers of juniperus procera were threatened because of various anthropogenic factors. Juniperus procera endl the african pencil cedar in africa and arabia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Species specific allometric equations are important for estimation and quantification of net volume and aboveground biomass of living trees. The plant has also shown scavenging activity on a number of free radicals nair et al. Combining dendrochronology and matrix modelling in. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the arctic, south to tropical africa, from ziarat, pakistan, east to eastern tibet in the old world, and in the. Somatic embryogenesis in juniperus procera using juniperus. Cell free extracts was prepared by grinding 5 gm of each drayed healthy, infected and. Read antimycobacterial constituents from juniperus procera, ferula communis and plumbago zeylanica and their in vitro synergistic activity with isonicotinic acid hydrazide, phytotherapy research on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Comparative study on the influence of some medicinal.
Growth performance of juniperus procera plantations at. Exploring adsorption process of lead ii and chromium vi. The bark of juniperus procera yielded the diterpene 7hydroxyabieta. Juniperus procera is the largest juniper in the world and occupied the largest mountain forests in ethiopia. Juniperus procera wikispecies, free species directory. Hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect of juniperus procera extract on rats with streptozotocininduced diabetes. Total volume and aboveground biomass models for juniperus procera plantation in wondo genet. Efficacy of juniperus procera constituents with silver. In florida, only red cedar juniperus virginiana is native, while others are used. Current status and future prospect of olea europaea and. To carry out the experimental work, juniperus procera leaves were collected from abha city in saudi arabia. Juniperus procera define juniperus procera in amharic at. Three occurrence districts were visited and 124 presence observations were taken. Total volume and aboveground biomass models for juniperus.
Impact of salicylic acid and juniperus procera extract as. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf. Complete the form for your free download of the africa reports 2019 list of the 100 most influential africans. This page was last edited on 7 january 2020, at 21. Anthropogenic and natural causes influencing population. The leaves were dried at 40 c for 3 h, crushed and. Impact of salicylic acid and juniperus procera extract as a defense mechanism against zucchini yellow mosaic virus and host biochemical characterization alawlaqi m. This study was basically focused on fitting total volume and aboveground biomass models for juniperus procera plantations in wondo genet, sidama zone, ethiopia. Definition of juniperus procera is translation of juniperus procera in amharic. Effects of ground preparation and microenvironment on.
Volume 26, issues 34, septemberdecember 2019, pages 3668. Total volume and aboveground biomass models for juniperus procera plantation in. African cedar is a timber and essentialoil yielding conifer with a natural range extending from the arabian peninsula to the highlands of east africa in its natural habitat it reaches heights of up to 30 m 98 ft, though is slowgrowing, averaging only around 0. With no treatment at all the percentage germination for both species was nil. In this study, the natural regeneration of juniperus procera hochst. In addition, the bark yielded the known compounds crypotrienolic acid, isocupressic acid and sugiol. Climate forcing of tree growth in dry afromontane forest fragments of. The afromontane forests of northern ethiopia have been degraded and fragmented for centuries. Junipers provide many uses to satisfy different needs in the landscape. The vegetation composition, structure and regeneration status of gole natural forest, west arsi zone, oromia regional state, ethiopia, mesfin belete hailemariam, tamiru demsis tem. Woody species diversity, structure, and regeneration. Moreover, streptozotocin showed a significant upregulation of il6, tnf. Predicting suitable habitats of endangered juniperus. Juniperus procera is an evergreen dioecious, more seldom monoecius tree, which.
Juniperus procera definition of juniperus procera by the. Antimycobacterial constituents from juniperus procera. Description juniperus procera is a mediumsized tree reaching 2025 m. The effect of aqueous smoke solution in overcoming the light requirement for germination, and the potential of visible vis and near infrared reflectance nir spectroscopy for sorting sound. Estimation of net above ground biomass in forest ecosystems by nondestructive means requires the development of allometric equations, to allow prediction of above ground biomass from readily measurable variables such as diameter at breast height dbh. Juniperus procera known by the common english names african juniper, african pencilcedar, east african juniper, east africancedar, and kenyacedar is a coniferous tree native to mountainous areas in africa and the arabian peninsula. It is a characteristic tree of the afromontane flora. Juniperus procera leaf extract and testing the synthesized. Hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect of juniperus procera. That change was reduced in rats cotreated with insulin or juniperus procera extract. Media in category juniperus procera the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. Transferability and application of microsatellites ssrs. The aim of this study was to investigate the hypoglycemic activities of the extracts of three plant species collected from albaha region of saudi arabia including olea oleaster oleaceae family leaves ole, juniperus procera cupressaceae family leaves jle, and opuntia ficus indica cactaceae family stems ose on streptozotocin stz.
Growth rings are formed in response to the alternation of. Current study is an attempt to investigate the antiinflammatory effect of juniperus procera extract on rats exposed to cytotoxicity caused. Pdf juniperus procera cupressaceae in afromontane forests in. Growth and population dynamics of juniperus procera from ethiopia. Article views are the countercompliant sum of full text article downloads since november 2008 both pdf and html across all institutions and individuals. Tree demography was analysed by applying dendrochronological techniques and matrix modelling on a static data set of juniperus procera populations of ethiopian dry highland forests. Somatic embryogenesis in juniperus procera using juniperus communis as a model seblework belaineh institute of biodiversity conservation, p. Crossdating juniperus procera from north gondar, ethiopia. Consequently, the species was included on the iucn red list of endangered species. This study is aimed at generating data on woody species diversity, structure, and regeneration status of some species and was conducted in yemrehane kirstos church forest of lasta woreda, north wollo zone, amhara region, ethiopia. It develops a straight trunk, often fluted at the base in older trees, with vertically fissured and peeling. Juniperus horizontalis creeping juniper or creeping cedar is a lowgrowing shrubby juniper native to northern north america, throughout most of canada from yukon east to newfoundland, and in the united states in alaska, and locally from montana east to maine, reaching its furthest south in wyoming and northern illinois it lives up to both its scientific and common names. Juniperus genus is diverse in species, with several traditional medicines reported, and rich in natural compounds with potential for development of new drugs. Transferability of five nuclear microsatellite markers jc16, jc31, jc32, jc35 and jc37 that were originally developed for j.
Distribution of juniperus procera over the world where it spreads. Cytogenetic toxicity of juniperus procera extract with silver nanoparticles against carcinoma. It is an endangered tree species enumerated in iucn red list. Juniperus procera synonyms, juniperus procera pronunciation, juniperus procera translation, english dictionary definition of juniperus procera. Allometric equation for biomass determination in juniperus. Anthropogenic and natural causes influencing population genetic structure of juniperus procera hochst. These forests are broadly classified as dry afromontane forests and are dominated by juniperus procera and olea europaea subsp. Read effects of ground preparation and microenvironment on germination and natural regeneration of juniperus procera and afrocarpus gracilior in ethiopia, forest ecology and management on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Download scientific diagram distribution of juniperus procera over the world where it spreads naturally in the gray colored countries on the map while exotic in.
Biology department, faculty of science, jazan university, kingdom of saudi arabia. Summary pretreatment with either hot water or concentrated sulphuric acid was found to increase the rate of germination and percentage germination of erythrina abyssinica 8084% germination and of juniperus procera 6878% germination when measured 14 days after sowing. Juniperus procera is the most preferred tree in ethiopia. Antiinflammatory effect of juniperus procera extract in. Based on the antifungal results, leaf extract of j. Germination of juniperus procera seeds in response to. Download hires image download to mspowerpoint cite this. Six transect lines were laid following altitudinal gradient. In the present study, trees of two species namely juniperus. Hadgu hishe, kidane giday, mulugeta neka, teshome soromessa, jos van orshoven, and bart muys detection of olea europaea subsp. Pdf total volume and aboveground biomass models for. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Consequently, juniperus procera forests can only develop in two principal ways. Description juniperus procera is a mediumsized tree reaching 2025 m rarely 40 m tall, with a trunk.
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus juniperus d. Researcharticle woody species diversity, structure, and regeneration status of yemrehane kirstos church forest of lasta woreda, north wollo zone, amhara region, ethiopia. Data for fitting the total volume and aboveground biomass models. Equations of this type have not been well developed for trees of wofwasha forest. Several plant extracts and their phytoconstituents are known as a promising alternative to chemically synthetic antimicrobial agents due to the presence of diverse active components and its limited side effects. The vegetation composition, structure and regeneration. Recently, efforts have been made to restore these forests by protecting them from livestock interference. Gcms of juniperus procera leaf and fruit extracts revealed the presence of various ingredients.
Regeneration response of juniperus procera and olea. Data on the floristic and structural compositions of the vascular plants were. Theses leaves were thoroughly washed with deionized water to remove any. None of these results link these pharmacological effects directly to its use for heartburn, however p. Six permanent sample plots were established for an inventory of diameters and 11 stem discs were collected for dendrochronological analysis. Accordingly, this study investigates the future suitable habitat of the j.
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