The Phytochemical Changes of Violet Flowers (Viola cornuta) Response to Exogenous Salicylic Acid Hormone

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N. Ghorbani, H. Moradi, V. Akbarpour, A. Ghasemnezhad

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Violet is one of the ornamental plants with a good value in landscaping and herbal medicine. Salicylic acidis a signaling agent involving in secondary metabolite production. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiologicalresponses of violet flowers to exogenous salicylic acid. This experiment was conducted in the greenhouse, as a completelyrandomized design. Salicylic acid was sprayed on violet plants in four levels as , , , mM and three replications.Flower diameter, flower stem length, fresh weight and dry matter percentage of violet flower were measured asmorphological parametes. In laboratory parameters like antioxidant activity and anthocyanin variation were recorded usingspectrophotometery method. The quercetin and rutin values were determined by HPLC. Results showed that salicylic acidsignificantly affected on flower diameter, total antioxidant capacity, rutin and quercetin contents. Therefore data analysisprovides that high levels of salicylic acid increased morphological parameters and improved chemical substance involvingto secondary metabolism promotion. Furthermore, using different concentrations of the hormone is required, to achieve thebest quality and quantity of plant biomass and it is also necessary to achieve the best traits of ornamental and medicinalvalue

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