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Application of Computer Technologies to the Study of Bas Properties in Biological Systems

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This research focused on biological systems, specifically the life cycle of Caenorhabditis elegans larvae. The effect of biologically active plant-derived substances (24 samples of medicinal plant components) on larval growth rate was studied. The ImageJ program was used to process images of the biological system (larvae) in combination with pattern recognition algorithms and machine learning. The use of correlation analysis allowed optimizing the number of studied dependent variables for consideration. The Kruskal-Wallis and median tests were used for samples that did not fit the normal distribution. The analysis of variance revealed that some variables were significantly dependent on the induction time, while others were dependent on the samples of biologically active substances (BAS) components. When comparing the growth rate of larvae to the control, three BAS samples showed a significant difference; for remaining samples no significant influence of BAS components at a fixed concentration on growth dynamics was found. Using the information on the transition of larvae from one stage to the next with the addition of the BAS component, the following samples with significant biological activity were identified: naringenin from Medicágo satíva, baicalin from Scutellaria baicalensis, ononin from Trifolium pratense, 18-genistein from Trifolium pratense, apigenin from Achillea millefolium, rutin from Filipéndula ulmária, ursolic acid from Thymus vulgaris, myricetin from Hedysarum neglectum, and kaempferol from Panax ginseng. The results of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the impact on the biological system allowed the components of biologically active substances with pronounced biological activity to be selected for further detailed study.

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This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project number FZSR-2020-0006.

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Appendix 1. Results of Statistical Analysis

See Fig. 3.

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Examining the normality of the distribution of dependent variable sample values: (a) h; (b) l; (c) S; (d) L1-L4.

Appendix 2. Results of Statistical Analysis Using the Kruskal-Wallis Test

See Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

Table 3. Sample analysis (dependence of the response function value h of the larvae width on the time of induction).
Table 4. The median test results of sample analysis (dependence of the response function value h of the larvae width on the induction time).
Table 5. Analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value l of the larvae length on the induction time) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 6. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value l of the larvae length on the induction time) using the median test.
Table 7. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function S of the larvae area on the induction time) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 8. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function S of the larvae area on the induction time) using the median test.
Table 9. The analysis of samples (dependence of the transition function value of larvae from L1 stage to L4 stage on the induction time) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 10. The analysis of samples (dependence of the transition function value of larvae from L1 stage to L4 stage on the induction time) using the median test.
Table 11. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae width on the sample of BAS components) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 12. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae width on the sample of BAS components) using the median test.
Table 13. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae length on the sample of BAS components) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 14. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae length on the sample of BAS components) using the median test.
Table 15. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae area on the sample of BAS components) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 16. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function value of the larvae area on the sample of BAS components) using the median test.
Table 17. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function of the larvae transition from L1 stage to L4 stage on the sample of BAS components) using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Table 18. The analysis of samples (dependence of the response function of the larvae transition from L1 stage to L4 stage on the sample of BAS components) using a median test.

Appendix 3. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) of Samples

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Table 19. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of samples describing the dependence of the value of the larval length response function on the induction duration.
Table 20. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of samples describing the dependence of the value of the response function of the growth rate of larvae on the induction duration
Table 21. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of samples describing the dependence of the value of the larval length response function on samples of BAS components.
Table 22. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of samples describing the dependence of the value of the larval growth rate response function on samples of BAS components.

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Ivanova, S., Dyshlyuk, L., Dmitrieva, A., Loseva, A., El Amine Khelef, M., Pavsky, V. (2023). Application of Computer Technologies to the Study of Bas Properties in Biological Systems. In: Silhavy, R., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Data Science and Algorithms in Systems. CoMeSySo 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 597. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21438-7_32

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