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Exploitation of the molecular potential of plants:Equisetum arvense (EQUISETACEAE)

Valorisation du potentiel moleculaire des plantes: Equisetum Arvense

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After a search of the literature including computerized data bases on the economic potential of various plants, experiments designed to improve the extraction of silica from the horsetailEquisetum arvense L. were carried out. Improved yields of colloidal silica were obtained by sonication in a shorter time than by conventional extraction with boiling distilled water. However we conclude that commercial exploitation of silica (colloidal or solid) fromEquisetum arvense is not feasible at present because: growing conditions of this plant species are not yet well defined; the disappearance of the plant during the winter months limits its period of exploitation; the silica content of the plant can vary over a six-fold range depending on weather and soil conditions, and so its economic potential is unpredictable.

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A la suite d’une recherche par bibliographie informatisee, concernant le potentiel économique de diverses plantes, des manipulations visant a améliorer l’extraction de la silice de la préle Equisetum arvense ont été menées. L’usage des ultrasons a permis d’obtenir plus rapidement de meilleurs rendements en silice colloidale que l’extraction conventionnelle par l’eau bouillante. Cependant nous avons conclu que la valorisation corn merciale de la silice (colloldale ou solide) d’Equisetum arvense n’est, pour l’instant, pas realisable, car: les conditions culturales de cette plante sont peu connues; la disparition de la plante durant les mois d’hiver lirnite son exploitation; le contenu en silice peut varier d’unfacteur 6 suivant la nature du sol et les conditions climatiques.

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    Gérard Vilarem, Francis Périneau & Antoine Gaset

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Vilarem, G., Périneau, F. & Gaset, A. Exploitation of the molecular potential of plants:Equisetum arvense (EQUISETACEAE). Econ Bot 46, 401–407 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866512

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