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Harnessing Salt-Tolerant Medicinal Plants: A Sustainable Approach to Agriculture and Herbal Medicine

Title
Harnessing Salt-Tolerant Medicinal Plants: A Sustainable Approach to Agriculture and Herbal Medicine
Creator
Ramakrishnan, Rashmi; Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Nagella, Praveen
Description
Global agricultural productivity is significantly hampered by salt-affected soils, which calls for sustainable management techniques. The promise of salt-tolerant medicinal plants as a twofold answer for recovering saline lands and generating useful phytochemicals for therapeutic applications is highlighted in this review. Through a variety of adaptation processes, such as osmoprotection, ion compartmentalization, and antioxidant defense, certain medicinal species, such as Aloe vera, Catharanthus roseus, Plantago ovata, Capparis spp., and Salicornia, exhibit an innate tolerance to high salinity. Exogenous applications of plant biostimulants, beneficial microbes, and nanoparticles can further increase their resilience. Furthermore, the integration of omics approachesgenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomicshas advanced our understanding of the molecular basis of salt tolerance and secondary metabolite regulation in these plants. In addition to promoting their wider application in saline agriculture and herbal medicine, this review highlights the ecological and pharmacological importance of salt-tolerant medicinal plants, providing a viable route to soil regeneration and the synthesis of bioactive compounds. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
Source
Environmental Science and Engineering;Volume;Part F1931;pp.91-111
Date
01-01-2026
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Subject
Halophytes; Salinity stress; Salt-tolerant medicinal plants; Stress adaptation; Sustainable agriculture
Coverage
Ramakrishnan R., Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Al-Khayri J.M., Department of Agriculture Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; Nagella P., Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 18635520;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Book chapter

Citation

Ramakrishnan, Rashmi; Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Nagella, Praveen, “Harnessing Salt-Tolerant Medicinal Plants: A Sustainable Approach to Agriculture and Herbal Medicine,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/24073.

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