Comprehensive approaches of phytonanoparticles for stress tolerance, growth performance, and improving oil yield in Sesame (Sesamum indicum): Mechanism, applications and future prospects

Abstract

Sustainable agriculture is the backbone of the country, providing food, shelter and employment, along with economic support. Plants are indispensable to life, providing food and medicine to human beings since ancient times. Sesamum indicum, commonly known as sesame or “Till”, having tremendous food medicinal and nutraceutical properties. Sesame contains saturated and unsaturated fatty acids along with lignan, vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates, providing an array of health benefits for humans. 21st century is known as the era of nanotechnology, having tremendous applications which have revolunalized the scientific community. Nanoparticles of different types have the ability to modify the phytochemistry and metabolic profile of the plants, either resulting in new metabolites or increasing the concentration of the existing ones. As most of the research is done with cereal crops which have enough data, but the oil seed crops and especially sesame is ignored. This review provides the nutraceutical and health benefits of sesame along with the potential of nanotechnology to improve oil seed crops especially of sesame. Most of the reviews only provides medicinal benefits of sesame, but this review is aimed to provide a way to improve those nutraceutical properties along the oil yield.

Keywords

• Sesame
• Nanotechnology
• Oil seed crops
• Agriculture
• Oxidative stress