ArticleScientific reports2025
Copper sulfide nanoparticles application under field condition increases Eruca sativa morpho-physiological response, yield, and biodiesel production for sustainable energy.
Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Agronomic parameters have been extensively studied under lab conditions to determine effect of nanoparticles (NPs). However, the yield characteristics have not been determined especially to biodiesel producing crops. This study explores the effect of copper sulfide (CuS) NPs on the growth, biochemical properties, productivity, and oil content of Eruca sativa under field condition. The oil extracted from E. sativa seeds was converted to biodiesel via transesterification reaction and analyzed through FT-IR, GC-MS and NMR. Further the fuel properties were compared with international standards. The results demonstrate that CuS NPs markedly improved root (20.23%) and shoot length (21.17%), branches per plant (45.64%), plant biomass (49.46%), siliqua per plant (48.68%), seeds per siliqua, and oil percentage (18.27%) compared to control plants. Atomic absorption spectroscopy depicts that root accumulated maximum Cu followed by shoot and seeds. Biochemical analysis showed that plants treated with CuS NPs had higher level of protein (175.16 mg/kg FW), superoxide dismutase (0.63 nM/min/gFW) and peroxidase (0.74 nM/min/gFW) activities as compared to control plants. The roots and shoots of E. sativa showed enhanced total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, and improved antioxidant activities. The biodiesel yield was up to 85% using 1% KOH as catalyst and 6:1 oil to methanol ratio. FT-IR, NMR and GC-MS analyses of biodiesel indicate that CuS NPs has negligible effect on the biodiesel composition. Fuel properties i.e., pour point, cloud point, flash point, viscosity, density, sulfur content and ash content are found to comply with international standards. This study highlights the potential of CuS NPs in elevating agricultural yield and offers a sustainable approach to biofuel production.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.