DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2017.v05i09.014

Pages: 667-669

Metformin is an AMPKinase activator which is often used for diabetes type II treatment. With the objetive to analyse the relevance of the AMPKinase in the growth of the plants, we exposed seeds of Lens culinaris Medik from the family of the Leguminosae to metformin and analyzed seeds germination and plant growth. Our results showed that metformin was able to diminish growth and delay germination of Lens culinaris Medik seeds suggesting that AMPKinase may have an important role in plant development and that the study of different AMPKinase activators and inhibitors in seeds germination and plant growth may be relevant in horticulture.