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- Title
Exploring New Antioxidant and Mineral Compounds from Nymphaea alba Wild-Grown in Danube Delta Biosphere.
- Authors
Cudalbeanu, Mihaela; Ghinea, Ioana Otilia; Furdui, Bianca; Dah-Nouvlessounon, Durand; Raclea, Robert; Costache, Teodor; Cucolea, Iulia Elena; Urlan, Florentina; Dinica, Rodica Mihaela
- Abstract
<italic>Nymphaea alba</italic> is an aquatic flowering plant from the <italic>Nymphaeaceae</italic> family that has been used for hundreds of years in traditional herbal medicine. The plant is characterized by different phytochemicals, depending on the geographical location. Herein, we have carried out, for the first time, the separation and HPLC-MS/MS identification of some antioxidant compounds, such as polyphenols and flavonoids from <italic>N. alba</italic> extracts from the Danube Delta Biosphere, and investigated their possible antiradical properties. An ultrasonic method has been exhaustively used for the extraction of the antioxidant compounds from the different anatomic parts of <italic>N. alba</italic> (fruit, flower, leaf, stem, and root). The extracts that were obtained using ultrasound irradiation showed a large polyphenol (19.42 mg EqGA/100 mg extract) and flavonoid (0.97 mg EqQ/100 mg extract) content. The fruit and flower extracts showed the highest antioxidant activity index (AAI). Among the 27 phytochemical compounds identified in all of the <italic>N. alba</italic> extracts, rutin and p-coumaric acid were found as the major components. The content of macroelements and microelements in <italic>N. alba</italic> extracts were compared, and it was found that their concentrations depend on the different anatomic parts of the plant. This research contributes to the study of <italic>Nymphaeaceae</italic> family, being the first exhaustive phytochemical study of <italic>N. alba</italic> from a wild population in Romania.
- Subjects
NYMPHAEACEAE; HERBAL medicine; BIOSPHERE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; POLYPHENOLS; FLAVONOIDS; MEDICINAL plants
- Publication
Molecules, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 6, p1247
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules23061247