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- Title
Biological Properties of Latex, Aqueous Extracts and Bee Products of Euphorbia officinarum L.: A Short Review.
- Authors
Boutoub, Oumaima; Ghadraoui, Lahsen El; Miguel, Maria Graça
- Abstract
Euphorbia officinarum L. is a Moroccan endemic plant known as "Tikiout" and "Daghmus" that can also be found in Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Algeria. In the present review, "Euphorbia officinarum", "metabolites" "hemisynthesis" were the keywords used for the research in the Web search engine Google Scholar and in the database Web of Science. Triterpenes, phytosterols and ingol diterpenes were isolated and identified in the latex of Moroccan E. officinarum. More than sixty triterpenes were obtained by hemisynthesis from natural triterpenes. Some of these derivatives had insecticidal and antimicrobial activity (phytopathogenic bacteria). The total phenol content and the antioxidant and anti-α-glucosidase activities were dependent on the time and temperature of extractions and also on the plant solvent ratio. The antioxidant activity of monofloral honey of E. officinarum origin was attributed to the phenol fraction (this fraction, previously isolated from honey samples, had better activity than the entire honey).
- Subjects
WESTERN Sahara; ALGERIA; MAURITANIA; BEE products; HONEY; WEB search engines; EUPHORBIA; LATEX; PHYTOPATHOGENIC bacteria; ENDEMIC plants
- Publication
Molecules, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 21, p7200
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules27217200