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- Title
Extracts of Eryngium foetidum Leaves from the Amazonia Were Efficient Scavengers of ROS and RNS.
- Authors
Leitão, Deusa do Socorro Teixeira Costa; Barbosa-Carvalho, Anna Paula Pereira; de Siqueira, Francilia Campos; Sousa, Railson Pontes e; Lopes, Alessandra Santos; Chisté, Renan Campos
- Abstract
Eryngium foetidum L. is an edible plant widespread in Amazonian cuisine and its leaves have high levels of promising phenolic compounds for the production of extracts to be used as natural antioxidant additives. In this study, the in vitro scavenging capacity of three freeze-dried extracts of E. foetidum leaves, obtained by ultrasound-assisted extraction using green solvents [water (H2O), ethanol (EtOH), and ethanol/water (EtOH/H2O)], was investigated against the most common reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) generated in both physiological and food systems. Six phenolic compounds were identified, chlorogenic acid (2198, 1816 and 506 μg/g) being the major compound for EtOH/H2O, H2O, and EtOH extracts, respectively. All E. foetidum extracts were efficient in scavenging all the ROS and RNS (IC50 = 45–1000 µg/mL), especially ROS. The EtOH/H2O extract showed the highest contents of phenolic compounds (5781 μg/g) and showed the highest efficiency in scavenging all the reactive species, with high efficiency for O2•− (IC50 = 45 μg/mL), except for ROO•, for which EtOH extract was the most efficient. Therefore, E. foetidum leaf extracts, especially EtOH/H2O, showed high antioxidant potential to be used as natural antioxidants in food formulations and are promising for nutraceuticals products.
- Subjects
CHLOROGENIC acid; REACTIVE nitrogen species; NURSES; REACTIVE oxygen species; EDIBLE coatings; PHENOLS; EXTRACTS
- Publication
Antioxidants, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1112
- ISSN
2076-3921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/antiox12051112