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Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium

St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae) has long been used in traditional medicine as a potent remedy, while many other species of this genus have not been thoroughly investigated. The study aimed to detect the biological activity, including antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, anticholinerg...

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Autores principales: Kladar, Nebojša, Božin, Biljana, Bijelić, Katarina, Bogavac, Mirjana, Karaman, Maja, Srđenović Čonić, Branislava, Rat, Milica, Anačkov, Goran
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37687046
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28176218
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author Kladar, Nebojša
Božin, Biljana
Bijelić, Katarina
Bogavac, Mirjana
Karaman, Maja
Srđenović Čonić, Branislava
Rat, Milica
Anačkov, Goran
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Božin, Biljana
Bijelić, Katarina
Bogavac, Mirjana
Karaman, Maja
Srđenović Čonić, Branislava
Rat, Milica
Anačkov, Goran
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description St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae) has long been used in traditional medicine as a potent remedy, while many other species of this genus have not been thoroughly investigated. The study aimed to detect the biological activity, including antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, anticholinergic, antimicrobial and monoaminoxidase inhibitory potential, of water-alcoholic extracts of three species autochthonous for Serbia and Greece from plant genus Hypericum (section Hypericum—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum ssp. immaculatum and H. triquetrifolium), followed by phytochemical profiling. The highest amount of phenolics was recorded in H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum extract, while the highest abundance of flavonoids was characteristic of H. tetrapterum extract. Hypericin and hyperforin, quercetin, and its flavonoid, rutin, were present in all of the evaluated species. The evaluated species were good scavengers of DPPH, OH and NO radicals, as well as potent reducers of ferric ions in FRAP assay. Furthermore, the evaluated species were shown as potent inhibitors of monoaminoxidase A and α-glucosidase and modest inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase, monoaminoxidase B and α-amylase. No anti-Candida activity was recorded, but the extracts were effective against MRSA Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus sp., as well as against Proteus mirabilis. The obtained results strongly highlight the need for further in vivo studies in order to better define the potential of the medicinal application of the studied species.
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spelling pubmed-104888182023-09-09 Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium Kladar, Nebojša Božin, Biljana Bijelić, Katarina Bogavac, Mirjana Karaman, Maja Srđenović Čonić, Branislava Rat, Milica Anačkov, Goran Molecules Article St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum, Hypericaceae) has long been used in traditional medicine as a potent remedy, while many other species of this genus have not been thoroughly investigated. The study aimed to detect the biological activity, including antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, anticholinergic, antimicrobial and monoaminoxidase inhibitory potential, of water-alcoholic extracts of three species autochthonous for Serbia and Greece from plant genus Hypericum (section Hypericum—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum ssp. immaculatum and H. triquetrifolium), followed by phytochemical profiling. The highest amount of phenolics was recorded in H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum extract, while the highest abundance of flavonoids was characteristic of H. tetrapterum extract. Hypericin and hyperforin, quercetin, and its flavonoid, rutin, were present in all of the evaluated species. The evaluated species were good scavengers of DPPH, OH and NO radicals, as well as potent reducers of ferric ions in FRAP assay. Furthermore, the evaluated species were shown as potent inhibitors of monoaminoxidase A and α-glucosidase and modest inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase, monoaminoxidase B and α-amylase. No anti-Candida activity was recorded, but the extracts were effective against MRSA Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus sp., as well as against Proteus mirabilis. The obtained results strongly highlight the need for further in vivo studies in order to better define the potential of the medicinal application of the studied species. MDPI 2023-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10488818/ /pubmed/37687046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28176218 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kladar, Nebojša
Božin, Biljana
Bijelić, Katarina
Bogavac, Mirjana
Karaman, Maja
Srđenović Čonić, Branislava
Rat, Milica
Anačkov, Goran
Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title_full Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title_fullStr Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title_full_unstemmed Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title_short Biological Activity of Genus Hypericum Sect. Hypericum Species—H. tetrapterum, H. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, H. triquetrifolium
title_sort biological activity of genus hypericum sect. hypericum species—h. tetrapterum, h. maculatum subsp. immaculatum, h. triquetrifolium
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10488818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37687046
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28176218
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