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Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea

The aim of the current study was to determine the profile and content of polyphenols present in Erica cinerea, an important plant species from Northern Portuguese flora and often reported as having anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-radical activity. The analysis of polyphenols was performed b...

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Autores principales: Aires, Alfredo, Carvalho, Rosa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930147
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox6030072
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description The aim of the current study was to determine the profile and content of polyphenols present in Erica cinerea, an important plant species from Northern Portuguese flora and often reported as having anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-radical activity. The analysis of polyphenols was performed by HPLC-DAD/UV-Vis, and the 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS•+) method was used to evaluate its radical scavenging activity. HPLC analysis showed that both plants presented a great diversity of compounds, with 33% flavones, 28% flavanols, and 26% hydroxycinnamic acids. The antiradical activity was dose-dependent, and the IC(50) values were 0.251 mg mL(−1). Based on our study, E. cinerea presented interesting bioactive compounds and it can be used to extract and purify bioactive polyphenols to be used in pharmaceutical or agro-food industries.
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spelling pubmed-56181002017-09-29 Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea Aires, Alfredo Carvalho, Rosa Antioxidants (Basel) Communication The aim of the current study was to determine the profile and content of polyphenols present in Erica cinerea, an important plant species from Northern Portuguese flora and often reported as having anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-radical activity. The analysis of polyphenols was performed by HPLC-DAD/UV-Vis, and the 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS•+) method was used to evaluate its radical scavenging activity. HPLC analysis showed that both plants presented a great diversity of compounds, with 33% flavones, 28% flavanols, and 26% hydroxycinnamic acids. The antiradical activity was dose-dependent, and the IC(50) values were 0.251 mg mL(−1). Based on our study, E. cinerea presented interesting bioactive compounds and it can be used to extract and purify bioactive polyphenols to be used in pharmaceutical or agro-food industries. MDPI 2017-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5618100/ /pubmed/28930147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox6030072 Text en © 2017 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea
title_fullStr Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea
title_full_unstemmed Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea
title_short Profiling of Polyphenol Composition and Antiradical Capacity of Erica cinerea
title_sort profiling of polyphenol composition and antiradical capacity of erica cinerea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930147
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox6030072
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