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Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region

The available phytochemical characteristics of the medicinal plants and derived herbal material often lack data concerning the content of steroids (including phytosterols) and triterpenoids, that can be responsible for various beneficial properties and therapeutic effects, either directly, or as a r...

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Autores principales: Gadouche, Leila, Alsoufi, Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood, Pacholska, Dominika, Skotarek, Anna, Pączkowski, Cezary, Szakiel, Anna
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36677757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020697
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author Gadouche, Leila
Alsoufi, Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood
Pacholska, Dominika
Skotarek, Anna
Pączkowski, Cezary
Szakiel, Anna
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Alsoufi, Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood
Pacholska, Dominika
Skotarek, Anna
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Szakiel, Anna
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description The available phytochemical characteristics of the medicinal plants and derived herbal material often lack data concerning the content of steroids (including phytosterols) and triterpenoids, that can be responsible for various beneficial properties and therapeutic effects, either directly, or as a result of synergistic action with other bioactive constituents. The aim of the present work was the analysis of the content of these compounds in herbal material (leaves, aerial parts) derived from selected medicinal plants (Cistus ladanifer, Cistus monspeliensis, Erica arborea, Globularia alypum, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus alaternus), widely used in folk medicine in the Mediterranean region. Results obtained by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-targeted profiling revealed the diversity in the profiles and contents of steroids and triterpenoids in the analyzed plant material, ranging from 5.7% d.w. in E. arborea to 0.1% in G. alypum. The obtained results supplement the existing phytochemical data of the investigated medicinal plants, pointing to the E. arborea aerial parts and P. lentiscus leaves as valuable resources of phytosterols and bioactive triterpenoids.
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spelling pubmed-98666672023-01-22 Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region Gadouche, Leila Alsoufi, Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood Pacholska, Dominika Skotarek, Anna Pączkowski, Cezary Szakiel, Anna Molecules Article The available phytochemical characteristics of the medicinal plants and derived herbal material often lack data concerning the content of steroids (including phytosterols) and triterpenoids, that can be responsible for various beneficial properties and therapeutic effects, either directly, or as a result of synergistic action with other bioactive constituents. The aim of the present work was the analysis of the content of these compounds in herbal material (leaves, aerial parts) derived from selected medicinal plants (Cistus ladanifer, Cistus monspeliensis, Erica arborea, Globularia alypum, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus alaternus), widely used in folk medicine in the Mediterranean region. Results obtained by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-targeted profiling revealed the diversity in the profiles and contents of steroids and triterpenoids in the analyzed plant material, ranging from 5.7% d.w. in E. arborea to 0.1% in G. alypum. The obtained results supplement the existing phytochemical data of the investigated medicinal plants, pointing to the E. arborea aerial parts and P. lentiscus leaves as valuable resources of phytosterols and bioactive triterpenoids. MDPI 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9866667/ /pubmed/36677757 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020697 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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Gadouche, Leila
Alsoufi, Abdulwadood Shakir Mahmood
Pacholska, Dominika
Skotarek, Anna
Pączkowski, Cezary
Szakiel, Anna
Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title_full Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title_fullStr Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title_full_unstemmed Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title_short Triterpenoid and Steroid Content of Lipophilic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants of the Mediterranean Region
title_sort triterpenoid and steroid content of lipophilic extracts of selected medicinal plants of the mediterranean region
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36677757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020697
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