scholarly journals Triterpenoid Saponins Investigation and Pharmacological (Cytotoxic and Antioxidant) Properties of Bacopa monnieri L. Cultivated in Iraq

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Bacopa Monnieri ◽  
Triterpenoid Saponin ◽  
Triterpenoid Saponins ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Human Cervical Cancer

Bacopa monnieri L. (Scrophulariaceae), synoname is Herpestis monniera that provides bioactive compounds, especially triterpenoid saponins (Bacosides) which exhibits an important biological activities, like hypothyroidism, anticonvulsant, memory enhancing and antistress. Because there are no researches about B. monnieri L. plant that grow in Iraq, and there active compounds especially triterpenoid saponin (TS), and there effects. This study was detected the presence of (TS) in, and examined the cytotoxic and the antioxidant activity of these compounds in vitro. The study was included the extraction and identification of TS from the whole parts of B. monnieri L. by using three methods, and the best yield was analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) to identify bacosides compounds. In vitro, TS was examined the cytotoxic activity against two cancer cell lines, human cervical cancer (Hela), rhabdomyo sarcoma (RD), and rat embryogenic fibroblast (REF) as a normal cell, at concentrations of 62.5, 125, 250, 500 and 1000 ?g/ml at 24, 48, and 72-hr. Free radical 1,1Dyphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) was used for testing the ability of the TS as antioxidant at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 ?g/ml concentrations. The results revealed that B. monnieri plant had many components of bacosides when detected by HPLC. Cytotoxic study suggested that TS inhibited the growth of cancer cells, and this effect is depending on the extraction of TS concentration. The effect of TS on Hela cell line was more than that for RD, while the highest effect of TS on Hela was at the concentration of 250 ?g/ml after 48 hr. The cytotoxic effect has a significant effect at (P?0.05). The results revealed that TS has high antioxidant influence 99.37% at 100 ?g/ml concentrations, followed by 98.20% in 80 ?g/ml concentration.

scholarly journals Inhibition of prolyl oligopeptidase by flavonoids isolated from the roots of Allexis obanensis (Baker f.) Melch

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Olivier Ndogo Eteme ◽  
Nkwengoua Tchouboun Zondegoumba Ernestine ◽  
Soh Desire ◽  
Oladimeji Taiwo Babatunde ◽  
Barthelemy Nyasse
Keyword(s):  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Column Chromatography ◽  
Inhibitory Activity ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Chromatographic Technique ◽  
Carboxy Terminus ◽  
Prolyl Oligopeptidase ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic

Background: Prolyl oligopeptidase is a cytosolic serine peptidase that hydrolyzes peptides containing proline at the carboxy terminus of proline residues. It has been associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, it is a target in the management of these disease conditions. Methods: Allexis obanensis was taken through cold extraction, subjected to column chromatography and flavonoids isolated via high-performance liquid chromatographic technique. The flavonoids obtained were investigated for their in vitro prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitory activity. Results: The flavonoids isolated include: 4.4'''- dimethoxylophirone A [1] and 7-hydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-4 méthoxyphenyl)-5- méthoxy-4H chromen-4-one [2]. They inhibited prolyl oligopeptidase at low IC50 concentrations of 7.201±3.021 µM and 6.223±2.002 µM respectively. Conclusion: The results obtained from this study proves the potential of these flavonoids as prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitors, by inference, their potentiality in the management of neuropsychiatric disorders.

scholarly journals Endogenous 1-H-Pyrrole-2,3,5-Tricarboxylic Acid (PTCA) in Hair and Its Forensic Applications: A Pilot Study on a Wide Multi-Ethnic Population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Casati ◽  
Ilaria Angeli ◽  
Alessandro Ravelli ◽  
Roberta F Bergamaschi ◽  
Andrea Guzzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Ethnic Population ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Endogenous Compound ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic

Abstracrt Over the years, several studies have shown that many factors are likely to affect the results of forensic hair analyses and complicate their interpretation. Among these factors, one of the major drawbacks in hair analysis is the affectability of deposited xenobiotics by cosmetic treatments, which could be eventually used to adulterate the sample. It is well known that some cosmetic treatments containing hydrogen peroxide, such as permanent dyeing or bleaching, lead to the formation of 1-H-pyrrole-2,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (PTCA), a melanin degradation product. Considering that PTCA is also an endogenous compound, spontaneously formed by natural oxidation of melanin, its only detection in hair is not enough to confirm a cosmetic oxidative treatment. For this reason, the aim of the present work was to develop and validate a reliable liquid–liquid extraction method in ultra-high-performance liquid chromatographic–tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of endogenous PTCA in hair from a wide multi-ethnic population (African, Arab, Asian-Pacific, Caucasian, Hispanic and Indian). According to previous studies, untreated hair samples showed a PTCA content of 8.54 ± 5.72 ng/mg (mean ± standard deviation [SD]), ranging between 0.44 and 23.7 ng/mg; after in vitro cosmetic bleaching, PTCA increased to 16.8 ± 6.95 ng/mg (range: 4.16–32.3 ng/mg). Comparing baseline PTCA levels of each subgroup with the others, we could not observe any statistically significant difference, except for Caucasians (P < 0.05), wherein the concentrations were lower. Further studies and a wider sampling are necessary to elucidate the role of PTCA as diagnostic marker of cosmetic hair treatment in forensic field.

scholarly journals HPLC analysis, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Daphne cneorum L.

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nedeljko Manojlovic ◽  
Pavle Maskovic ◽  
Perica Vasiljevic ◽  
Ratomir Jelic ◽  
Marina Juskovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Inhibitory Concentration ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Antioxidant Activities ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Hplc Method ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic

The present study describes in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the methanol extracts which were obtained from the leaves and twigs of the plant Daphne cneorum L. The antimicrobial activity of these extracts was tested against human pathogenic microorganisms using a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values. Total phenolics and flavonoids, as well as the antioxidant activity of the extracts were determined. The two tested extracts showed good antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The results of a high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method showed that 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin is one of the most abundant secondary metabolite in the tested extracts. The results of this study clearly indicated that the extracts of D. cneorum could be used as a potential source of natural antioxidant and antimicrobial agents.

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