scholarly journals Salicornia ramosissima Bioactive Composition and Safety: Eco-Friendly Extractions Approach (Microwave-Assisted Extraction vs. Conventional Maceration)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4744
Author(s):  
Ana Margarida Silva ◽  
João Pedro Lago ◽  
Diana Pinto ◽  
Manuela M. Moreira ◽  
Clara Grosso ◽  
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Salicornia ramosissima J.Woods is an edible halophyte, widely distributed in the Portuguese salt marsh that has been under valorized. The aim of this study is to expand the knowledge regarding S. ramosissima bioactive composition and safety, highlighting its potential use as nutraceutical ingredient. Therefore, extracts obtained by conventional (CE) and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) were characterized regarding phenolic profile, antioxidant activity, radical scavenging capacity and intestinal cell effects. Moreover, organic pesticides were screened to guarantee the consumers safety. The highest phenolic and flavonoid contents were observed for the CE, as well as the scavenging capacity of O2●− (IC50 = 979.36 µg/mL) and HOCl (IC50 = 90.28 µg/mL). In contrast, the best antioxidant and antiradical activities were achieved by MAE (65.56 µmol FSE/g dw and 17.74 µg AAE/g dw for FRAP and ABTS assays, respectively). The phenolic composition was similar for both extracts, being characterized by the presence of phenolic acids, flavonols, flavanols, flavones and flavanones. The predominant compound for both extracts was myricetin. None of the extracts were cytotoxic in intestinal cell lines. Vestigial levels of β-endosulfan and p,p’-DDE were identified in MAE. These results support that S. ramosissima could be a source of bioactive compounds for nutraceutic industry.

BioResources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 8060-8081
Author(s):  
Jie Xu ◽  
Jianjun Wu ◽  
Juan Qi ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yongju Liu ◽  
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Flavonoids were extracted from Phyllostachys heterocycla leaves by adopting microwave-assisted extraction technology. Based on the single factor experiment and Plackett-Burman design results, the extraction process of flavonoids was further optimized using the response surface methodology. The optimum conditions were as follows: an ethanol concentration of 78.1%, an extraction time of 24.9 min, and a microwave power of 559 W. Under these conditions, the extraction yield of flavonoids was 4.67%, which was in close proximity to the predicted value (4.70%) and higher than the extraction yield from traditional Soxhlet extraction (3.35%). Moreover, the possible extraction mechanisms of these two extraction methods were further derived to explain why the microwave-assisted extraction of flavonoids was more efficient compared with traditional Soxhlet extraction. Ultimately, the antioxidant activities in vitro of flavonoids from Phyllostachys heterocycla leaves were evaluated via DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging assay. The flavonoids from Phyllostachys heterocycla leaves exhibited excellent antioxidant activities in vitro and Phyllostachys heterocycla leaves could be a new natural source for developing antioxidants. Overall, the findings of this research could provide a theoretical reference for the further comprehensive development and utilization of bamboo resources.


2011 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 204-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Guo Zhong Tong ◽  
You Le Qu ◽  
Li Li

An efficient microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) technique was developed to extract polysaccharides from Enteromorpha prolifera (PEP). The operating parameters, such as microwave power, liquid/material ratio, temperature and extraction time, were optimized using orthogonal array design coupled with single factor method. PEP yield was determined by the phenol-sulfuric acid method. The optimum extraction conditions were determined as follows: microwave power, 700 W; liquid/material ratio, 40:1 (mL/g); temperature, 70 °C; and extraction time, 25 min. Under such conditions, PEP yield reached to 10.79 %. In comparison with conventional hot water extraction and ultrasonic-assisted extraction, MAE showed obvious advantages in terms of high extraction efficiency, saving energy, rapidity, solvent consumption, and so on. The data demonstrated that MAE could be a fast and reliable method for quantitative analysis of PEP. The scavenging capability of PEP to DPPH/hydroxyl radical reached to 65.2 % and 41.2 % at the concentration of 0.5 mg/mL. The reducing power of PEP was 0.354. Compared with butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and gallic acid (GA), the experimental results showed that DPPH radical scavenging activity of PEP was higher than that of BHT. Thus, PEP had good potential as a natural antioxidant used in functional food or medicine industries.


Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Sandeep Waghulde ◽  
Mohan K. Kale ◽  
Vijay R. Patil

The present study focuses on the microwave assisted extraction of Annona reticulata leaves in ethanol. The extract obtained was subjected to column chromatography and the fractionation was done to get different fractions. Preliminary phytochemical screening was done and the fractions were subjected to total phenolic and flavanoid content estimation. The crude extract contained 502 mg GAE/100 g of phenolic content and among the fractions AM8 contained the maximum amount of phenolic content that is 360 mg GAE/100 g. The flavanoid content present in the crude extract of the Annona reticulata was found to be 127 mg QE/100 g. Among all the tested fractions, the fraction AM8 showed more flavanoids i.e., 112 mg QE/100 g and 118 AN/100 g. The antioxidant activity has been studied in-vitro by using DPPH, hydrogen peroxide assay. DPPH, H2O2 and Nitric-oxide scavenging effect of Annona reticulata L. leaf extracts were found to be dose dependant with maximum inhibition at highest concentration. Methanolic extract of the leaves of Annona reticulata Linn. is found to have most potent anti-oxidant activity in DPPH, H2O2 Radical scavenging methods. IC50 value DPPH and H2O2 inhibition of methanolic extract at highest concentration (400 μg/mL) are 62.58 ± 1.15, 68.27 ± 1.05 and 64.01 ± 1.02. The results suggest that all the tested extracts are having antioxidant property, but the methanol is having significantly higher flavonoid and phenol content. Due to presence of higher flavonoid and phenol content in methanol, it may be considered as the fraction with better pharmacological property in comparison to other tested extracts.


2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 2676-2682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavinia Alexandru ◽  
Lorena Pizzale ◽  
Lanfranco Conte ◽  
Alessandro Barge ◽  
Giancarlo Cravotto

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-191
Author(s):  
Olga Nana ◽  
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Jean Momeni ◽  
Fabrice Fekam Boyom ◽  
Martin Benoît Ngassoum ◽  
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Trichilia roka (Chiov) is a medicinal plant from Meliaceae family. It is recognized in traditional medicine for its innumerable therapeutic properties. Limonoids, the main constituents of the root bark of this plant, is known for its antioxidant and antiplasmodial activities. To obtain an improved yield of these bioactive compounds from T. roka and reduce extraction time, solvent and energy required, it is of utmost importance to adopt innovative approaches such as microwave-assisted extraction. Microwave was attempted, as compared with the conventional mechanical agitation method to extract bioactive limonoids and quantify them through colorimetric quantification method using 4(dimethyl amino) benzaldehyde (DMAB). The antiplasmodial activity was evaluated against the intraerythrocytic stages of cultured Plasmodium falciparum using a phenotypic approach, and the antioxidant property was evaluated in vitro using DPPH radical-scavenging and β-carotene-linoleate model systems respectively. Three limonoids and were isolated from Trichilia roka (Chiov) root bark labelled RA, RO and RY. The microwave extraction yields were 115.895 mgRUBE/gDW for limonoids. The isolated compounds exhibited good antioxidant activities than crude extracts with IC50 values of 2.59 10-3 , 2.26 10-3 and 1.79 10-3 mg/mL respectively compared to crude extract IC50 values of 2. 10-2 mg/mL. The in vivo antiplasmodial test of the hydromethanolic microwave extracts showed during the five treatment days the decreasing of the parasitaemia for doses 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg with inhibition percentages of 82.75, 84.84 and 87.8 respectively


Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Le ◽  
Manh Nguyen ◽  
Dinh Vu ◽  
Minh Pham ◽  
Quoc Pham ◽  
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Docynia indica (D. indica) shows various useful biological activities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial effects, and positive benefits for human health. Such biological activities relate to the main phytochemicals of D. indica including phenolic and flavonoid. However, isolation for phenolic and flavonoid by popular methods such as hot extraction, soxhlet extraction, and ultrasonic extraction have been relatively ineffective. Therefore, in this study, microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was used for the extraction of total phenolic and total flavonoid from D. indica. The optimization experiments were conducted based on response surface methodology (RMS) according to a central composite design with four independent variables: extraction time (min), ethanol concentration (%, v/v), microwave power (W), and pH of the solvent. Three dependent variables were total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and yield. The optimal conditions for the extraction of phenolic and flavonoid from D. indica were: extraction time of 50 min, ethanol concentration of 65%, microwave power of 440 W, and solvent pH of 5.4. These conditions corresponded to TPC, TFC, and yield values of 33.57 ± 0.12 (mg GAE/g), 25.01 ± 0.11 (mg QE/g) and 33.44 ± 0.14 (%), respectively.


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