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Comparative Study on Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of an Epiphyte, Viscum album L. (White Berry Mistletoe), Derived from Different Host Trees
- Source :
- Plants, Plants, Vol 10, Iss 1191, p 1191 (2021), Volume 10, Issue 6
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- The study aimed at evaluating the antioxidant profile of a medicinal epiphyte Viscum album L. harvested from three tree species, namely, Populus ciliata L, Ulmus villosa L., and Juglans regia L. The crude extracts were obtained with ethanol, methanol, and water and were evaluated for the total phenol content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and antioxidant activities using total reducing power (TRP), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), 1, 1-diphenyl 1-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH), superoxide radical scavenging (SOR), and hydroxyl radical scavenging (•OH) assays. Our results showed that crude leaf extracts of plants harvested from the host Juglans regia L. exhibited higher yields of phytochemical constituents and noticeable antioxidative properties. The ethanolic leaf samples reported the highest phenols (13.46 ± 0.87 mg/g), flavonoids (2.38 ± 0.04 mg/g), FRAP (500.63 ± 12.58 μM Fe II/g DW), and DPPH (87.26% ± 0.30 mg/mL). Moreover, the highest values for TRP (4.24 ± 0.26 μg/mL), SOR (89.79% ± 0.73 mg/mL), and OH (67.16% ± 1.15 mg/mL) were obtained from aqueous leaf extracts. Further, Pearson correlation was used for quantifying the relationship between TPC, TFC, and antioxidant (FRAP, DPPH, SOR, OH) activities in Viscum album L. compared to their hosts. It was revealed that the epiphyte showed variation with the type of host plant and extracting solvent.
- Subjects :
- Populus ciliata
Antioxidant
antioxidant
DPPH
medicine.medical_treatment
Flavonoid
Plant Science
Berry
Article
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0404 agricultural biotechnology
Viscum album
medicine
Phenols
Food science
epiphyte phytochemical
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
030304 developmental biology
chemistry.chemical_classification
0303 health sciences
Ecology
biology
Chemistry
Botany
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
biology.organism_classification
040401 food science
Phytochemical
QK1-989
extraction
plant extract
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22237747
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plants
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0fad40d2f9913a57c5e50a931ebbc58e