Characterization, phytochemical profiling, antioxidant, and cytotoxicity of underutilized medicinal plants and composite flour.
Food Chem
; 456: 139985, 2024 Oct 30.
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| ID: mdl-38878533
ABSTRACT
In this investigation, three medicinal plant powders and a composite flour developed from them were analyzed. FESEM/EDS illustrated irregularly shaped particles in the plant powders except for Withania, which had round to oval shape particles. XRD analysis displayed a semi-crystalline nature of powders, except for Asparagus, which showed amorphous behavior. Both methanol and ethanol plant extracts exhibited significantly higher antioxidants, total phenols, and cell viability. Amongst, optimized composite flour (OCF) methanolic extract demonstrated the highest total phenolic content (69.2 ± 0.11 µg GAE/ml), potent cell viability against A549 cells (3.35 ± 0.15% at 50 µg/ml), and strong free-radical scavenging activity (48.89 ± 0.67 at 200 µg/ml). GCMS and FTIR analyses of the methanolic extracts demonstrated the presence of essential phytoconstituents and functional groups. In silico studies of the phytocomponents, ethyl isoallocholate, 3-Deoxy-d-mannoic lactone, and 4,5-Diamino-2-hydroxypyrimidine suggested good binding affinity against BAX, P53, and EGFR proteins with no toxicity and a good drug score.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plants, Medicinal
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Plant Extracts
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Cell Survival
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Phytochemicals
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Flour
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Antioxidants
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Food Chem
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article