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Lipids Health Dis ; 11: 49, 2012 May 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22577797

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Oilseed samples from four Acacia species ( A. cyclops, A. ligulata, A. salicina and A. cyanophylla) were analyzed in order to evaluate the potential nutritional value of their unexploited seeds. METHODS: Samples were collected from different Tunisian geographic locations. Seed oils were extracted and carotenoids, tocopherols and sterols were analyzed using chromatographic methods. RESULTS: The studied Acacia seeds seem to be quite rich in lipids (from 6% to 12%). All Acacia species contain mainly the xanthophylls zeaxanthin and lutein compounds: from ca. 38 mg.kg⁻¹ of total lipids (A. cyclops) to ca. 113 mg.kg⁻¹ of total lipids (A. cyanophylla). Total tocopherols varied from ca. 221 mg.kg⁻¹ of total lipids (A. cyclops) to ca. 808 mg.kg-1 of total lipids (A. ligulata). Sterols are highly present and their contents ranged between ca. 7 g. kg⁻¹ of total lipids (A. salicina) and 11 g. kg⁻¹ of total lipids (A. cyclops). CONCLUSION: This study highlights that these unexploited seeds might have a potential nutritional value and encourages researchers to more explore and find developments for these plants for healthy purposes.


Assuntos
Acacia/química , Óleos de Plantas/isolamento & purificação , Sementes/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/normas , Luteína/química , Luteína/isolamento & purificação , Fitosteróis/química , Fitosteróis/isolamento & purificação , Óleos de Plantas/química , Padrões de Referência , Tocoferóis/química , Tocoferóis/isolamento & purificação , Xantofilas/química , Xantofilas/isolamento & purificação , Zeaxantinas
2.
J Sci Food Agric ; 92(7): 1526-32, 2012 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22228365

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: In order to investigate new sources of dietary phytochemicals, recent studies have focused on underexploited seeds. In this study the total lipid contents, fatty acid profiles and levels of soluble proteins, minerals and antioxidants in seeds from 12 Acacia cyanophylla ecotypes commonly grown in Tunisia were determined. RESULTS: Total lipids averaged 101.7 g kg(-1) on a dry weight basis. Linoleic (61.11-65.45% of total fatty acid content), oleic (19.67-22.85%) and palmitic (9.18-9.98%) acids were the principal fatty acids. Smaller proportions of stearic (1.49-1.82%), vaccenic (1.13-2.05%) and palmitoleic (0.34-0.58%) acids were also quantified. Proteins (by Kjeldahl assay) averaged 107.2 g kg(-1) on a dry weight basis. Total phenolics averaged 1.91 g gallic acid equivalent kg(-1) dry weight (DW) and total flavonoids averaged 0.40 g rutin equivalent kg(-1) DW. The free radical-scavenging activity determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay averaged 0.59 mmol L(-1) Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), while that determined by 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) assay averaged 0.28 mmol L(-1) TEAC. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study confirm the presence of ω6 fatty acids at high levels in A. cyanophylla seeds. These metabolites could be used as such and/or extracted for the formulation of supplements and/or ingredients to provide a ratio close to the ideal for the ω3/ω6 balance.


Assuntos
Acacia/química , Antioxidantes/análise , Dieta , Gorduras na Dieta/análise , Ácidos Graxos Ômega-6/análise , Polifenóis/análise , Sementes/química , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Compostos de Bifenilo/metabolismo , Proteínas Alimentares/análise , Ecótipo , Flavonoides/análise , Humanos , Fenóis/análise , Picratos/metabolismo , Tunísia
3.
Plant Foods Hum Nutr ; 65(3): 260-5, 2010 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20668946

RESUMO

Capparis spinosa shows strong resistance to the adverse Mediterranean conditions and it has nutritional and medicinal value. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contents of total phenolic compounds, rutin, tocopherols, carotenoids and vitamin C in leaves and flower buds of C. spinosa from different locations in Tunisia. Results showed the richness of caper with these compounds, especially phenolic compounds. Interestingly, it was also found the presence of both α- and γ-tocopherol in buds. Moreover, C. spinosa contained an appreciable level of vitamin C. The significant amounts of these antioxidants confirm the nutritional and medicinal value of caper.


Assuntos
Antioxidantes/análise , Capparis/química , Flores/química , Fenóis/análise , Folhas de Planta/química , Preparações de Plantas/química , Vitaminas/análise , Ácido Ascórbico/análise , Valor Nutritivo , Tunísia , alfa-Tocoferol/análise , gama-Tocoferol/análise
4.
Int J Food Sci Nutr ; 60 Suppl 1: 161-9, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19466628

RESUMO

Oleaginous seeds are among the functional foods most recognized for their tocopherols and triacylglycerols because of their role in lipid metabolism. In this paper, the tocopherol and triacylglycerol contents in seeds of several Pinus pinea L. populations around the Mediterranean Basin were investigated. Lipids were extracted from fully ripen seeds with petroleum ether. The tocopherol (alpha-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, and delta-tocopherol) contents were, respectively, 15.34+/-3.75 ppm, 1,681.75+/-404.03 ppm and 41.87+/-9.79 ppm. Lipids (mainly triacylglycerols) in P. pinea seeds averaged 48% on a dry weight basis. Triacylglycerols with an equivalent carbon number of 44 (32.27%) and of 46 (30.91%) were dominant. The major triacylglycerol was LLO (24.06%). Tocopherols and triacylglycerols were present at remarkably high levels, thus making P. pinea oil a valuable source of antioxidants and unsaturated fatty acids with varying levels across the geographical range of P. pinea.


Assuntos
Antioxidantes/análise , Pinus/química , Óleos de Plantas/química , Sementes/química , Tocoferóis/análise , Triglicerídeos/análise , Região do Mediterrâneo
5.
C R Biol ; 330(5): 402-9, 2007 May.
Artigo em Francês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17531790

RESUMO

The Mediterranean stone pine Pinus pinea L. (gymnosperm, Pinaceae) is much appreciated for its seed production, widely used in food preparation in the Mediterranean Basin. Seeds contain 25% proteins on a dry-weight basis. Pinus pinea accumulate globulins as major storage proteins in seeds (75% of total storage proteins), composed of several subunits of 10 to 150 kDa, revealed by SDS-PAGE. The albumin fraction (15%) represents three subunits of 14, 24 and 46 kDa. Glutelins, the least soluble fraction, represents a small proportion (10%). Their constitutive units have frequent PM of 43 kDa. Prolamins also represent a very small percentage (1 to 2%).


Assuntos
Pinus/fisiologia , Proteínas de Plantas/fisiologia , Sementes/fisiologia , Albuminas/isolamento & purificação , Eletroforese , Europa (Continente) , Globulinas/isolamento & purificação , Região do Mediterrâneo , Fenilpropanolamina/isolamento & purificação , Pinus/classificação , Proteínas de Plantas/isolamento & purificação
6.
J Agric Food Chem ; 55(6): 2251-5, 2007 Mar 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17309279

RESUMO

Individual components of Pinus pinea L. oil unsaponifiable matter isolated from seven Mediterranean populations were identified and quantified. P. pinea oil unsaponifiable matter contained very high levels of phytosterols (>or=4298 mg kg-1 of total extracted lipids), of which beta-sitosterol was the most abundant (74%). Aliphatic alcohol contents were 1365 mg kg-1 of total extracted lipids, of which octacosanol was the most abundant (41%). Two alcohols (hexacosanol and octacosanol), which are usually absent in common vegetable oils, were described for P. pinea oils. There were almost no differences in the total unsaponifiable matter of the seven Mediterranean populations studied. However, sterol and aliphatic alcohol contents showed some variability, with Tunisian and Moroccan populations showing very different and higher contents.


Assuntos
Álcoois/análise , Fitosteróis/análise , Pinus/química , Óleos de Plantas/química , Sementes/química , Álcoois Graxos/análise , Marrocos , Tunísia
7.
Lipids ; 42(1): 55-67, 2007 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17393211

RESUMO

Drupes were handpicked from olive (Olea europaea L.) trees, cv chemlali, at 13 distinct stages of fruit development, referred to as weeks after flowering (WAF), and analyzed for their free and esterified sterols and triterpenoids content. These two classes of compounds are synthesized via the acetate/mevalonate pathway and share common precursors up to oxidosqualene (OS). Cyclization of OS in either cycloartenol or beta-amyrin constitutes a branch point between primary (sterol pathway) and secondary (triterpenoid pathway) metabolisms. At the onset of fruit development, i.e., between 12 and 18 WAF, drupes were found to contain high amounts of alpha- and beta-amyrins as well as more-oxygenated compounds such as triterpenic diols (erythrodiol and uvaol) and acids (oleanolic, ursolic and maslinic acids). Concomitantly, sterol precursors were barely detectable. From 21 WAF, when the olive fruit reached its final size and began to turn from green to purple, alpha- and beta-amyrins were no longer present, while 4,4-dimethyl- and 4alpha-methylsterols started to be formed, indicating a redirection of the carbon flux from the triterpenoid pathway towards the sterol pathway. Between 21 and 30 WAF, sterol end products, mainly represented by sitosterol, progressively accumulated and triterpenic diols were replaced by triterpenic acids, essentially maslinic acid. Interestingly, the developing olive fruit was found to accumulate significant amounts of parkeol as an ester conjugate. Whatever the stage of development, triterpenoids represent the major triterpenic compounds of the olive fruit.


Assuntos
Frutas/metabolismo , Olea/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Triterpenos/metabolismo , Folhas de Planta/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Esteróis/biossíntese , Esteróis/metabolismo
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Phytochemistry ; 66(14): 1729-35, 2005 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16002105

RESUMO

Pinus pinea L. is widely disseminated all over the Mediterranean Basin. Qualitatively, P. pinea fatty acid seed composition is identical and typical of the genus Pinus. This composition is made of unsaturated oil with several unusual polymethylene-interrupted unsaturated fatty acids. Linoleic acid is the major fatty acid followed by oleic, palmitic and stearic acids. Quantitatively, for all Mediterranean populations, total amounts of fatty acids seem to be fairly constant and independent from their origin. When applying principal component analysis, it seems that there is not a distinct geographical variability. Tunisian populations appear to be integral part of the Mediterranean populations without any particular structuring. Taking into account this research and the data reported in the literature, we can confirm that P. pinea expresses no significant variability. This low genetic diversity revealed by fatty acid composition can be explained by anthropogenetic diffusion of genetically homogeneous reproductive material as early as the first explorations.


Assuntos
Ácidos Graxos/química , Pinus/química , Sementes/química , Região do Mediterrâneo , Óleos de Plantas/química , Tunísia
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Biotechnol Prog ; 21(3): 998-1001, 2005.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15932286

RESUMO

Oils were extracted from fully ripen Pinus pinea L. and Pinus halepensis Mill seeds and fatty acid composition has been established by capillary gas chromatography. Seeds are rich in lipids, 34.63-48.12% on a dry weight basis. Qualitatively, fatty acid composition of both species is identical. For P. halepensis linoleic acid is the major fatty acid (56.06% of total fatty acids) followed by oleic (24.03%) and palmitic (5.23%) acids. For P. pinea, the same fatty acids are found with the proportions 47.28%, 36.56%, and 6.67%, respectively. Extracted fatty acids from both species are mainly unsaturated, respectively, 89.87% and 88.01%. Pinus halepensis cis-5 olefinic acids are more abundant (7.84% compared to 2.24%). Results will be important as a good indication of the potential nutraceutical value of Pinus seeds as new sources of fruit oils rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and cis-5 olefinic acids.


Assuntos
Ácidos Graxos/análise , Ácidos Graxos/química , Pinus/classificação , Pinus/metabolismo , Óleos de Plantas/análise , Óleos de Plantas/química , Sementes/metabolismo , Óleos de Plantas/classificação , Sementes/classificação , Especificidade da Espécie , Tunísia
10.
J Genet ; 93(1): 21-33, 2014 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24840820

RESUMO

ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters are members of a large superfamily of proteins that utilize ATP hydrolysis to translocate a wide range of substrates across biological membranes. In general, members of C subfamily (ABCC) are structurally characterized by an additional (N-terminal) transmembrane domain (TMD0). Phylogenetic analysis of plant ABCCs separates their protein sequences into three distinct clusters: I and II are plant specific whereas cluster III contains both human and plant ABCCs. Screening of the Plant Medicinal Genomics Resource database allowed us to identify 16 ABCCs partial sequences in Catharanthus roseus; two of which belong to the unique CrABCC1 transcript that we identified in cluster III. Genomic organization of CrABCC1 TMD0 coding sequence displays an AT-AC U12-type intron that is conserved in higher plant orthologues. We showed that CrABCC1, like its human orthologue ABCC10, produces alternative transcripts that encode protein sequences with a truncated form of TMD0 without the first transmembrane span (TM1). Subcellular localization of CrABCC1 TMD0 variants using yellow fluorescent protein fusions reveals that the TM1 is required for a correct routing of the TMD0 to the tonoplast. Finally, the specific repartition of CrABCC1 orthologues in some species suggests that this gene was lost several times during evolution and that its physiological function may, rely on a common feature of multicellular eukaryotes.


Assuntos
Catharanthus/genética , Íntrons , Proteínas Associadas à Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , RNA Nuclear Pequeno/genética , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/química , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Bases , DNA Complementar/química , DNA Complementar/genética , Etiquetas de Sequências Expressas , Expressão Gênica , Ordem dos Genes , Loci Gênicos , Humanos , Espaço Intracelular/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Associadas à Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos/química , Família Multigênica , Fases de Leitura Aberta , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico , Sítios de Splice de RNA , Splicing de RNA , Alinhamento de Sequência
11.
Fitoterapia ; 82(2): 93-101, 2011 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20851750

RESUMO

Caper (Capparis L.), a shrub plant with a large natural distribution, is used in traditional medicines to cure various illnesses. Phytochemicals studies have shown the presence of many beneficial compounds such as spermidine, rutin, quercetin, kaempferol, stigmasterol, campesterol, tocopherols, and carotenoids. Biological studies reveal important antimicrobial, anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antiviral properties. The presented review summarizes information concerning the morphology, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and biological activities of caper plants.


Assuntos
Capparis/química , Fitoterapia , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Capparis/anatomia & histologia , Etnofarmacologia , Estrutura Molecular , Extratos Vegetais/uso terapêutico
12.
Nat Prod Res ; 25(18): 1733-42, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21707254

RESUMO

Natural chemical compounds are a widely researched topic worldwide because of their potential activity against cerebrovascular diseases. Chemicals from Juniperus phoenicea berries are reported in this study. Lipids (11%) from seeds are mainly unsaturated (86%). Minerals are also quantified like Na (63.8 mg per 100 g DW) or K (373.9 mg per 100 g DW). Total reduced sugars are ca 192.6 mg g(-1) DW. Polyphenols and flavonoids from berries are highly present with an average of 1764 ± 174.3 mg gallic acid per 100 g DW and 890 ± 47.6 mg rutin per 100 g DW, respectively. Mean free radical scavenging activities, determined by DPPH and ABTS, are 1337 ± 126.2 mM TEAC per 100 g DW and 1105.7 ± 95.9 mM TEAC per 100 g DW, respectively. All findings improve the possible presence of biologically active fractions in phytocomplex that could be used as such and/or extracted for the formulation of supplements and/or ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry.


Assuntos
Sequestradores de Radicais Livres/isolamento & purificação , Frutas/química , Juniperus/química , Lipídeos/isolamento & purificação , Extratos Vegetais/isolamento & purificação , Benzotiazóis , Compostos de Bifenilo/metabolismo , Carboidratos/análise , Cromatografia , Flavonoides/análise , Sequestradores de Radicais Livres/análise , Sequestradores de Radicais Livres/farmacologia , Lipídeos/análise , Picratos/metabolismo , Extratos Vegetais/análise , Polifenóis/análise , Potássio/análise , Sódio/análise , Espectrofotometria Atômica , Ácidos Sulfônicos/metabolismo , Tiazóis/metabolismo
13.
J Agric Food Chem ; 57(12): 5381-5, 2009 Jun 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19473002

RESUMO

High-performance liquid chromatography was used to determine carotenoids (beta-carotene, lutein, neoxanthin, and violaxanthin) and tocopherols of leaves, buds, and flowers of Tunisian Capparis spinosa. This plant shows strong resistance to hard environmental conditions, and it is one of the most commonly found aromatics in the Mediterranean kitchen. In this study, the means of the total carotenoids were 3452.5 +/- 1639.4, 1002 +/- 518.5, and 342.7 +/- 187.9 microg/g fresh weight (FW) in leaves, buds, and flowers, respectively. Lutein accounts for the high content. Violaxanthin provided the lowest portion of the total carotenoids. The principal form of tocopherol detected in leaves was alpha-tocopherol (20.19 +/- 10 mg/100 g FW). In buds and flowers, there were both alpha- (49.12 +/- 17.48 and 28.68 +/- 9.13 mg/100 g FW, respectively) and gamma-tocopherol (48.13 +/- 15.08 and 27.8 +/- 16.01 mg/100 g FW, respectively). The combined content of pro-vitamin A and vitamin E in capers encourages researchers to more explore and find developments for this plant.


Assuntos
Capparis/química , Carotenoides/química , Tocoferóis/química , Flores/química , Luteína/análise , Folhas de Planta/química , Brotos de Planta/química , Tunísia
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