Antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibition activity of the fertile fronds and rhizomes of three different Drynaria species

BMC Research Notes

Yau Yan Lim¹  Joash Ban Lee Tan¹ 

[1] School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, 46150, Selangor, Malaysia

关键词: Tyrosinase inhibition;    Free radical scavenging;    Fern leaves;    Fertile fronds;    Fern rhizome;   

Others  :  1230052
DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-015-1414-3

 received in 2014-02-12, accepted in 2015-09-07,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

For generations, the rhizomes of Drynaria ferns have been used as traditional medicine in Asia. Despite this, the bioactivities of Drynaria rhizomes and leaves have rarely been studied scientifically.

Methods

This study evaluates the antioxidant properties of the methanolic extracts of the fertile fronds and rhizomes from three species in this genus: Drynaria quercifolia, Drynaria rigidula and Drynaria sparsisora. The phenolic and flavonoid contents of the samples were respectively quantified with the total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) assays, while the antioxidant activities were determined via measuring the DPPH radical scavenging activity (FRS), ferric reducing power (FRP), ferrous ion chelating (FIC) activity and lipid peroxidation inhibition (LPI). The tyrosinase inhibition activity of all three species was also reported.

Results

The fertile fronds of D. quercifolia were found to exhibit the highest overall TPC (2939 ± 469 mg GAE/100 g) and antioxidant activity amongst all the samples, and the fertile fronds of D. quercifolia and D. rigidula exhibited superior TPC and FRP compared to their rhizomes, despite only the latter being widely used in traditional medicine. The fronds of D. quercifolia had high tyrosinase inhibition activity (56.6 ± 5.0 %), but most of the Drynaria extracts showed unexpected tyrosinase enhancement instead, particularly for D. sparsisora’s fronds.

Conclusion

The high bioactivity of the fertile fronds in the fern species indicate that there is value in further research on the fronds of ferns which are commonly used mostly, or only, for their rhizomes.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Tan and Lim.

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