Compositional Studies: Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq¹  Sanja ၪvar²  Mughal Qayum³  Imran Imran⁴ 

[1] Department of Pharmacognosy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan; E-Mail:;Department of Chemistry, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; E-Mail:;Department of Pharmacy, Anbar Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan; E-Mail:;Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan; E-Mail:

关键词: Capparis decidua;    nutritional constituents;    amino acids;    sterols;    tocopherols;    phenols;    antioxidant activity;    antidiabetic activity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms12128846

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Capparis decidua is one of the traditional remedies used for various medicinal treatments in Pakistan. This study presents the determination of proximate composition, amino acids, fatty acids, tocopherols, sterols, glucosinolate and phenolic content in extracts obtained from different aerial parts of C. decidua, as well as their antidiabetic and antioxidant activity. All examined extracts were prominently rich in phenolics and glucosinates, and they showed potent antidiabetic and antihemolytic activity. The present study could be helpful in developing medicinal preparations for the treatment of diabetes and related symptoms.

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