Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenols from the Methanolic Extract of Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana Leaves

Molecules

Laís Goyos Pieroni¹  Fernanda Mendes de Rezende¹  Valdecir Farias Ximenes¹ 

[1] ¹Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, c.p. 473, 17033-360 Bauru, SP, Brazil ²Institute of Biosciences, USP – Univ of São Paulo, c.p. 11416, 05422-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil ³Chemistry Departament, Faculty of Sciences, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, c.p. 473, 17033-360 Bauru, SP, Brazil

关键词: antioxidant activity;    flavonoids;    Miconia albicans;    total phenolic contents;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules16119439

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Miconia is one of the largest genus of the Melastomataceae, with approximately 1,000 species. Studies aiming to describe the diverse biological activities of the Miconia species have shown promising results, such as analgesic, antimicrobial and trypanocidal properties. M. albicans leaves were dried, powdered and extracted to afford chloroformic and methanolic extracts. Total phenolic contents in the methanolic extract were determined according to modified Folin-Ciocalteu method. The antioxidant activity was measured using AAPH and DPPH radical assays. Chemical analysis was performed with the n-butanol fraction of the methanolic extract and the chloroformic extract, using different chromatographic techniques (CC, HPLC). The structural elucidation of compounds was performed using 500 MHz NMR and HPLC methods. The methanolic extract showed a high level of total phenolic contents; the results with antioxidant assays showed that the methanolic extract, the n-butanolic fraction and the isolated flavonoids from M. albicans had a significant scavenging capacity against AAPH and DPPH. Quercetin, quercetin-3-O-glucoside, rutin, 3-(E)-p-coumaroyl-α-amyrin was isolated from the n-butanolic fraction and α-amyrin, epi-betulinic acid, ursolic acid, epi-ursolic acid from the chloroformic extract. The results presented in this study demonstrate that M. albicans is a promising species in the search for biologically active compounds.

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