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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects in extracts of the medicinal herb Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC. ("marcela")
Autores: | Desmarchelier,C.; Coussio,J.; Ciccia,G.
Data: | 1998-09-01
Ano: | 1998
Palavras-chave: | Achyrocline satureioides; Antioxidant activity; Luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence; Thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances; Hydroperoxide-initiated chemiluminescence; Lipid peroxidation; DNA damage; Reactive oxygen species.
Resumo: | Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC. (Compositae) is a medicinal herb used in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay for its choleretic, antispasmodic and hepatoprotective properties. The presence of the flavonoid quercetin and its derivatives, and of different phenolic acids such as caffeic, chlorogenic and isochlorogenic acids in the aerial parts of this plant has led us to study the antioxidant activity of its extracts using different bioassays. The inhibition of luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence by the aqueous and methanolic extracts was used to show that their total reactive antioxidant potential index (TRAP; in µM Trolox equivalents) was 91.0 ± 15.4 and 128.1 ± 20.1 µM, respectively, while the total antioxidant reactivity index (TAR) was calculated to be 1537 ± 148 and 1910 ± 171 µM. Only the methanolic extract was capable of reducing iron (II)-dependent DNA damage. Lipid peroxidation was assessed by two different methods. The aqueous extract reduced hydroperoxide-initiated chemiluminescence in rat liver homogenates at all concentrations in a dose-dependent manner, with a calculated IC50 = 225 µg/ml, while the methanolic extract was only effective at higher concentrations (100 and 1000 µg/ml). Both aqueous and methanolic extracts were capable of reducing the production of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in rat liver homogenates, with an IC50 &amp;gt;1000 µg/ml. The results obtained suggest that the extracts of A. satureioides possess significant free radical scavenging and antioxidant activity in vitro, a fact that should encourage future in vivo studies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000900010
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X1998000900010
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.31 n.9 1998
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess