التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Effects of solvent extraction on the phytoconstituents and in vitro antioxidant activity properties of leaf extracts of the two selected medicinal plants from Malawi. |
| المؤلفون: |
Chatepa, Lesten Eliez Chisomo, Mwamatope, Bonface, Chikowe, Ibrahim, Masamba, Kingsley George |
| المصدر: |
BMC Complementary Medicine & Therapies; 8/27/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PHENOL analysis, IN vitro studies, QUALITATIVE research, TANNINS, FLAVONOIDS, PHYTOCHEMICALS, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, PLANT extracts, SOLVENTS, IRON compounds, MEDICINAL plants, ANTIOXIDANTS, METHANOL, GLYCOSIDES, ONE-way analysis of variance, LEAVES, DATA analysis software, ANALYTICAL chemistry |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
MALAWI |
| مستخلص: |
This study evaluated and compared the phytochemical and antioxidant properties of the solvent extracts of Azadirachta indica A. Juss and Vernonia amygdalina Del leaves. Methanolic and aqueous extracts showed high (P ≤ 0.05) extract yields (in %), compared to chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts from both V. amygdalina and A. indica leaves. The study exhibited high phytochemical content in methanol and aqueous extracts compared to chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts, confirming the potential for medicinal use. V. amygdalina methanol and aqueous extracts had higher (P ≤ 0.05) total phenolic content (TPC), in mg GAE/gDW, (158.810±0.846 and 217.883±0.265, respectively) than chloroform (37.574±0.118) and ethyl acetate (104.758±0.236) but higher ethyl acetate content in A. indica extracts. Low polar solvents extracted high (P ≤ 0.05) total flavonoids, in mgQE/gDW, (367.051±0.858 and 149.808±0.009) compared to high polar solvents (14.863±0.071 and 54.226±0.014) in V. amygdalina while as in A. indica leaf extracts, low polar solvents showed high TFC (658.469±3.451 and 275.288±10.490) compared to high polar solvents (26.312±0.063 and 48.858±0.063) respectively. In vitro total antioxidant capacity, in mg/g, was higher in polar solvents than in low-polar solvents, ranging from 34.300±1.784 to 121.015±6.839 for A. indica ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts. A strong correlation between TPC and tannic acid content was observed, except in A. indica methanolic extracts of A. indica. Ferric reducing power was high, except for V. amygdalina chloroform and methanol leaf extracts, which were lower (P≤ 0.05) than that of the standard ascorbic acid. The study revealed that high polar solvents, such as methanol and water, are more efficient in the extraction of antioxidants from A. indica but lower in V. amygdalina extracts. High phytochemical content and antioxidative capacity could be significant in treating various diseases in humans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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