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HOSSAİN MA, AL HARTHY MS, SAİD AL TOUBY DS. Review on phytochemicals and biological activities of natural sweeteners Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SECONDARY METABOLITE 2022. [DOI: 10.21448/ijsm.1122618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that creates high blood sugar level. Therefore, diabetes awareness is necessary to prevent diabetes by reducing sugar intake and using low-calorie alternative sweeteners instead. Stevia rebaudiana is a medicinal plant species belonging to the Compositae family. It is a sweet herb that contains diterpene glycosides, which are directly responsible for the sweet taste, but they have no caloric value. Since ancient times, there have been several reports on the use of S. rebaudiana as an alternative sweetener and extended research has been conducted on its phytochemicals and biological activities. The plant contains a good number of phytochemicals with significant biological activities, namely polyphenolic derivatives, diterpenes glycosides, alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, chlorophylls, carotenoids, etc. For industrial use, those phytochemicals could be extracted from the selected plant and used for the preparation of nutraceuticals and food additives. S. rebaudiana is a natural herb; therefore, it has fewer or minimal adverse effects on human health. The selected plant in various forms is used for the treatment of diabetes, colon cancer, obesity, cavities, and others. However, the literature review shows that the information on this plant and its uses is not systematic. The purpose of the present review is to explore the status of phytochemicals and biological activities of the selected plant for young researchers. Therefore, the updated data will help them to develop new nutraceuticals and food additives that could help in the production of pharmaceuticals to treat different ailments.
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Akhtar MS, Rafiullah M, Shehata WA, Hossain A, Ali M. Comparative phytochemical, thin layer chromatographic profiling and antioxidant activity of extracts from some Indian herbal drugs. JOURNAL OF BIORESOURCES AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jobab.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Luna E, Freitas T, Campina F, Costa M, Rocha J, Cruz R, Sena Júnior D, Silveira Z, Macedo N, Pinheiro J, Pereira-Júnior F, Lisboa M, Cruz G, Calixto Júnior J, Teixeira A, Coutinho H. Evaluation of phytochemical composition, toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster and effects on antibiotics modulation of Plathymenia reticulata Benth extract. Toxicol Rep 2021; 8:732-739. [PMID: 33868957 PMCID: PMC8042435 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Bacterial resistance is interfering with the action of antibiotics for clinical use in treating pathologies. The search for new substances capable of combating this resistance is necessary. An alternative to the search for these substances is in the extract of medicinal plants. Plathymenia reticulata, plant of the Fabaceae family, is a common tree species from the Brazilian cerrado, and is commonly used in areas of environmental degradation. This species is rich in phenolic compounds, such as flavonoids and tannins, compounds that are associated with various biological effects. A hydroethanolic extract from the bark of Plathymenia reticulata (HEPrB) was produced and then tests were carried out to verify the direct antibacterial activity, the modulatory effect of antibiotics for clinical use and their toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster flies. Through the analysis with UPLC, a wide variety of flavonoids contained in the HEPrB was observed. Direct antibacterial activity was observed for the standard strain of Staphylococcus aureus, however, the extract showed antagonistic activity or no significance in relation to the antibiotics tested in this study. As for toxicity, the HEPrB did not show significant damage in the proposed model. The results emphasize care when associating the consumption of teas with treatments with antibiotics for clinical use.
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Affiliation(s)
- E.M. Luna
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Simulações e Espectroscopia Molecular - LASEMOL, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Simulações e Espectroscopia Molecular - LASEMOL, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Bioprospecção do Semiárido e Métodos Alternativos – LABSEMA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Bioprospecção do Semiárido e Métodos Alternativos – LABSEMA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Bioprospecção do Semiárido e Métodos Alternativos – LABSEMA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioensaios - LABIO, Universidade Federal do Cariri - UFCA, Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Campus Brejo Santo, CE, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias e da Biodiversidade – CCAB, Federal University of Cariri, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos da Flora Regional do Cariri - LEFLORE/URCA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos da Flora Regional do Cariri - LEFLORE/URCA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos da Flora Regional do Cariri - LEFLORE/URCA, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Simulações e Espectroscopia Molecular - LASEMOL, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, Ceará, Brazil
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