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Mervić M, Bival Štefan M, Kindl M, Blažeković B, Marijan M, Vladimir-Knežević S. Comparative Antioxidant, Anti-Acetylcholinesterase and Anti-α-Glucosidase Activities of Mediterranean Salvia Species. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11050625. [PMID: 35270095 PMCID: PMC8912324 DOI: 10.3390/plants11050625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Salvia species have a cosmopolitan distribution and comprise several well-known plants valuable for pharmaceutical and food industries due to their recognized medicinal, food flavouring, and preservative properties. The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the biological activities of seven wild-growing Salvia species from the Mediterranean area (S. fruticosa, S. glutinosa, S. nemorosa, S. officinalis, S. pratensis, S. sclarea, S. verticillata). All studied ethanolic leaf extracts exhibited significant DPPH and NO radical scavenging ability, lipid peroxidation inhibition, and reducing power, as well as moderate iron-chelating properties. Together with S. officinalis and S. fruticosa, S. verticillata showed anti-acetylcholinesterase activity, while S. glutinosa was also found to possess the ability to inhibit α-glucosidase. Total flavonoid (0.37-0.90%), phenolic acid (3.55-12.44%), tannin (1.22-2.60%), and anthocyanin contents (0.03-0.08%) were determined in Salvia leaves. Rosmarinic acid was the predominant hydroxycinnamic acid in all studied sage plants, ranging from 9400 to 38,800 μg/g. The correlation study showed a strong relationship between biological activities and contents of total phenolic acids, total tannins, and rosmarinic acid, indicating their significant contribution to the efficiency of tested Salvia species. Our results highlighted Mediterranean sage plants as rich sources of potent antioxidant, neuroprotective, and hypoglycemic agents which are worthy of further research.
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Przeor M. Some Common Medicinal Plants with Antidiabetic Activity, Known and Available in Europe (A Mini-Review). Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15010065. [PMID: 35056122 PMCID: PMC8778315 DOI: 10.3390/ph15010065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Diabetes is a metabolic disease that affected 9.3% of adults worldwide in 2019. Its co-occurrence is suspected to increase mortality from COVID-19. The treatment of diabetes is mainly based on the long-term use of pharmacological agents, often expensive and causing unpleasant side effects. There is an alarming increase in the number of pharmaceuticals taken in Europe. The aim of this paper is to concisely collect information concerning the few antidiabetic or hypoglycaemic raw plant materials that are present in the consciousness of Europeans and relatively easily accessible to them on the market and sometimes even grown on European plantations. The following raw materials are discussed in this mini-review: Morus alba L., Cinnamomum zeylanicum J.Presl, Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Phaseolus vulgaris L., Zingiber officinale Rosc., and Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer in terms of scientifically tested antidiabetic activity and the presence of characteristic biologically active compounds and their specific properties, including antioxidant properties. The characteristics of these raw materials are based on in vitro as well as in vivo studies: on animals and in clinical studies. In addition, for each plant, the possibility to use certain morphological elements in the light of EFSA legislation is given.
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- Monika Przeor
- Department of Gastronomy Science and Functional Foods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
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Cardullo N, Floresta G, Rescifina A, Muccilli V, Tringali C. Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of chlorogenic acid amides as potential hypoglycemic agents and their synergistic effect with acarbose. Bioorg Chem 2021; 117:105458. [PMID: 34736132 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease considered one of the most severe global health emergencies. Chlorogenic acid (1) has been shown to delay intestinal glucose absorption by inhibiting the activity of α-glucosidase (α-Glu) and α-amylase (α-Amy). In the present work, eleven chlorogenic acid amides have been synthesized and evaluated for their antioxidant properties (as DPPH and ORAC) and inhibition activity towards the two enzymes and, with the aim to obtain dual-action antidiabetic agents. The two most promising hypoglycemic compounds, bearing a tertiary amine function on an alkyl chain (8) and a benzothiazole scaffold (11), showed IC50 values lower than that of (1) (45.5 µM α-Glu; 105.2 µM α-Amy). Amides 8 and 11 were by far more potent α-Glu inhibitors than the antidiabetic drug acarbose (IC50 = 268.4 µM) and about twice less active toward α-Amy than acarbose (IC50 = 34.4 µM). Kinetics experiments on amides 8 and 11 indicated these compounds as mixed-type inhibitors of α-Glu with K'i values of 13.3 and 6.3 µM, respectively. The amylase inhibition occurred with a competitive mechanism in the presence of 8 (Ki = 79.7 µM) and with a mixed-type mechanism with 11 (Ki = 19.1 µM; K'i = 93.6 µM). Molecular docking analyses supported these results, highlighting the presence of additional binding sites in both enzymes. Fluorescence experiments confirmed the grater affinity of amides 8 and 11 towards the two enzymes respect to (1). Moreover, a significant enhancement in acarbose efficacy was observed when inhibition assays were performed adding acarbose and amide 11. The above outcomes pinpointed the benzothiazole-based amide 11 as a promising candidate for further studies on type 2 diabetes treatment, both alone or combined with acarbose.
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- Nunzio Cardullo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, Catania 95125, Italy.
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- Department of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco e della Salute, Università degli Studi di Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, Catania 95125, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, Catania 95125, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, Catania 95125, Italy.
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Athanasiadis V, Lakka A, Palaiogiannis D, Pappas VM, Bozinou E, Ntourtoglou G, Makris DP, Dourtoglou VG, Lalas SI. Pulsed Electric Field and Salvia officinalis L. Leaves: A Successful Combination for the Extraction of High Value Added Compounds. Foods 2021; 10:2014. [PMID: 34574126 PMCID: PMC8469738 DOI: 10.3390/foods10092014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to evaluate the pulsed electric field (PEF)-assisted extraction of phytochemicals from Salvia officinalis L. leaves. The study parameters included a PEF pulse duration of 10 or 100 μs for 30 min, using different "green" extraction solvents: pure ethanol, pure water, and their mixtures at 25, 50, and 75% v/v concentrations. The resulting extracts were evaluated against reference extracts obtained without PEF. For estimation of the extraction efficiency, the content in total polyphenols, individual polyphenols, and volatile compounds, as well as the resistance to oxidation, were determined. The optimal PEF contribution on the total and individual polyphenols, rosmarinic acid, extractability (up to 73.2% and 403.1% increase, respectively) was obtained by 25% v/v aqueous ethanol solvent using a pulse duration of 100 μs. PEF was proven to also affect the final concentration and composition of volatile compounds of the extracts obtained.
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- Vassilis Athanasiadis
- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
- Department of Wine, Vine, & Beverage Sciences, School of Food Science, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Str., GR-12243 Egaleo, Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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- Department of Wine, Vine, & Beverage Sciences, School of Food Science, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Str., GR-12243 Egaleo, Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Thessaly, Terma N. Temponera Str., GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece; (V.A.); (A.L.); (D.P.); (V.M.P.); (E.B.); (G.N.); (D.P.M.)
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