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Youssef S, Custódio L, Rodrigues MJ, Pereira CG, Calhelha RC, Jekő J, Cziáky Z, Ben Hamed K. Harnessing the Bioactive Potential of Limonium spathulatum (Desf.) Kuntze: Insights into Enzyme Inhibition and Phytochemical Profile. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:3391. [PMID: 37836131 PMCID: PMC10574883 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
This study assessed the halophyte species Limonium spathulatum (Desf.) as a possible source of natural ingredients with the capacity to inhibit enzymes related to relevant human health disorders and food browning. Extracts using food-grade solvents such as water and ethanol were prepared by maceration from dried L. spathulatum leaves. They were evaluated for in vitro inhibition activity of enzymes such as acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), α-glucosidase, tyrosinase and lipase, related to Alzheimer's disease, type-2-diabetes mellitus, skin hyperpigmentation, and obesity, respectively. These extracts were also appraised for in vitro acute toxicity on tumoral and non-tumoral cell lines and their chemical composition by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS). The extracts were more effective towards BChE than AChE. The best results were obtained with the hydroethanolic and water extracts, with IC50 values of 0.03 mg/mL and 0.06 mg/mL, respectively. The hydroethanolic extract had the highest capacity to inhibit α-glucosidase (IC50: 0.04 mg/mL), higher than the positive control used (acarbose, IC50 = 3.14 mg/mL). The ethanol extract displayed the best inhibitory activity against tyrosinase (IC50 = 0.34 mg/mL). The tested samples did not inhibit lipase and exhibited low to moderate cytotoxic activity against the tested cell lines. The hydroethanolic extract had a higher diversity of compounds, followed by the ethanol and water samples. Similar molecules were identified in all the extracts and were mainly hydroxybenzoic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids, and flavonoids. Taken together, these results suggest that L. spathulatum should be further explored as a source of bioactive ingredients for the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries.
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- Seria Youssef
- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Center of Biotechnology of BorjCedria, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia;
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; (L.C.); (M.J.R.); (C.G.P.)
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; (L.C.); (M.J.R.); (C.G.P.)
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; (L.C.); (M.J.R.); (C.G.P.)
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- Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal;
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- Agricultural and Molecular Research and Service Institute, University of Nyíregyháza, 4405 Nyíregyháza, Hungary; (J.J.); (Z.C.)
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- Agricultural and Molecular Research and Service Institute, University of Nyíregyháza, 4405 Nyíregyháza, Hungary; (J.J.); (Z.C.)
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- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Center of Biotechnology of BorjCedria, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia;
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Custódio L, Prados LF, Oliveira IM, Resende FD, Pettigrew JE, Yiannikouris A, Siqueira GR. Do mycotoxin contaminated diets and yeast cell wall adsorbent affect meat quality of Nellore bulls finished in feedlot? - A short communication. Meat Sci 2019; 158:107865. [PMID: 31430643 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ninety-six Nellore bulls (430 ± 13 kg and 24 months) were assigned to a completely randomized block design (2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments) to evaluate meat quality. Dietary treatments consisted of natural or exogenous contamination with mycotoxins (Factor 1), with or without yeast cell wall adsorbent (10 g/animal/d; Factor 2). The diets were provided during 97 d. The meat chemical composition was unaffected (P ≥ .37) by the factors and the averages of variables were 74.2% moisture, 22.7% protein, 1.04% ether extract, and 2.10% ash. The L*, a*, b*, E*, C* (P ≥ .11), cooking loss (P ≥ .24) and Warner-Bratzler shear force (P ≥ .17) were also similar among factors. In conclusion, low mycotoxin contamination and yeast cell wall based adsorbent do not affect meat quality of Nellore bulls finished in feedlot.
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- L Custódio
- Department of Animal Science, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal Campus, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
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- APTA - Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Colina, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Animal Science, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal Campus, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal Campus, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; APTA - Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Colina, SP, Brazil
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- Pettigrew Research Services, Inc, Champaign, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal Campus, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil; APTA - Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Colina, SP, Brazil
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Marçalo J, Garcia C, Custódio L, Nicolai M, Reis C, Rodrigues Maria J, Romagnoli A, Petruccioli E, Goletti D, Monteiro Rodrigues L, Faustino C, Fimia Gian M, Rijo P. Anti-inflammatory and anti-tubercular properties screening of natural products from Plectranthus species. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J Marçalo
- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
- Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering Institute (IBEB), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- National Institute for the Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for the Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for the Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
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- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), Lisbon, Portugal
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- National Institute for the Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Lisboa, Portugal
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), Lisbon, Portugal
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Roth M, Resende F, Oliveira I, Fernandes R, Custódio L, Siqueira G. Does supplementation during previous phase influence performance during the growing and finishing phase in Nellore cattle? Livest Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pereira CG, Custódio L, Rodrigues MJ, Neng NR, Nogueira JMF, Carlier J, Costa MC, Varela J, Barreira L. Profiling of antioxidant potential and phytoconstituents of Plantago coronopus. BRAZ J BIOL 2016; 77:632-641. [PMID: 27849252 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.02416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The halophyte species Plantago coronopus has several described ethnomedicinal uses, but few reported biological activities. This work carried out for the first time a comparative analysis of P. coronopus organs in terms of phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of organic and water extracts from roots, leaves and flowers. The leaves contents in selected nutrients, namely amino acids and minerals, are also described. Roots (ethyl acetate and methanol extracts) had the highest radical scavenging activity (RSA) towards 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radicals, while leaves (hexane extract) had higher RSA on nitric oxide radical and iron chelating ability. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis identified eighteen phenolics from which salicylic acid and epicatechin are here firstly described in Plantago species. Leaves had mineral levels similar to those of most vegetables, proving to be a good source for elements like calcium, sodium, iron and magnesium, and also for several of the essential amino acids justifying it use as food. Our results, especially those regarding the phenolics composition, can explain the main traditional uses given to this plantain and, altogether, emphasize the potential of P. coronopus as a source of bioactive molecules particularly useful for the prevention of oxidative stress-related diseases.
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- C G Pereira
- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica - DQB, Faculdade de Ciências - FC, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Campo Grande, Ed. C8, 5º piso, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica - DQB, Faculdade de Ciências - FC, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Campo Grande, Ed. C8, 5º piso, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve - UAlg, Ed. 7, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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Daniel J, Weiß K, Custódio L, Neto AS, Santos M, Zopollatto M, Nussio L. Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in sugarcane silages. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2013.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Custódio L, Fernandes E, Romano A. QUANTIFICATION OF POLYPHENOLS IN CAROB TREE (CERATONIA SILIQUA L.) FRUITS AND LEAVES IN PORTUGUESE CULTIVARS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2009.841.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Carvalho R, Custódio L. A Multiagent Systems Approach for Managing Supply-Chain Problems: new tools and results. Int Artif 2007. [DOI: 10.4114/ia.v9i25.772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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