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Nutritional Composition and Phytochemical, Antioxidative, and Antifungal Activities of Pergularia tomentosa L.
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BioMed Research International . 3/20/2017, Vol. 2017, p1-9. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Crude extracts from a medicinal Tunisian plant, Pergularia tomentosa L., were the investigated natural material. Butanolic extract of roots analyzed with IR spectra revealed the presence of hydroxyl, alcoholic, and carboxylic groups and sugars units. Analysis of some secondary metabolites, total phenolic, flavonoids, flavonols, and procyanidins, was performed using different solvents following the increased gradient of polarity. Fruits and leaves contained the highest amounts of all these compounds. Antioxidant properties were evaluated by the determination of free radical scavenging activity and the reducing power of methanolic extracts. Fruits and leaf extracts were the most powerful antioxidants for the two-assay in vitro system. Stems and fruits extracts exhibit an antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici which could become an alternative to synthetic fungicide to control Solanum species fungal diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANTIOXIDANT analysis
*BIOLOGICAL assay
*FRUIT
*FUNGI
*INFRARED spectroscopy
*LEAVES
*MEDICINAL plants
*NUTRITIONAL requirements
*POLYPHENOLS
*PLANT roots
*SOLVENTS
*STATISTICS
*PLANT stems
*PHYTOCHEMICALS
*PLANT extracts
*DATA analysis
*SOLID phase extraction
*FREE radical scavengers
*IN vitro studies
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23146133
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121959432
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6903817