Molecules, Vol. 28, Pages 6004: Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant and Anti-Enzymatic Activities of Selected Adaptogenic Plants from South America, Asia, and Africa

Molecules, Vol. 28, Pages 6004: Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant and Anti-Enzymatic Activities of Selected Adaptogenic Plants from South America, Asia, and Africa Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules28166004 Authors: Jakub Gębalski Milena Małkowska Filip Graczyk Artur Słomka Elżbieta Piskorska Dorota Gawenda-Kempczyńska Aneta Kondrzycka-Dąda Anna Bogucka-Kocka Maciej Strzemski Ireneusz Sowa Magdalena Wójciak Sebastian Grzyb Krystian Krolik Aneta A. Ptaszyńska Daniel Załuski Despite the fact that there are many studies related to the adaptogenic and pro-healthy activities of plant-based compounds, there are some adaptogenic plants whose activities are not fully known, especially those coming from the wild regions of Asia, Africa, and South America. The aim of these studies was to examine the contents of non-nutritional compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and phenolic acids in ten adaptogenic species (Astragalus membranaceus (AM), Uncaria rhynchophylla (UR), Polygonum multiflorum (PM), Angelica sinensis (AS), Andrographis paniculatea (AP), Tinospora cordifolia (TC), Uncaria tomentosa (UT), Pfaffia paniculate (PP), Sutherlandia frutescens (SF), and Rhaponticum carthamoides (RC)). Considering biological activity, their antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, and ferrous-ion-chelating ability assays), anti-acetylcholinesterase, anti-hyaluronidase, and anti-tyrosinase activities were evaluated. The richest in polyphenols, flavonoids, and ph...
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