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Antioxidant characteristics of Dichrostachys glomerata spice extracts
Características antioxidantes de los extractos de la especia Dichrostachys glomerata

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Pages 23-37 | Received 14 May 2009, Accepted 18 Jun 2009, Published online: 31 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

The antioxidant activity of aqueous extract, ethanol extract, and hydroethanolic pod extract of a Cameroonian spice Dichrostachys glomerata (D. glomerata) was investigated. When compared with the two other extracts, the aqueous extract exhibited the lowest phenolic content, AEABTS (Antiradical Efficiency) and AEDPPH values whereas the ethanol extract had the highest phenolic content, AEABTS and AEDPPH values. The DPPH (α, α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl) radical and ABTS (2, 2′ -azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) cation radical scavenging activities were proven and correlated with the reductive potential and phenolic content of the extracts with r 2 greater than 0.9. All extracts had effective, superoxide anion radical, hydroxyl radical and nitric oxide scavenging activity, at all tested concentrations in a concentration-dependent manner. Each extract showed a concentration-dependent effect on chelating activity and α-linoleic acid oxidation inhibition activity. When compared with the controls, each extract significantly decreased malondialdehyde and lipid hydroperoxides formation in low-density lipoprotein (LDL). The hydroethanolic extract exhibited the highest inhibition of LDL oxidation. These results suggest that pods from D. glomerata can be good source of natural antioxidants.

Se estudió la actividad antioxidante de los extractos acuoso, etanólico e hidroetanólico de vaina de una especia camerunense Dichrostacrys glomerata (D. glomerata). Comparado con los otros dos, el extracto acuoso mostró el contenido en fenólicos más bajo, valores AEABTS (Eficiencia de Antirradical) y AEDPPH, mientras el extracto de etanol tuvo el contenido en fenólicos más alto, valores AEABTS y AEDPPH. Los poderes de captación del radical DPPH (α, α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl) y del catión radical ABTS (2, 2′-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) fueron probados y correlacionados con el potencial reductivo y contenido en fenólico de los extractos con r 2 mayor de 0.9. Todos los extractos tuvieron eficacia, poder de captación de radical anión superóxido, radical hidroxilo y óxido nítrico, en todas las concentraciones probadas en una manera de dependiente de la concentración. Cada extracto mostró un efecto dependiente de la concentración tanto en la actividad quelante como en la actividad de inhibición de oxidación de ácido α-linoleico. Comparado con controles, cada extracto redujo significativamente la formación de malondialdehído y hiperóxido lípido en lipoproteína de baja densidad (LDL). El extracto hidroetanólico mostró la mayor inhibición de oxidación LDL. Estos resultados sugieren que las vainas de D. glomerata pueden ser una buena fuente de antioxidantes naturales.

Acknowledgements

The University of Yaoundé I and the Gateway Health Alliances, CA, USA, through the Laboratory of Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, provided all reagents and equipment used for this study.

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