scholarly journals Exploiting the Potential of Bioactive Molecules Extracted by Ultrasounds from Avocado Peels—Food and Nutraceutical Applications

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1475
Author(s):  
Beatriz Rodríguez-Martínez ◽  
Pedro Ferreira-Santos ◽  
Beatriz Gullón ◽  
José António Teixeira ◽  
Cláudia M. Botelho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Hela Cell Lines ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Ethanol Extracts ◽  
Peel Extract

Natural bioactive compounds from food waste have fomented interest in food and pharmaceutical industries for the past decade. In this work, it purposed the recovery of bioactive avocado peel extract using an environmentally friendly technique: the ultrasound assisted extraction. The response surface methodology was applied in order to optimize the conditions of the extraction, ethanol-water mixtures and time. The optimized extracts (ethanol 38.46%, 44.06 min, and 50 °C) were chemically characterized by HPLC-ESI-MS and FTIR. Its antioxidant ability, as well as, its effect on cell metabolic activity of normal (L929) and cancer (Caco-2, A549 and HeLa) cell lines were assessed. Aqueous ethanol extracts presented a high content in bioactive compounds with high antioxidant potential. The most representative class of the phenolic compounds found in the avocado peel extract were phenolic acids, such as hydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acids. Another important chemical group detected were the flavonoids, such as flavanols, flavanonols, flavones, flavanones and chalcone, phenylethanoids and lignans. In terms of its influence on the metabolic activity of normal and cancer cell lines, the extract does not significantly affect normal cells. On the other hand, it can negatively affect cancer cells, particularly HeLa cells. These results clearly demonstrated that ultrasound is a sustainable extraction technique, resulting in extracts with low toxicity in normal cells and with potential application in food, pharmaceutical or nutraceutical sectors.

scholarly journals Ultrasound and Microwave Assisted Extraction of Opuntia Fruit Peels Biocompounds: Optimization and Comparison Using RSM-CCD

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (19) ◽  
pp. 3618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Melgar ◽  
Maria Inês Dias ◽  
Lillian Barros ◽  
Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira ◽  
Antonio D. Rodriguez-Lopez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Specific Response ◽  
Microwave Assisted Extraction ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Assisted Extraction ◽  
Ic50 Values ◽  
Effective Models

Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of bioactive compounds, peels from Opuntia engelmannii cultivar (cv.) Valencia were optimized by response surface methodology. Randomized extraction runs were performed for each of the technologies employed in order to build effective models with maximum (bioactive molecules content and yield) and minimum (antioxidant activity) responses. A 5-level, 4-factor central composite design was used to obtain target responses as a function of extraction time (t), solid to liquid ratio (S/L), methanol concentration (metOH), and temperature (T). Specific response optimization for each technology was analyzed, discussed, and general optimization from all the responses together was also gather. The optimum values for each factor were: t = 2.5 and 1.4 min, S/L = 5 and 5 g/L, metOH = 34.6 and 0% of methanol and T = 30 and 36.6 °C, achieving maximum responses of 201.6 and 132.9 mg of betalains/g, 13.9 and 8.0 mg of phenolic acids/g, 2.4 and 1.5 mg of flavonoids/g, 71.8% and 79.1% of extractable solid and IC50 values for the antioxidant activity of 2.9 and 3.6, for UAE and MAE, respectively. The present study suggested UAE as the best extraction system, in order to maximize recovery of bioactive compounds with a high antioxidant activity.

scholarly journals Bioactive Compounds in Bael Fruit Pulp Waste: Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction, Characterization, Modeling, and Optimization Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 9318-9334
Keyword(s):  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Extraction Process ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Fruit Pulp ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction ◽  
Modeling And Optimization ◽  
Assisted Extraction ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted

Bael fruit is an abundant source of bioactive compounds that have importance in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The process of extraction of the bael fruit juice produced a higher percentage of bael fruit pulp waste (BFPW) (37.33 %), which was recycled for the extraction of bioactive compounds. Thus the bioactive compounds like polyphenols, flavonoids, and carotenoids were extracted from BFPW by using the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) technique. The modeling and optimization of the extraction process were carried out by using the experimental design of response surface methodology (RSM). The ethanol concentration of 51.22 %, ultrasound amplitude of 51.45 %, and ultrasound treatment time of 6.11 minutes were obtained to be an RSM optimized values of extraction process variables. The lower values of root mean squared error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) and higher values of coefficient of determination (R2) indicated admissibility and acceptability of RSM. This extraction process of bioactive compounds has the potential to implement it on an industrial scale for the formulation of food additives and medicines.

scholarly journals Effect of Different Green Extraction Methods and Solvents on Bioactive Components of Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) Flowers

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Šic Žlabur ◽  
Ivanka Žutić ◽  
Sanja Radman ◽  
Maja Pleša ◽  
Mladen Brnčić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Matricaria Chamomilla ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction ◽  
Specialized Metabolites ◽  
Solvent Type ◽  
Ethanol Extracts ◽  
The Impact

Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) dried flowers contain a group of interesting biologically active compounds such as sesquiterpenes, flavonoids, coumarins, vitamins, phenolic acids and glucosides. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to characterize the composition in bioactive compounds (specialized metabolites) present in water and ethanol extracts of chamomile flowers, together with monitoring the impact of different extraction techniques (conventional vs. ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE)) on the parameters under investigation. UAE treatment significantly decreased the extraction time of bioactive compounds from herbal material. Polyphenolic compounds content and antioxidant capacity were significantly higher in UAE extracts. Moreover, solvent type had a significant impact on the specialized metabolites content, while the highest vitamin C and polyphenols content were recorded in 50% ethanol (v/v) extracts. Optimization of basic extraction factors: solvent type, temperature and technique is crucial for obtaining the extracts with the highest content of specialized metabolites and antioxidant capacity.

scholarly journals A Lipoaminopeptaibol Secreted by Alkalophilic Fungus Emericellopsis alkalina Demonstrates a Strong Cytotoxic Effect against Tumor Cell Lines

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Eugene Rogozhin ◽  
Vera Sadykova
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Cytotoxic Activity ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Cytotoxic Effect ◽  
Antimicrobial Effect ◽  
Antitumor Antibiotic ◽  
Tumor Cell Lines ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Hela Cell Lines

Soil fungi are known to produce and secrete antibiotics with a strong antimicrobial effect towards eukaryotic organisms. In many occasions, these compounds belong to peptides that are products of non-ribosomal biosynthesis and are called peptaibols. Many peptaibols are cytotoxic and some of them suppress tumor cell lines much better than normal cells by inducing calcium-mediated apoptosis. The main antimicrobial lipoaminopeptaibol—emericellipsin A—isolated from the fungus Emericellopsis alkalina strain VKPM F-1428, which demonstrates promising antifungal activity against different fungal taxons,has been found to exhibit selective cytotoxic activity against HepG2 and Hela cell lines (EC50 2.8 and 0.5 μM, respectively) in MTT assays in vitro. This result corresponds to the standard antitumor antibiotic doxorubicin, which has an EC50 value of 440 nM. In a fibroblast toxicity test, emericellipsin A exhibited less cytotoxic activity than doxorubicin (EC50 14 and 0.34 μM, respectively). Therefore, it is less toxic to normal cells than doxirubicin (~40 times), but it yields a more potent cytotoxic effect on tumor cell lines. That is why emericellipsin A can be considered for future more detailed investigations to be an effective antitumor substance.

scholarly journals GC-MS Analysis of the Rauwolfia vomitoria Ethanol Extracts

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
I. I. Asoro ◽  
O. A. T. Ebuehi ◽  
M. N. Igwo-Ezikpe
Keyword(s):  
Ethyl Ester ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Vaccenic Acid ◽  
Octadecenoic Acid ◽  
Acid Ethyl Ester ◽  
Hexadecanoic Acid ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Ms Analysis ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Ethanol Extracts

Bioactive compounds are the frontline potent agents in both nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical industries. The bioactive compounds are gaining much importance for their ability in enhancing resistance to various diseases and to improve the health of people both by traditional and modern ways of administrations. R. vomitoria is one of the medicinal plants used traditionally to manage hypertension, diabetes and mental disorder. This present study sought to characterize the bioactive components of R. vomitoria leaf and root ethanol extracts using Gas-Chromatography-Mass Spectrophotometry (GC-MS). The results of the GC-MS analysis provide different peaks indicating the presence of 22 phytochemicals in the plant leaf and 16 phytochemicals in the root. The major bioactive compounds in the leaf were squalene (18.69%), phytol (16.47%), n-hexadecanoic acid (15.68%), 7-tetradecenal, (Z) (12.90%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid, ethyl ester, (Z,Z)-, (9.56%) and others, while the roots contains; cis-vaccenic acid (32.13%), n-hexadecanoic acid (15.41%), (E)-9-octadecenoic acid ethyl ester (9.83), cyclohexanecarbonitrile 1-(-4- chlorophenyl (9.45%), 8H-azeceno[5,4-b] indol-8-one, 5-ethylidene (7.66%) and other minor compounds. Pharmacological activities of these compounds indicated that the compounds present in the leaf of the plant can be used as a crude drug which could be developed into a novel drug. Some of these compounds have antimicrobial, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, hypocholesterolemic as well as cancer preventive activities amongst others. The findings suggest that there is an indication that both R. vomitoria leaves and roots contain potent bioactive compounds that may be linked to its beneficial effects on health, with the leaf taking the lead. It is therefore recommended as a plant of phytopharmaceutical significance.

Adjuvant therapeutic use of supercritical-ethanol extracts of Curcuma species with cancer drugs in rhabdomycosarcoma cell lines

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Ramachandran ◽  
SM Nair ◽  
KW Quirrin ◽  
EA Escalon ◽  
SJ Melnick
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Therapeutic Use ◽  
Cancer Drugs ◽  
Supercritical Ethanol ◽  
Ethanol Extracts

Effect of black seeds (Nigella sativa) volatile oil on the cervical cancer: In vitro study, on Hela cell lines

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Isra'a Al-sobhi ◽  
◽  
Rawan Al-Ghabban ◽  
Soad Shaker Ali ◽  
Jehan Al-Amri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Hela Cell ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Nigella Sativa ◽  
In Vitro Study ◽  
Volatile Oil ◽  
Vitro Study ◽  
Hela Cell Lines ◽  
Black Seeds
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