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Effect of extraction solvents on polyphenolic composition and antioxidant, antiproliferative activities of Himalyan bayberry (Myrica esculenta)

Food Science and Biotechnology, ISSN: 1226-7708, Vol: 22, Issue: 4, Page: 887-894
2013
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Article Description

Himalyan bayberry (Myrica esculenta) fruit in Indian Himalayan region was evaluated for total polyphenol contents, antioxidant, and anticancer activities in 4 different solvent systems namely 80% each of methanol, acidicmethanol, acetone, and acidic-acetone to ensure the optimum recovery. Himalyan bayberry acidic-acetone (MeAA) extracts showed highest recovery of phenolics, flavonoids, freeradical scavenging, and ferric-reducing activities followed by acetone (MeA), acidic-methanol (MeAM), and methanol (MeM) extracts. Both MeA and MeAA extracts showed potent anticancer activities leading to 70-92% reduction in the viability of C33A, SiHa, and HeLa cells while exhibiting no cytotoxicity towards normal transformed cell lines. The RP-HPLC analysis revealed abundance of gallic acid [793.74 mg/100 g of fruit weight (f.w.) in MeA], myricetin (345.6 mg/100 g f.w. in MeAA), caffeic acid (246.6 mg/100 g f.w. in MeM), catechin (190.181 mg/100 g f.w. in MeAA) while traces of chlorogenic acid (17.67 mg/100 g f.w. in MeAA), transcinnamic acid (5.91 mg/100 g f.w. in MeA), p-coumaric acid (5.84 mg/100 g f.w. in MeA), and ellagic acid (2.21 mg/100 g f.w. in MeA) corroborating the high antioxidant and anticancer activities of Himalyan bayberry fruit extracts. © 2013 The Korean Society of Food Science and Technology and Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Bibliographic Details

Ritu Saini; Veena Garg; Koushalya Dangwal

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology

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