Compostos fenólicos e potencial antioxidante de ervas consumidas na região amazônica brasileira / Phenolic compounds and antioxidant potencial of herbs consumed in the Brazilian Amazonian region

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

08/04/2011

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In recent years, consumption of tea has increased significantly as a result of the health benefits derived from those ingestion. Moreover, tea has been considered important in the diet because of the high antioxidant potential. However, there is a lack of studies on the content of compounds with antioxidant properties found in Brazilian teas. Due to some studies that have proved the presence of these bioactive phytochemicals in tea, this work aimed to evaluate the content of total phenolic compounds (TPC), total flavonoids (TF) and antioxidant capacity (DPPH ¿ and ß-carotene / linoleate) of 9 herbs infusions from the Amazon region: Agirú (Chrysobalanus icaco), Aloita-cavalo (Luehea speciosa), Capimsanto (Luehea speciosa), Herb (Lippia alba), Graviola (Annona muricata), Juca (Caesalpinia ferrea), Pata-de-vaca (Bauhinia forticata), Parirí (Arrabidaea chica) and common Sacaca (Croton spp.) Furthermore, the phenolic compounds present in methanol extracts of the leaves of three species were separated and quantified by liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with a diode array detector (DAD). The analytical methodology consisted in aqueous extraction (infusion) for the analysis of phenolics and flavonoids, as well as for the analysis of antioxidant activity. For HPLC analysis, the phenolic compounds were extracted with methanol, followed by acid hydrolysis in order to release the aglycone forms. Based on the results obtained for total phenolic compounds, from the nine infusions assayed, three showed the highest levels: C. férrea (669,94 mg GAE/g¿1), C. icaco (494,13 mg GAE/g¿1) and L. speciosa (459,23 mg GAE/g¿1). On the other hand, for total flavonoids, L. speciosa and L. alba herbs showed the highest content (12,85 and 15.42 mg CE/g¿1, respectively). For the capacity antioxidant analysis by the mentioned methods, Jucá (C. férrea) has showed higher values. The samples that exhibited higher levels for total phenolic compounds were analyzed by HPLC: Agirú (Chrysobalanus icaco), Açoita-cavalo (Luehea speciosa) and Jucá (Caesalpinia ferrea). For comparative purposes, commercial green tea (Camellia sinensis) was also analyzed by HPLC. The results for phenolic compounds identification and quantification were, in mg.g¿1 for each sample: Agirú (0.45 of gallic acid, 0,78 of quercetin and 0,14 of myricetin); Açoita-cavalo (1,20 of (+)-catechin and 0,14 of quercetin), Jucá (0,59 of gallic acid and 0,13 of quercetin), and green tea (0,24 of gallic acid, 2,44 of (-)-epicatechin, 0,68 of (+)¿catechin and 0,66 of quercetin). For the herbs studied, Jucá was the most remarkable one, presenting the highest levels for the total phenolic compounds content and for the antioxidant potential by the applied methodologies, which indicates their potential health benefits that can stimulate new studies on the further characterization of their constituents

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ervas compostos fenólicos antioxidantes clae (cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência) herbs phenolic compounds antioxidants hplc (chromatography) amazonian region

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