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. 2013 Oct 7:13:259.
doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-259.

Chemical composition and antioxidant capacities of phytococktail extracts from trans-Himalayan cold desert

Priyanka Dhar  1 , Prabodh Kumar Bajpai, Amol Bapurao Tayade, Om Prakash Chaurasia, Ravi Bihari Srivastava, Shashi Bala Singh
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Chemical composition and antioxidant capacities of phytococktail extracts from trans-Himalayan cold desert

Priyanka Dhar et al. BMC Complement Altern Med. .

Abstract

Background: Himalayan plants are widely used in traditional system of medicine both as prophylactics and therapeutics for high altitude maladies. Our aim was to evaluate the antioxidant capacities and bioactive compounds of methanol and n-hexane extracts of the phytococktail comprising of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and roseroot (Rhodiola imbricata) from trans-Himalaya.

Methods: The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) and nitric oxide (NO) radical scavenging capacities and lipid peroxidation inhibition (LPI) property of the extracts were determined. Total antioxidant power was determined by ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. Total polyphenol, flavonoid, flavonol, proanthocyanidin and carotenoid were also estimated for both extracts. We have identified and quantified the phyto-chemotypes present in the methanol and n-hexane extracts by hyphenated gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique.

Results: Antioxidant capacity assays using DPPH, ABTS, NO, LPI and FRAP exhibited analogous results where the phytococktail showed high antioxidant action. The phytococktail was also found to possess high quantity of total polyphenol, flavonoid, flavonol and carotenoid. A significant and linear correlation was found between the antioxidant capacities and bioactive principles. A total of 32 phyto-chemotypes were identified from these extracts by GC/MS chemometric fingerprinting. Major phyto-chemotypes identified by GC/MS were glycosides, phenylpropanoids and derivatives, terpenoids, alkaloids, phytosterols, fatty acids and esters, alkaloids and derivatives, organic acid esters and aromatic ethers with positive biological and pharmacological actions.

Conclusion: The phytococktail extracts were found to contain considerable amount of diverse bioactive compounds with high antioxidant capacities. The presence of hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidants in the phytococktail could have contributed to the higher antioxidant values. Hence, the phytococktail could be used as natural source of antioxidants to ameliorate disorders associated with oxidative stress.

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GC/MS chromatogram of phytococktail a. methanol extract, b. n-hexane extract.
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Figure 2
Major phytochemical groups in phytococktail extracts. a. methanol extract, b. n-hexane extract. c. phyto-chemotypes identified in methanol and n-hexane extracts of phytococktail.1: 3-Hydroxypyridine-N-oxide; 2: Malic acid, dimethyl ester; 3: 2-Methoxynaphthalene; 4: 2-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-(hydroxymethyl); 5: Eugenol; 6: trans-Caryophyllene; 7: 1-Methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate; 8: Aceteugenol acetate; 9: α-D-glucopyranoside, O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.3)-β-D-fructofuranosyl; 10: Methyl palmitoleate; 11: Methyl palmitate; 12: Palmitoleic acid; 13: Palmitic acid; 14: Methyl oleate; 15: Oleic acid; 16: Piperine; 17: α-Tocopherol; 18: τ-Sitosterol; 19: Cuminic aldehyde; 20: 1,3-Bis(cinnamoyloxymethyl) adamantane; 21: Isoledene; 22: α-Humulene; 23: α-Amorphene; 24: ar-Curcumene; 25: Cedr-8-ene; 26: α-Muurolene; 27: Aceteugenol; 28: δ-Cadinene; 29: Calamenene; 30: Caryophyllene oxide; 31: α-Levantenolide; 32: Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate.
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