hispidulin and caffeic-acid

An adaptation of cultural management to the specific cultural system, as well as crop demand, can further result in the improvement of the quality of horticultural products. Therefore, this study focused on the antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory activities of Plebeian herba (Salvia plebeia R. Br.) grown in hydroponics in comparison with those of the plant grown in soil. The antioxidant activities of Plebeian herba extract were measured as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging abilities as well as the reducing power by decreasing nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) in vitro. Interestingly, by comparison with hydroponics and traditional cultivation, Plebeian herba cultivated in nutrition-based soil improved inhibitory effect on free radicals of DPPH, ABTS, and NO and increased the contents of phenolics such as caffeic acid (1), luteolin-7-glucoside (2), homoplantaginin (3), hispidulin (4), and eupatorin. Free radical scavenging and SOD activity, as well as α-glucosidase inhibitory effect, were higher in Plebeian herba grown in nutrition-based soil than in plants grown in hydroponics and traditional condition.

Topics: alpha-Glucosidases; Antioxidants; Caffeic Acids; Crops, Agricultural; Enzyme Inhibitors; Flavones; Flavonoids; Free Radical Scavengers; Glucosides; Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; Hydroponics; Luteolin; Nitric Oxide; Phenols; Plant Extracts; Salvia; Superoxide Dismutase

To control the quality of Salvia plebeia R.Br., a simple and reliable method of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD) was developed both for fingerprint analysis and quantitative determination of seven bioactive compounds, namely caffeic acid, luteolin-7-glucoside, nepetin-7-glucoside, homoplantaginin, luteolin, nepetin and hispidulin. In fingerprint analysis, twelve peaks were selected as characteristic peaks. In quantitative analysis, seven compounds showed good regression (R2>0.9995) within test ranges and the recovery of the method was in the range of 91.7-103.2%. The content ranges (mg/g) of seven compounds in the collected samples of S. plebeia were 0.80-1.67 (hispidulin), 2.18-5.75 (homoplantaginin), 0.52-1.22 (nepetin), 1.56-3.48 (nepetin-7-glucoside), 0.12-0.24 (luteolin), 0.97-2.22 (luteolin-7-glucoside) and 0.21-0.44 (caffeic acid), respectively. From the results obtained, the content of homoplantaginin was the highest. In addition, luteolin and luteolin-7-glucoside were isolated for the first time from S. plebeia.

Topics: Caffeic Acids; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Flavones; Flavonoids; Glucosides; Luteolin; Molecular Structure; Plant Extracts; Quercetin; Reproducibility of Results; Salvia

Three anti-inflammatory compounds: nepetin, jaceosidin and hispidulin have been isolated and identified from Eupatorium arnottianum Griseb. dichloromethane extract. Nepetin reduced the TPA mouse ear edema by 46.9% and jaceosidin by 23.2% (1mg/ear). Both compounds inhibited the NF kappaB induction by 91 and 77%, respectively. Furthermore phytochemical analysis of the ethanol extract has led to the identification of eriodictyol, hyperoside, rutin, caffeic and chlorogenic acids. All these compounds are reported for the first time in this species. The finding of topical antiinflammatory activity exerted by Eupatorium arnottianum extract and the identification of active principles could support the use of this plant for the treatment of inflammatory affections.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Caffeic Acids; Carrageenan; Cell Survival; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ear, External; Edema; Eupatorium; Female; Flavanones; Flavones; Flavonoids; HeLa Cells; Humans; Jurkat Cells; Mice; Molecular Structure; Plant Extracts; Quercetin; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate