Natural product sciences 

About: Natural product sciences is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): DPPH & Essential oil. It has an ISSN identifier of 1226-3907. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 1042 publication(s) have been published receiving 5656 citation(s).

Antioxidant and Antiaging Assays of Hibiscus sabdariffa Extract and Its Compounds

Abstract: Skin aging is a complex biological process due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Free radical oxidative is one of extrinsic factors that induce activation of collagenase, elastase and hyaluronidase. Natural product from plants has been used as antioxidant and antiaging. This study aimed to evaluate antioxidant and antiaging properties of Hibiscus sabdariffa extract (HSE) and its compounds including myricetin, ascorbic acid, and β carotene. The phytochemical of H. sabdariffa was determined using modified Farnsworth method and presence of phenols, flavonoids and tannins were in moderate content, whereas triterpenoids and alkaloids were in low content. Total phenolic content performed using Folin-Ciocalteu method, was 23.85 μg GAE/mg. Quantitative analysis of myricetin, β-carotene, and ascorbic acid of HSE was performed with Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) that shows 78.23 μg/mg myricetin, 0.034 μg/mg β-carotene, whilst ascorbic acid was not detected. HSE has lower activity on DPPH (IC50 = 195.73 μg/mL) compared to β-carotene, the lowest in ABTS assay (IC50 = 74.58 μg/mL) and low activity in FRAP assay (46.24 μM Fe(II)/μg) compared to myricetin, β-carotene. Antiaging was measured through inhibitory activity of collagenase, elastase, and hyaluronidase. HSE had weakest collagenase inhibitory activity (IC50= 750.33 μg/mL), elastase inhibitory activity (103.83 μg/mL), hyaluronidase inhibitory activity (IC50 = 619.43 μg/mL) compared to myricetin, β-carotene, and ascorbic acid. HSE contain higher myricetin compared to β-carotene. HSE has moderate antioxidants and lowest antiaging activities. Myricetin is the most active both antioxidant and antiaging activities.

Phytochemical Constituents of Bistorta manshuriensis

Abstract: Phytochemical investigation of the MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Bistorta manshuriensis resulted in the isolation of two cerebrosides, two lactams, six phenolic compounds and seven flavonoids Their chemical structures were characterized by spectroscopic methods to be pinelloside (1), soyacerebroside I (2), pterolactam (3), 5-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-one (4), vanillic acid (5), caffeic acid methyl ester (6), protocatechuic acid (7), caffeic acid (8), 3,5-di-O-caffeoyl quinic acid methyl ester (9), chlorogenic acid methyl ester (10), avicularin (11), afzelin (12), quercetin (13), isoorientin (14), quercetin 3-O--D-glucoside (15), quercitrin (16), and luteolin (17) The isolated compounds (1 - 4, 7, 12, 14) were isolated for the first time from this plant source and the compounds 1 - 4, 9 and 10 were first reported from the genus Bistorta Compound 17 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity and compound 6 exhibited weak cytotoxicity against four human cancer cell lines in vitro using an SRB bioassay

Estrogenic Activity of Sanguiin H-6 through Activation of Estrogen Receptor α Coactivator-binding Site

Abstract: A popular approach for the study of estrogen receptor α inhibition is to investigate the protein-protein interaction between the estrogen receptor (ER) and the coactivator surface. In our study, we investigated phytochemicals from Rubus coreanus that were able to disrupt ERα and coactivator interaction with an ERα antagonist. The E-screen assay and molecular docking analysis were performed to evaluate the effects of the estrogenic activity of R. coreanus extract and its constituents on the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. At 100 μg/mL, R. coreanus extract significantly stimulated cell proliferation (574.57 ± 8.56%). Sanguiin H6, which was isolated from R. coreanus, demonstrated the strongest affinity for the ERα coactivator-binding site in molecular docking analysis, with a binding energy of -250.149. The initial results of the study indicated that sanguiin H6 contributed to the estrogenic activity of R. coreanus through the activation of the ERα coactivator-binding site.

Antioxidant Activities of Decursinol Angelate and Decursin from Angelica gigas Roots

Abstract: The anti-oxidant activities of decursinol angelate (1) and decursin (2) isolated from Angelica gigas were investigated These two coumarins exhibited decrease in serum transaminase activities elevated by hepatic damage induced by in rats They also showed increase in anti-oxidant enzyme such as hepatic cytosolic superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px) in rats These results suggest that decursinol angelate (1) and decursin (2) from A gigas possess not only the anti-oxidant, but also the hepatoprotective activities in rats

Antioxidative and Radical Scavenging Properties of the Constituents Isolated from Cosmos caudatus Kunth

Abstract: A phytochemical investigation on the methanolic extract of Cosmos caudatus has led to the isolation of quercetin (1), quercetin (2), quercetin (3) and quercetin (4). These compounds were shown to be the antioxidative constituents of the plant when evaluated using the ferric thiocyanate (FTC) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA), and radical scavengers based on the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assays.