Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Cynara cardunculus extracts
Autor: | Jelena Kukić, Pavel Mučaji, Silvana Petrović, Dejan Stojković, Ana Ćirić, Marina Soković, Višnja Popović |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
DPPH antioxidant activity Aspergillus flavus 01 natural sciences Alternaria alternata Analytical Chemistry Microbiology involucral bracts 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Food science Cynara cardunculus 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences antimicrobial activity biology Aspergillus niger General Medicine biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial chemistry FRAP Penicillium funiculosum Aspergillus ochraceus 010606 plant biology & botany Food Science Penicillium ochrochloron |
Zdroj: | Food Chemistry |
ISSN: | 0308-8146 |
Popis: | The whole, fresh involucral bracts of cardoon, Cynara cardunculus L. (Compositae), were extracted with EtOH and an aqueous suspension of the obtained EtOH extract was partitioned successively with CHCl3, EtOAc and n-BuOH, leaving a residual water extract. All obtained extracts were evaluated for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. The antioxidant potential was evaluated using following in vitro methods: FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) assay, and scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical. Antimicrobial activity was estimated using a microdilution technique against food-borne, mycotoxin producers and human pathogenic bacteria and micromycetes. The following bacteria were tested: Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, as well as micromycetes: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus ochraceus, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium ochrochloron, Penicillium funiculosum, Trichoderma viride, Fusarium tricinctum and Alternaria alternata. Results showed that all extracts possessed concentration-dependent antioxidant activity. In biological assays, C. cardunculus extracts showed antimicrobial activity comparable with standard antibiotics. This is peer-reviewed version of the folowing article: Kukić, J.; Popović, V.; Petrović, S.; Mucaji, P.; Ćirić, A.; Stojković, D.; Soković, M. Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Cynara Cardunculus Extracts. Food Chem. 2008, 107 (2), 861–868. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.005] |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |