Characterisation of phenols and antioxidant and hypolipidaemic activities of Lethariella cladonioides

Autor: Yaling Cai, Ming-Xing Li, Daonian Zhou, Anhua Wei, Jinlan Ruan, Chaomei Xiong
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 92:373-379
ISSN: 0022-5142
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4601
Popis: BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the antioxidant and hypolipidaemic activities of an ethanol extract of Lethariella cladonioides (Nyl.) Krog (EE) and to characterise its chemical constituents. RESULTS: Nine phenols were identified as canarione, thamnolic acid, squamatic acid, vermicularin, norstictic acid, baeomycesis acid, lecanoric acid, barbatinic acid and usnic acid from analysis of EE by using high-performance liquid chromatography with a diode array detector-mass spectrometry. In antioxidant analysis in vitro, the highest scavenging rate of EEs on the 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radicals, superoxide anion, hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxide was 81.55 ± 1.95%, 81.84 ± 4.00%, 74.28 ± 3.71% and 74.28 ± 3.71%, respectively. Meanwhile, after administration of EE for 6 weeks in high fat/cholesterol diet mice, the most significant reduction in levels of serum triglyceride, serum total cholesterol, serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol and liver malondialdehyde were 24%, 20%, 15% and 35%, respectively. The most significant increase in levels of serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and liver superoxide dismutase was 35% and 88%, respectively. CONCLUSION:L. cladonioides possesses strong antioxidant and hypolipidaemic activities. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry
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