Antioxidative Effect of Suaeda japonica Ethanol Extract and Solvent Partitioned Fractions

Abstract

We studied the antioxidant activity of Suaedajaponica, found in Korean mud flats. A 70% ethanol extraction yielded 9.74%. The 70% ethanol extract was further fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and water. The water fraction resulted in the highest extraction yields, but the ethyl acetate fraction resulted in the highest total phenol content and also total flavonoid content. The antioxidative activity of the fractions was evaluated using several methods and compared to commercial antioxidants. The scavenging activities of the hydroxyl radical, hydrogen radical, hydrogen peroxide, and xanthine oxidase of the ethyl acetate fraction were equivalent to that of BHA. The scavenging activities of the hydroxyl radical, hydrogen peroxide, and xanthine oxidase of the ethanol extracts were approximately 80～90% of that of BHA.

Phenylpropanoids, lignan glucosides, feruloyltyramines, and flavonoid glycosides, as antioxidative compounds from aerial parts of Suaeda japonica

“…Young leaves are typically consumed as seasoned vegetables, salads, or herbs in Korea (Choi et al, 2009). S. japonica has recently been shown to exhibit a strong antioxidative activity (Choi et al, 2009;Kang et al, 2017), prevent insulin resistance (Cho et al, 2014), and inhibit tyrosinase and melanin production in B16BL6 cells (Lee et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2012). Additionally, this plant attenuates neuroinflammation in lipopolysaccharide-treated BV-2 microglial cells (Kang et al, 2013).…”

Comparison of the Biological Activities of Electrodialysis-desalted Bioactive Compounds from the Halophyte Suaeda japonica

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