Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities data of three plants from Tunisia region: Erodium glaucophyllum, Erodium hirtum and Erodium guttatum

Abstract

In the present work, phytochemical contents (total phenolic content, total flavonoids, and condensed tannins), antioxidant potentials, and antimicrobial activities of three plants in the Mediterranean genus Erodium (Erodium glaucophyllum, Erodium hirtum, and Erodium guttatum) from the Tunisia region were analyzed. The results showed that E. glaucophyllum contained high levels of polyphenols, flavonoids, and tannins. Therefore, E. glaucophyllum possesses high antioxidant activities (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and ferric reducing antioxidant power scavenging activities), and high inhibition of linoleic acid oxidation. All three plants exhibited high antimicrobial activities. This study highlights tree plants’ importance as dietary sources for natural antioxidants can be used in traditional medicine and the pharmaceutical industry.

Phytochemical Characterization and In vitro Effects of Extracts Produced from Different Maytenus ilicifolia Matrices on the Activity of Intestinal Disaccharidases

“…From the analysis of the chemical constituents of the extracts by Liquid Chromatography, we identified the presence of epicatechin, rosmarinic acid, quercitrin and rutin in some of the M. ilicifolia accesses (Table 2). In addition, it is possible to establish a positive relationship with polyphenol content and antioxidant activity, as observed for accesses extract 129 and as also observed in other studies [37]. Moreover, the extracts with the lowest polyphenol contents belong to the same collection site, and it is possible to establish a relationship between the concentration of secondary metabolites and environmental conditions of cultivation.…”

Phenolic content, antibacterial, antioxidant, and toxicological investigations of Erodium guttatum (Geraniaceae) collected from the Northeast of Morocco

“…Recently, (Hamza et al, 2018) showed that Erodium guttatum extracts have an important antioxidant with similar values of inhibition of our results with some variabilities, which certainly due to the origin of species. Kosar et al (2003) investigated compounds with free radical scavenger effects in aqueous extracts of some plants rich phenolic compounds, they found that the most important free radical scavengers were rosmarinic acid and carnosic acid among all the polyphenols identified.…”

“…For our knowledge, this is the first report of antimicrobial activity of Moroccan E. guttatum extracts. However, only one study performed in Tunisia has described the antimicrobial activity of water-methanol extract of E. guttatum (Hamza et al 2018). This study showed that the studied extract had an inhibitory diameter of 8.2±1.7 mm against E. coli ATCC25922, 5.7±1 mm against E. coli ATCC8739, 6.4±2.6 mm against S. aureus ATCC 25923, 3.9±1.2 mm against S. marcescens ATCC13880, 6.7±2.3 mm against K. aerogenes ATCC 13048, 8.1±2 mm against E. faecalis ATCC29212, while it was ineffective against P. aeruginosa ATCC27853.…”

“…It's also used Iraq for treatment of Dysentery and abdominal pain, snake and scarpion bites (Gunes et al, 2017;Kawarty et al, 2020;Kawarty et al, 2021) and in Algeria against gastro-intestinal disorders (Cheriti et al, 2006). Indeed, few studies have focused on the pharmacological properties and the chemical composition of this species, describing its antibacterial and antioxidant (Hamza et al, 2018). Concerning the phytochemical composition, studies report the presence of a high content of flavonoids, tannins, and other phenolic compounds.…”

In Vitro Antioxidant and Bactericidal Efficacy of 15 Common Spices: Novel Therapeutics for Urinary Tract Infections?

“…[12,53,54]. Nowadays, the search for new antimicrobials associated with medicinal plants is taken into account drug resistance phenomenon [55,56]. These phytochemicals generally have several beneficial properties, often habitual medicine for many symptomatic illnesses [57].…”