Bioactive Compounds in Salicornia patula Duval-Jouve: A Mediterranean Edible Euhalophyte

• Published in: Foods 2021-02, Vol.10 (2), p.410
• Main Authors: Sánchez-Gavilán, Irene, Ramírez, Esteban, de la Fuente, Vicenta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: characterization bioactive compounds; fatty acids; flavonoids; halophytes; phenolics; Tinto river
• ISSN: 2304-8158; 2304-8158
• DOI: 10.3390/foods10020410

Many halophytes have great nutritional and functional potential, providing chemical compounds with biological properties. Duval-Jouve is a common euhalophyte from saline Mediterranean territories (Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy). In the present work we quantified for the first time the bioactive compounds in (total phenolic compounds and fatty acids), from Iberian Peninsula localities: littoral-coastal Tinto River basin areas (southwest Spain, the Huelva province), and mainland continental territories (northwest and central Spain, the Valladolid and Madrid provinces). Five phenolic acids including caffeic, coumaric, veratric, salicylic, and transcinnamic have been found with differences between mainland and coastal saltmarshes. contain four flavonoids: quercetin-3-O-rutinoside, kaempferol/luteolin, apigenin 7-glucoside, and pelargonidin-3-O-rutinoside. These last two glycosylated compounds are described for the first time in this genus of Chenopodiaceae. The fatty acid profile described in stems contains palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acids in high concentrations, while stearic and long-chain fatty acids were detected in low amounts. These new findings confirm that is a valuable source of bioactive compounds from Mediterranean area.