Nutritional Composition and Phytochemical, Antioxidative, and Antifungal Activities of Pergularia tomentosa L.

Crude extracts from a medicinal Tunisian plant, Pergularia tomentosa L., were the investigated natural material. Butanolic extract of roots analyzed with IR spectra revealed the presence of hydroxyl, alcoholic, and carboxylic groups and sugars units. Analysis of some secondary metabolites, total phe...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-9
Main Authors: Belghith, K. S., Ben Abdallah, Ferjani, Belghith, Hafedh, Lahmar, Imen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antifungal Agents - chemistry
Antifungal Agents - pharmacology
Antioxidants
Antioxidants - chemistry
Antioxidants - pharmacology
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae - chemistry
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Bronchitis
Ecosystems
Farms
Fusariosis - drug therapy
Fusariosis - microbiology
Fusarium - drug effects
Fusarium - pathogenicity
Fusarium oxysporum
Health aspects
Herbal medicine
Humans
Laboratories
Leaves
Metabolites
Morphology
Phenols
Phenols - chemistry
Phenols - isolation & purification
Phytochemicals
Plant Extracts - chemistry
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
Plants, Medicinal - chemistry
Skin
Solanum
Solvents - chemistry
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Summary:Crude extracts from a medicinal Tunisian plant, Pergularia tomentosa L., were the investigated natural material. Butanolic extract of roots analyzed with IR spectra revealed the presence of hydroxyl, alcoholic, and carboxylic groups and sugars units. Analysis of some secondary metabolites, total phenolic, flavonoids, flavonols, and procyanidins, was performed using different solvents following the increased gradient of polarity. Fruits and leaves contained the highest amounts of all these compounds. Antioxidant properties were evaluated by the determination of free radical scavenging activity and the reducing power of methanolic extracts. Fruits and leaf extracts were the most powerful antioxidants for the two-assay in vitro system. Stems and fruits extracts exhibit an antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici which could become an alternative to synthetic fungicide to control Solanum species fungal diseases.
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2017/6903817