Phenolic compounds and carotenoids profile of Amazonian Eryngium foetidum leaves and the quenching ability of their hydrophilic extract against singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) were determined. Chlorogenic acid (4327 μg/g, dry basis, d.b.) was the major phenolic compound in the leaves at very high concentrations, while lutein (205 μg/g, d.b.) and β-carotene (161 μg/g, d.b.) were the major carotenoids. The extract of E. foetidum leaves was able to scavenge DPPH • (91.6% at 5 mg/mL), ABTS •+ (15.77 μM Trolox equivalent/g extract) and it exhibited high efficiency to protect tryptophan against 1 O 2 , with IC 50 at 343 μg/mL and 78% of protection at the highest tested concentration (625 μg/mL). Therefore, E. foetidum leaves can be exploited as an accessible natural source of bioactive compounds with antioxidant properties to be used by the food or pharmaceutical industries.
This research aimed to evaluate 32 genotypes of Oenocarpus distichus fruits regarding the contents of total phenolic compounds, flavonoids, flavanols, monomeric anthocyanins, antioxidant capacity (ABTS and DPPH assays), and the phenolic compound profiles of the five genotypes that presented the highest yields of bioactive compounds. The genotypes were harvested in three different locations in Pará State, Northern Brazil, (Belém, São João do Araguaia and Marabá). Among the 32 genotypes, the highest bioactive compound contents and antioxidant capacity were found for three genotypes harvested in Belém (B-3, B-7 and B-8) and two harvested in São João do Araguaia (SJ-1 and SJ-4), and the total phenolic compounds varied from 131.97 to 363.01 mg gallic acid equivalent/100 g, total flavonoids from 24.23 to 38.19 mg quercetin equivalent/100 g, total flavanols from 72.29 to 259.18 mg catechin equivalent/100 g, and monomeric anthocyanins from 21.31 to 67.76 mg cyanidin 3-rutinoside/100 g. The main phenolic compounds tentatively identified in the five selected genotypes were cyanidin 3-O-rutinoside (48.47 to 196.51 μg/g), which could be identified and quantified as the major phenolic compound in Oenocarpus distichus fruits, for the first time, followed by chlorogenic acid (0.71 to 64.56 μg/g) and rutin (13.98 to 56.76 μg/g).
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