Background: Wedelia trilobata L. (WT), a common herbal plant in Vietnam, is popularly used as a strong antioxidant in Vietnamese folk medicine. However, limited studies have reported the application of WT flower in cosmeceutical area. Purpose: This study explored the potentials of WT loaded fibroin microparticles (FMPs-WT) as a novel anti-aging cosmeceutical product. Methods: The WT flower was firstly extracted by maceration with methanol, ethanol 60%, and ethanol 96%, and its chemical compositions and total polyphenol content were investigated. Then, the FMPs-WT were developed by desolvation method and physicochemically characterized. Finally, the product antioxidant activities were in-vitro determined using DPPH assay. Results: The optimal WT extract was the ethanol 60% extract, which contains polyphenols, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, glycosides, and organic acids; with a total polyphenol content of 46.47 ± 2.32 mg GAE/g plant powder. The FMPs-WT were successfully formulated, with a distinct silk-II polymorph; varied sizes of 0.592 to 9.820 µm, depending on the fibroin concentrations and the WT extraction solvent; high entrapment efficiencies of >65%; and sustained-release patterns of polyphenol in pH 7.4 for >6 h. Regarding the antioxidant activity, the pure WT flower extracts possessed high scavenging actions with IC 50 of 7.98 ± 0.40 µg/mL, comparable with the standard ascorbic acid (IC 50 = 4.23 ± 0.21 µg/mL). Moreover, the FMPs-WT could retain the extract antioxidant capacity, and exert the effects in a timely manner, corresponding to its release profile.
Conclusion:The FMPs-WT could be further investigated to become a potential anti-aging cosmeceutical product in the market.
The problem of concept equivalence is often addressed within ontology alignment. A similar problem is however encountered in ontology design: the decision whether to express multiple semantically close informal concepts as one or more formal classes, for which we coin the term concept quasi-equivalence trade-off. We outline its formal framework as well as an initial set of decision-making criteria. We also tried to collect traces of the trade-off from two sources: the LOV vocabulary catalog and ontology design experts addressed through a questionnaire. Finally, we discuss possible modalities of a software support.
Nghiên cứu được thực hiện nhằm đánh giá khả năng tải các hợp chất polyphenol từ dịch chiết hoa sài đất ba thùy (Wedelia trilobata L. - WT) vào vi hạt fibroin tơ tằm và khảo sát hoạt tính kháng oxy hóa của các sản phẩm, sử dụng phương pháp DPPH (2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl). Dịch chiết được nạp vào vi hạt bằng phương pháp đồng ngưng tụ. Hệ vi hạt fibroin chứa dịch chiết có kích thước trung bình là 7,11 µm, hiệu suất tải dịch chiết khá cao (74,13%) và có khả năng kiểm soát quá trình giải phóng polyphenol trong hệ đệm pH 7,4. Hơn nữa, dịch chiết WT có hoạt tính kháng oxy hóa rất cao (IC50=8,67 µg/mL) và vi hạt sau khi được tải dịch chiết cũng giữ được khả năng kháng oxy hóa (ở các mốc thời gian 30, 90, 180 phút, lần lượt là 27,89%, 44,75%, 52,61%). Do hệ vi hạt có khả năng giải phóng hoạt chất có kiểm soát, dẫn đến khả năng kháng oxy hóa của hệ phụ thuộc vào thời gian. Tóm lại, hệ vi hạt chứa cao WT là một ứng dụng tiềm năng cho các dạng thuốc phóng thích có kiểm soát.
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