Polyphenol-rich longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.)-flower-water-extract attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver via decreasing lipid peroxidation and downregulating matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9

In vitro and In vivo Antioxidant, Anti-hyperlipidemic Properties and Chemical Characterization of Centella asiatica (L.) Extract

“…et al, 2010; Yang S.F. et al, 2010; Chang et al, 2011; Hsu et al, 2011; Liu et al, 2012; Lin et al, 2013). …”

Comparative metabolomics reveals differences in primary and secondary metabolites between “Shixia” and “Chuliang” longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) pulp

“…Flavonoids and phenolic acids were the largest two groups of secondary metabolites in longan fruit. Recent studies have shown that polyphenols from longan seeds or flower performed benefits on human health, such as anti‐oxidation (Zheng et al, 2009 ), lowering cholesterol (Liu et al., 2012 ), lowering blood glucose (Yang et al., 2010 ), anti‐tumor (Li et al., 2018 ; Zhong et al, 2010 ), antibacterial and anti‐inflammatory (Lee et al., 2016 ). Our results showed that the content of many flavonoids and phenolic acids in pulp was significantly different between SX and CL longan.…”

Exhaustive Plant Profile of “Dimocarpus longan Lour” with Significant Phytomedicinal Properties: A Literature Based-Review

“…Flowers Gentisic acid, Epicatechin, Proanthocyanidin [28] acid, ellagic acid, 3′-o-methyl-ellagic acid 4′-o-β-d glucopyranoside, ethyl gallate, geraniin, (s)-flavogallonic acid, as well as isomallotinic acid [18,20,[23][24][25][26]. Furthermore, diverse research findings indicated that the leaves and flowers of longan Lour consist of several botanical phytochemicals, namely, ethyl gallate, astragalin, luteolin, kaempferol, quercetin, gentisic acid, epicatechin, and proanthocyanidin [27,28]; of note, most of the chemical compounds belong to either the polyphenol, flavonoid, or both groups. The chemical structure of all compounds is represented in Figure 2.…”

“…Additionally, in recent years, various scientific reports validated that few potential health effective compounds were extracted from the pericarp [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. However, their brownish black seeds are also major sources of botanical phytocompounds [18,20,[23][24][25][26], furthermore, leaves and flowers produce the major botanical phytoconstituents (ethyl gallate, astragalin, luteolin, gentisic acid, epicatechin, proanthocyanidin) that have potential health benefits and most interestingly, all of them belong to either the polyphenol, flavonoid, or both, groups [27,28].…”