Phenolic profiles of four processed tropical green leafy vegetables commonly used as food

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2043-2048

  Salawu, Sule Ola ^a   Innocenti, Marzia ^b   Giaccherini, Catia ^b   Akindahunsi, Afolabi Akintunde ^a   Mulinacci, Nadia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corchorus olitorius; HPLC DAD MS; Manihot utilissima; Ocimum gratissimum; Phenolic compounds; Traditional preparations; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

1,5 DICAFFEOYL QUINIC ACID; AMENTOFLAVONE; APIGENIN O GLUCURONIDE; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; CIRSIMARITIN; DICAFFEOYL QUINIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL 3' O RUT; KAEMPFEROL 4' O RUTINOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 3' GLUCURONIDE; NEVADENSIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; QUINIC ACID; ROSMARINIC ACID; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICENIN 2;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CASSAVA; COOKING; CORCHORUS; DRUG ISOLATION; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HARVEST PERIOD; HEATING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MASS SPECTROMETER; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERNONIA;

CORCHORUS OLITORIUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 77954095110     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800301220     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Grayer RJ, Kite GC, Veitch Nigel C, Eckert MR, Marin PD, Senanayake P, Paton AJ. (2002) Leaf flavonoid glycosides as chemosystematic characters in Ocimum, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 30, 327-342.
2. Grayer RJ, Kite GC, Abou-Zaid M, Archer LJ. (2000) The application of atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in the chemotaxonomic study of flavonoids: Characterisation of flavonoids from Ocimum gratissimum L.var gratissimum. Phytochemical Analysis, 11, 257-267.
3. Adebolu TT, Salau AO. (2005) Antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts of Ocimum gratissimum L.on selected bacteria causing diarrhea in southwester Nigeria. African Journal of Biotechnology, 4, 682-684.
4. Awoyinka AF, Abegunde VO, Adewusi SRA. (1995) Nutrient content of young cassava leaves and assessment of their acceptance as a green leafy vegetable in Nigeria. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 47, 21-28.
5. Salawu S. O. Giaccherini C, Innocenti M, Vincieri FF, Akindahunsi AA, Mulinacci N. (2008) HPLC/DAD/MS characterization of flavonoids and cinnamoyl derivatives from some Nigerian green-leafy vegetables. Food Chemistry, accepted.
6. Igile OG, Oleszek W, Jurzysta M, Burda S, Fafunso M, Fasanmide AA. (1994) Flavonoids from Vernonia amygdalina L.and their antioxidant Activities. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 42, 2445-2448.
7. Abos AO, Raseroka BH. (2003) In vivo antimalarial activity of Vernonia amygdalina. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 60, 89-91. (Pubitemid 36890719)
8. Masaba SC. (2000) The antimalarial activity of Vernonia amygdalina L. (Compositae).Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygene, 94, 694-695.
9. Oboh G. (2006) Nutritive value and haemolytic properties (in vitro) of the leaves of Vernonia amygdalina L.on human erythrocyte. Nutrition and Health, 182, 151-160.
10. Akinpelu DA. (1999) Antimicrobial activity of Vernonia amygdalina L. leaves. Fitoterapia, 70, 432-434.
11. Erasto P, Grierson AJ, Afolayan AJ. (2006) Bioactive sequiterpene lactones from the leaves of Vernonia amygdalina. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 106, 117-120.
12. Izevbigie FB. (2003) Discovery of water-soluble anticancer agents (edotides) from a vegetable found in Benin City Nigeria. Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood), 228, 293-298.
13. Sakakibara H, Honda Y, Nakagawa S, Ashida H, Kanazawa K. (2003) Simultaneous determination of all polyphenols in vegetables, fruits, and tea. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51, 571-581.
14. Aiyeloja AA, Bello OA. (2006) Ethnobotanical potentials of common herbs in Nigeria: a case study of Enugu State. Educational Research and Review, 1, 16-22.
15. Yamazaki E, Murakami K, Kurita O. (2005) Easy preparation of dietary fiber with the high water-holding capacity from food sources. Plant Foods Human Nutrition, 60, 17-23.
16. Yamazaki E, Kurita O, Matsumura Y. (2008) Hydrocolloid from leaves of Corchorus olitorius L. and its synergistic effect on κ-carrageenan gel strength. Food Hydrocolloids, 22, 819-825.
17. Rice-Evans C, Miller NJ, Bolwell PG, Bramley PM, Pridham JB. (1995) The relative antioxidant activities of plant derived polyphenolic flavonoids. Free Radical Research, 22, 375-383.
18. Rice-Evans C, Miller NJ, Paganga G. (1997) Antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds. Trends in Plant Science, 2, 152-159.
19. Bloknina O, Virolainen E, Fagerstedt KV. (2003) Antioxidants, oxidative damage and oxygen deprivation stress: a review. Annals of Botany, 91, 179-194.
20. Sanchez-Moreno C (2002) Methods used to evaluate the free radical scavenging activities in foods and biological systems. Food Science and Technology International, 8, 121-137.