Systematic comparison of nutraceuticals and antioxidant potential of cultivated, in vitro cultured and commercial Melissa officinalis samples

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1866-1873

  Dias, Maria Inês ^a   Barros, Lillian ^a   Sousa, Maria João ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant potential; In vitro culture; Infusions; Melissa officinalis; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FLAVONOID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TOCOPHEROL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CAROTENOIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREEZE DRYING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELISSA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PICRATES; REDUCING AGENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TOCOPHEROLS;

CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84860147081     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.03.057     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. AOAC Official Methods of Analysis, 16 1995, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Arlington, VA, USA.
2. Barros L., Carvalho A.M., Ferreira I.C.F.R. Leaves, flowers, immature fruits and leafy flowered stems of Malva sylvestris: a comparative study of the nutraceutical potential and composition. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2010, 48:1466-1472.
3. Berasategi I., Legarra S., Ciriano M.G., Rehecho S., Calvo M.I., Cavero R.Y., Navarro-Blasco I., Ansorena D., Astiasarán I. "High in omega-3 fatty acids" bologna-type sausages stabilized with an aqueous-ethanol extract of Melissa officinalis. Meat Sci. 2011, 88:705-711.
4. Bernal J., Mendiola J.A., Ibáñez E., Cifuentes A. Advanced analysis of nutraceuticals. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2011, 55:758-774.
5. Bouayed J., Piri K., Rammal H., Dicko A., Desor F., Younos C., Soulimani R. Comparative evaluation of the antioxidant potential of some Iranian medicinal plants. Food Chem. 2007, 104:364-368.
6. Capecka E., Mareczek A., Leja M. Antioxidant activity of fresh and dry herbs of some Lamiaceae species. Food Chem. 2005, 93:223-226.
7. Carnat A.P., Carnat A., Fraisse D., Lamaison J.L. The aromatic and polyphenolic composition of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L. subsp. officinalis) tea. Pharm. Acta Helvet. 1998, 72:301-305.
8. Ciriano M.K.I., Rehecho S., Calvo M.I., Cavero R.Y., Navarro I., Astiasarán I., Ansorena D. Effect of lyophilized water extracts of Melissa officinalis on the stability of algae and linseed oil-in-water emulsion to be used as a functional ingredient in meat products. Meat Sci. 2010, 85:373-377.
9. Dastmalchia K., Dormana H.J.D., Oinonen P.P., Darwisd Y., Laaksoa I., Hiltunena R. Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidative activity of a lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) extract. LWT 2008, 41:391-400.
10. Dias M.I., Barros L., Sousa M.J., Ferreira I.C.F.R. Comparative study of lipophilic and hydrophilic antioxidants from in vivo and in vitro grown Coriandrum sativum. Plants Food Hum. Nutr. 2011, 66:181-186.
11. Ferreira A., Proença C., Serralheiro M.L.M., Araújo M.E.M. The in vitro screening for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of medicinal plants from Portugal. J. Ethnopharm. Pharm. 2006, 108:31-37.
12. Ferreira I.C.F.R., Barros L., Abreu R.M.V. Antioxidants in wild mushrooms. Curr. Med. Chem. 2009, 16:1543-1560.
13. Guil J.L., Torija M.E., Giménez J.J., Rodriguez I. Identification of fatty acids in edible wild plants by gas chromatography. J. Chromatogr. A 1996, 719:229-235.
14. Halliwell B. Antioxidants in human health and disease. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 1996, 16:33-50.
15. Ivanova D., Gerova D., Chervenkov T., Yankova T. Polyphenols and antioxidant capacity of Bulgarian medicinal plants. J. Ethnopharm. Pharm. 2005, 96:145-150.
16. Katalinic V., Milos M., Kulisic T., Jukic M. Screening of 70 medicinal plant extracts for antioxidant capacity and total phenols. Food Chem. 2006, 94:550-557.
17. Lahucky R., Nuernberg K., Kovac L., Bucko O., Nuernberg G. Assessment of the antioxidant potential of selected plant extracts - in vitro and in vivo experiments on pork. Meat Sci. 2010, 85:779-784.
18. Lara M.S., Gutierrez J.I., Timón M., Andrés A.I. Evaluation of two natural extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Melissa officinalis L.) as antioxidants in cooked pork patties packed in MAP. Meat Sci. 2011, 88:481-488.
19. Marongiu B., Porcedda S., Piras A., Rosa A., Deiana M., Dessì M.A. Antioxidant activity of supercritical extract of Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis and Melissa officinalis subsp. Inodora. Phytother. Res. 2004, 18:789-792.
20. Matkowski A. Plant in vitro culture, for the production of antioxidants - a review. Biotechnol. Adv. 2008, 26:548-560.
21. Murashige T., Skoog F. A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol. Plant 1962, 15:473-497.
22. Ribeiro M.A., Bernardo-Gil M.G., Esquível M.M. Melissa officinalis, L.: study of antioxidant activity in supercritical residues. J. Supercrit. Fluids 2001, 21:51-60.
23. Pinela J., Barros L., Carvalho A.M., Ferreira I.C.F.R. Influence of the drying method in the antioxidant potential of four shrubby flowering plants from the tribe Genisteae (Fabaceae). Food Chem. Toxicol. 2011, 49:2983-2989.
24. Pinela J., Barros L., Carvalho A.M., Ferreira I.C.F.R. Nutritional composition and antioxidant activity of four tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) farmer' varieties in Northeastern Portugal homegardens. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2012, 50:829-834.
25. Prior R.L., Wu X., Schaich K. Standardized methods for the determination of antioxidant capacity and phenolics in foods and dietary polyphenols as determined by a modified ferric reducing/antioxidant power assay. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005, 53:4290-4302.
26. Reis F.S., Ferreira I.C.F.R., Barros L., Martins A. A comparative study of tocopherols composition and antioxidant properties of in vivo and in vitro ectomycorrhizal fungi. LWT 2011, 44:820-824.
27. Spiridona I., Colcerub S., Anghela N., Teacaa C.A., Bodirlaua R., Armatub A. Antioxidant capacity and total phenolic contents of oregano (Origanum vulgare), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) from Romania. Nat. Prod. Res. 2011, 25:1657-1661.
28. Valko M., Leibfritz D., Moncol J., Cronin M.T., Mazur M., Telser J. Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 2007, 39:44-84.