Polysaccharides from the Styrian oil-pumpkin with antioxidant and complement-fixing activity

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Košťálova, Zuzana ^a   Hromádková, Zdenka ^a   Ebringerová, Anna ^a   Polovka, Martin ^b   Michaelsen, Terje Einar ^c   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Immunomodulatory activity; Oil pumpkin; Pectin; Structure

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDES; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; FRAP ASSAY; FTIR; HOMOGALACTURONAN; HOT WATER; NUTRACEUTICALS; OIL-PUMPKIN; PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDES; PECTIN; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

PHENOLS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; EDTA; ESTER; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR;

EID: 84860567190     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Adams G.G., Imrand S., Wang S., Mohammad A., Kok S., Gray D.A., Channell G.A., Morris G.A., Harding S.E. The hypoglycaemic effect of pumpkins as anti-diabetic and functional medicines. Food Research International 2011, 44:862-867.
2. Blumenkrantz N., Asboe-Hansen G. New method for quantitative determination of uronic acids. Analytical Biochemistry 1973, 54:484-489.
3. Caili F., Huan S., Quanhong L. A review on pharmacological activities and utilization technologies of pumpkin. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 2006, 61:73-80.
4. Caili F., Haijun T., Tongyi C., Yi L., Quanhong L. Some properties of an acidic protein-bound polysaccharide from the fruit of pumpkin. Food Chemistry 2007, 100:944-947.
5. 13C NMR. European Biophysics Journal 1998, 27:127-136.
6. Chen H.X., Zhang M., Qu Z.S., Xie B. Antioxidant activities of different fractions of polysaccharide conjugates from green tea (Camellia sinensis). Food Chemistry 2008, 106:559-563.
7. Chen R., Liu Z., Zhao J., Chen R., Meng F., Zhang M., Ge W. Antioxidant and immunobiological activity of water-soluble polysaccharide fractions purified from Acanthopanax senticosus. Food Chemistry 2011, 127:434-440.
8. Glæserud S., Grønhaug T.E., Michaelsen T.E., Inngjerdingen M., Barsett H., Diallo D., Paulsen B.S. Immunomodulating polysaccharides from the leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Combretum glutinosum: structural differences between small and large leaves can substantiate the preference for small leaves by the healers. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant 2011, 5:2781-2790.
9. Gronhaug T.E., Ghildyal P., Barsett H., Michaelsen T.E., Morris G., Diallo D., Inngjerdingen M., Paulsen B.S. Bioactive arabinogalactans from the leaves of Opilia celtidifolia Endl. ex Walp. (Opiliaceae). Glycobiology 2010, 20:1654-1664.
10. Habibi Y., Heyraud A., Mahrouz M., Vignon M.R. Structural features of pectic polysaccharides from the skin of Opuntia ficus-indica prickly pear fruits. Carbohydrate Research 2004, 339:1119-1127.
11. Hromádková Z., Ebringerová A. Isolation and characterization of hemicelluloses from corn hulls. Chemical Papers 1995, 49:97-101.
12. Inngjerdingen K.T., Coulibaly A., Diallo D., Michaelsen T.E., Paulsen B.S. A complement fixing polysaccharide from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, a medicinal plant from Mali, West Africa. Biomacromolecules 2006, 7:48-53.
13. Inngjerdingen K.T., Debes S.C., Inngjerdingen M., Hokputsa S., Harding S.E., Rolstad B., Michaelsen T.E., Diallo D., Paulsen B.S. Bioactive pectic polysaccharide from Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug. DC., a Malian medicinal plant, isolation and partial characterization. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005, 101:204-214.
14. Kačuráková M., Capek P., Sasinková V., Wellner N., Ebringerová A. FT-IR study of plant cell wall model compounds: pectic polysaccharides and hemicelluloses. Carbohydrate Polymers 2000, 43:195-203.
15. Košt'álová Z., Hromáková Z., Ebringerová A. Chemical evaluation of seeded fruit biomass of oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. var, Styriaca). Chemical Papers 2009, 63:405-413.
16. Košťálová Z., Hromádková Z., Ebringerová A. Structural diversity of pectins isolated from oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca). Polysaccharides as Source of Advanced and Sustainable Products. Proceedings of the 2nd International Polysaccharide Conference EPNOE 2011 2011, 59.
17. Košťálová Z., Hromádková Z., Ebringerová A. Isolation and characterization of pectic polysaccharides from the seeded fruit of oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. var. Styriaca). Industrial Crops and Products 2010, 31:370-377.
18. Michaelsen T.E., Gilje A., Samuelsen A.B., Hogaesen K., Paulsen B.S. Interaction between human complement and a pectin type polysaccharide fraction, PMII, from the leaves of Plantago major L. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2000, 52:483-490.
19. Nara K., Yamaguchi A., Maeda N., Koga H. Antioxidative activity of water soluble polysaccharide in pumpkin fruits (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne). Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2009, 73:1416-1418.
20. Nergard C.S., Diallo D., Inngjerdingen K., Michaelsen T.E., Matsumoto T., Kiyohara H., Yamada H., Paulsen B.S. Medicinal use of Cochlospermum tinctorium in Mali: anti-ulcer-, radical scavenging- and immunomodulating activities of polymers in the aqueous extract of the roots. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2005, 96:255-269.
21. Nosáľová G., Prisenžňáková Ľ., Košťálová Z., Ebringerová A., Hromádková Z. Suppressive effect of pectic polysaccharides from Cucurbita pepo L. var. Styriaca on citric acid-induced cough reflex in guinea pigs. Fitoterapia 2011, 82:357-364.
22. Paulsen B.S., Barsett H. Bioactive pectic polysaccharides. Advances in Polymer Science 2005, 186:69-101.
23. Polovka M., Roth M., Šťavíková L., Karásek P., Hohnová B. Offline combination of pressurized fluid extraction and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for the antioxidant activity of grape skins extracts assessment. Journal of Chromatography A 2010, 1217:7990-8000.
24. Rao R.S.P., Muralikrishna G. Water soluble feruloyl arabinoxylans from rice and ragi: changes upon malting and their consequence on antioxidant activity. Phytochemistry 2006, 67:91-99.
25. Re R., Pellegrini N., Proteggente A., Pannala A., Yang M., Rice-Evans C. Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 1999, 26:1231-1237.
26. Renard C.M.G.C., Jarvis M.C. Acetylation and methylation of homogalacturonans. 1. Optimisation of the reaction and characterisation of the products. Carbohydrate Polymers 1999, 39:201-207.
27. Samuelsen A.B., Paulsen B.S., Wold J.K. Characterization of a biologically active pectin from Plantago major L. Carbohydrate Polymers 1996, 30:37-44.
28. Sedmak J.J., Grossberg E. A rapid, sensitive, and versatile assay for protein using Coomassie Brilliant Blue G250. Analytical Biochemistry 1977, 79:544-552.
29. Staško A., Polovka M., Brezová V., Biskupič S., Malík F. Tokaj wines as scavengers of free radicals (an EPR study). Food Chemistry 2006, 96:185-196.
30. Tamaki Y., Uechi S., Taira T., Ishihara M., Adaniya S., Uesato K., Fukuda M., Tako M. Isolation and characterization of pectin from pericarp of Citrus depressa. Journal of Applied Glycoscience 2004, 51:19-25.
31. Tomida H., Yasufuku T., Fujii T., Kondo Y., Kai T., Anraku M. Polysaccharides as potential antioxidative compounds for extended-release matrix tablets. Carbohydrate Research 2010, 345:82-86.
32. Voragen A.G.J., Coenen G-J., Verhoef R.P., Schols H.A. Pectin, a versatile polysaccharide present in plant cell walls. Structural Chemistry 2009, 20:263-275.
33. Westereng B., Yousif O., Michaelsen T.E., Knutsen S.H., Samuelsen A.B. Pectin isolated from white cabbage-structure and complement-fixing activity. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 2006, 50:746-755.
34. Willats W.G.T., Knox J.P., Mikkelsen J.D. Pectin: new insights into an old polymer are starting to gel. Trends in Food Science & Technology 2006, 17:97-104.
35. Yadav M., Jain S., Tomar R., Prasad G.B.K.S., Yadav H. Medicinal and biological potential of pumpkin: an updated review. Nutrition Research Reviews 2010, 23:184-190.
36. Yamada H., Kiyohara H. Complement-activating polysaccharides from medicinal herbs. Immunomodulatory Agents from Plants 1999, 161-202. Basel, Birkhauser Verlag. H. Wagner (Ed.).
37. Yu L., Haley S., Perret J., Harris M., Wilson J., Qian M. Free radical scavenging properties of wheat extracts. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2002, 50:1619-1624.
38. Yuan X., Wang J., Yao H. Antioxidant activity of feruloylated oligosaccharides from wheat bran. Food Chemistry 2005, 90:759-764.