Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit

This study focused on the determination of secondary metabolites to an evaluation of the biological activity of Elaeocarpus variabilis Zmarzty fruit extract, an endemic medicinal plant. Their total Phenolic, tannin, flavonoids, alkaloids and saponins contents were quantified and their antioxidant ac...

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Main Authors: Venkatachalam Balamurugan, Manikandan Sridhivya, Ramachandran Dharani, Subramaniam Selvakumar, Krishnan Vasanth
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Published: Hasan Eleroğlu 2022-08-01
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description This study focused on the determination of secondary metabolites to an evaluation of the biological activity of Elaeocarpus variabilis Zmarzty fruit extract, an endemic medicinal plant. Their total Phenolic, tannin, flavonoids, alkaloids and saponins contents were quantified and their antioxidant activity, determined by DPPH, total antioxidant, ABTS, FRAP and Fe2+ chelating activity. The ethyl acetate extract exhibited the highest radical scavenging activity. The most relevant contents in total phenolics (Gallic Acid Equivalent mg/g), tannin (Gallic Acid Equivalent mg/g), total flavonoids (Rutin equivalent mg/g), total alkaloids (Quinine equivalent mg/g), and total saponin (Diosgenin equivalent mg/g) were observed. Significant correlations were established between antioxidant activity and secondary metabolites. Though the in vitro anti-diabetic activity was carried out using -amylase and -glucosidase inhibition, this indicates that the absorption and digestion of carbohydrates would probably reduce the blood glucose levels and hence help the management of type-2 diabetes. The ethyl acetate extract exhibited the potential of anticancer activity on human HT-29 colon cancer cell line IC50 values (30.0 ± 1.0) the valuable activity that compared to doxorubicin (17.0 ± 0.5). While this is the first study concerning extract from E. variabilis, our findings highlighted the richness’ in flavonoids of those extracts and their amazing potential as a source of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and anticancer agents.
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spelling doaj-art-268eb12b56ac4f7e9cd8a0346324430d2025-08-20T02:04:26ZengHasan EleroğluTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2022-08-011081352136210.24925/turjaf.v10i8.1352-1362.48512544Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis FruitVenkatachalam Balamurugan0Manikandan Sridhivya1Ramachandran Dharani2Subramaniam Selvakumar3Krishnan Vasanth4Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil NaduDepartment of Biotechnology, Anna University, Regional Campus, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil NaduDepartment of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil NaduDepartment of Biochemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil NaduDepartment of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046, Tamil NaduThis study focused on the determination of secondary metabolites to an evaluation of the biological activity of Elaeocarpus variabilis Zmarzty fruit extract, an endemic medicinal plant. Their total Phenolic, tannin, flavonoids, alkaloids and saponins contents were quantified and their antioxidant activity, determined by DPPH, total antioxidant, ABTS, FRAP and Fe2+ chelating activity. The ethyl acetate extract exhibited the highest radical scavenging activity. The most relevant contents in total phenolics (Gallic Acid Equivalent mg/g), tannin (Gallic Acid Equivalent mg/g), total flavonoids (Rutin equivalent mg/g), total alkaloids (Quinine equivalent mg/g), and total saponin (Diosgenin equivalent mg/g) were observed. Significant correlations were established between antioxidant activity and secondary metabolites. Though the in vitro anti-diabetic activity was carried out using -amylase and -glucosidase inhibition, this indicates that the absorption and digestion of carbohydrates would probably reduce the blood glucose levels and hence help the management of type-2 diabetes. The ethyl acetate extract exhibited the potential of anticancer activity on human HT-29 colon cancer cell line IC50 values (30.0 ± 1.0) the valuable activity that compared to doxorubicin (17.0 ± 0.5). While this is the first study concerning extract from E. variabilis, our findings highlighted the richness’ in flavonoids of those extracts and their amazing potential as a source of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and anticancer agents.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/4851elaeocarpus variabilisfruitantioxidantantidiabeticanticancer
spellingShingle Venkatachalam Balamurugan
Manikandan Sridhivya
Ramachandran Dharani
Subramaniam Selvakumar
Krishnan Vasanth
Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
elaeocarpus variabilis
fruit
antioxidant
antidiabetic
anticancer
title Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
title_full Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
title_fullStr Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
title_full_unstemmed Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
title_short Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anticancer Activities of Elaeocarpus variabilis Fruit
title_sort phytochemical screening antioxidant antidiabetic and anticancer activities of elaeocarpus variabilis fruit
topic elaeocarpus variabilis
fruit
antioxidant
antidiabetic
anticancer
url http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/4851
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