Department for Sustainable Food Process, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy.
Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 11562, Kasr El-Ainy, Cairo, Egypt.
Food Res Int. 2021 May;143:110242. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110242. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
Eriobotrya japonica, commonly known as loquat, has been used traditionally for the treatment of different diseases. Herein, untargeted profiling based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) was used to depict the phytochemical profile of loquat roots, leaves, stems, seeds, and fruits. This allowed the tentative annotation of 349 compounds, representing different phytochemical classes that included flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, stilbenes, and terpenoids. Among others, low molecular weight phenolics (tyrosol derivatives) and terpenoids were the most abundant phytochemicals. After that, in vitro antioxidant and enzyme inhibition assays were applied to investigate the biological activity of the different organs of Eriobotrya japonica. Roots of E. japonica exhibited the highest antioxidant capacity, showing 181.88, 275.48, 325.18, 169.74 mg Trolox equivalent (TE)/g in DPPH, ABTS, CUPRAC, and FRAP assays, respectively. Furthermore, the root extract of E. japonica strongly inhibited butyryl cholinesterase (3.64 mg galantamine equivalent (GALAE)/g), whereas leaves, stems, seeds, and fruits showed comparable inhibition of both acetyl and butyryl cholinesterases. All the investigated organs of E. japonica exhibited in vitro tyrosinase inhibition (57.27-71.61 mg Kojic Acid Equivalent (KAE)/g). Our findings suggest a potential food and pharmaceutical exploitation of different organs of E. japonica (mainly roots) in terms of enrichment with health-promoting phenolics and triterpenes.
枇杷,俗称枇杷,传统上用于治疗各种疾病。在此,我们采用基于超高效液相色谱与四极杆飞行时间质谱联用(UHPLC-QTOF-MS)的非靶向分析方法,描绘了枇杷根、叶、茎、种子和果实的植物化学成分谱。这使得我们能够对 349 种化合物进行推测性注释,这些化合物代表了不同的植物化学类群,包括类黄酮、酚酸、木脂素、芪类和萜类化合物。其中,低分子量酚类(酪醇衍生物)和萜类化合物是最丰富的植物化学物质。之后,我们进行了体外抗氧化和酶抑制试验,以研究枇杷不同器官的生物活性。结果表明,枇杷根具有最高的抗氧化能力,在 DPPH、ABTS、CUPRAC 和 FRAP 试验中,其抗氧化能力分别为 181.88、275.48、325.18 和 169.74 mg Trolox 当量(TE)/g。此外,枇杷根提取物强烈抑制丁酰胆碱酯酶(3.64 mg 加兰他敏当量(GALAE)/g),而叶片、茎、种子和果实对乙酰胆碱酯酶和丁酰胆碱酯酶均具有相当的抑制作用。我们还发现,枇杷的所有研究器官均表现出体外酪氨酸酶抑制活性(57.27-71.61 mg 曲酸当量(KAE)/g)。综上所述,枇杷的不同器官(主要是根)具有丰富的具有健康促进作用的酚类和三萜类化合物,具有作为食品和药物开发的潜力。