Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Physiology and Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 2024 Sep;357(9):e2400257. doi: 10.1002/ardp.202400257. Epub 2024 Jun 7.
The n-hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, ethanol/water (70% ethanol), and water extracts of Astragalus aduncus aerial parts were investigated for their antioxidant potential, enzyme inhibition activity (anti-acetylcholinesterase [AChE], anti-butyrylcholinesterase [BChE], antityrosinase, antiamylase, and antiglucosidase) and antiproliferative effect (against colon adenocarcinoma cell line [HT-29], gastric cancer cell line [HGC-27], prostate carcinoma cell line [DU-145], breast adenocarcinoma cell line [MDA-MB-231], and cervix adenocarcinoma cell line [HeLa]). In addition, the phytochemical profile of the extracts was evaluated using validated spectrophotometric and high-pressure liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectroscopy methods. Generally, the 70% ethanol extract demonstrated the strongest antioxidant properties, and it was the richest source of total phenolic constituents. Our findings indicated that the ethyl acetate extract was the most potent BChE inhibitor (11.44 mg galantamine equivalents [GALAE]/g) followed by the ethanol extract (8.51 mg GALAE/g), while the ethanol extract was the most promising AChE inhibitor (3.42 mg GALAE/g) followed by the ethanol/water extract (3.17 mg GALAE/g). Excellent tyrosinase inhibitory activity (66.25 mg kojic acid equivalent/g) was observed in ethanol/water extracts of the aerial part of A. aduncus. Тhese results showed that the most cytotoxic effects were exhibited by the ethyl acetate extract against HGC-27 cells (IC: 36.76 µg/mL), the ethanol extract against HT-29 cells (IC: 30.79 µg/mL), and the water extract against DU-145 cells (IC: 37.01 µg/mL). A strong correlation was observed between the highest total flavonoid content and the highest content of individual compounds in the ethanol extract, including rutin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, delphinidin-3,5-diglucoside (delphinidin-3,5-O-diglucoside), and kaempferol-3-glucoside (kaempferol-3-O-glucoside). In the present study, the A. aduncus plant was considered a new source of antioxidants, enzyme inhibitors, and anticancer agents and could be used as a future health-benefit natural product.
研究了弯黄芪地上部分的正己烷、乙酸乙酯、乙醇、乙醇/水(70%乙醇)和水提取物的抗氧化潜力、酶抑制活性(抗乙酰胆碱酯酶[AChE]、抗丁酰胆碱酯酶[BChE]、酪氨酸酶、淀粉酶和葡萄糖苷酶)以及抗增殖作用(针对结肠腺癌细胞系[HT-29]、胃癌细胞系[HGC-27]、前列腺癌细胞系[DU-145]、乳腺腺癌细胞系[MDA-MB-231]和宫颈腺癌细胞系[HeLa])。此外,还使用经过验证的分光光度法和高效液相色谱-电喷雾电离/串联质谱法评估了提取物的植物化学特征。一般来说,70%乙醇提取物表现出最强的抗氧化特性,并且是总酚类成分最丰富的来源。我们的研究结果表明,乙酸乙酯提取物是最强的 BChE 抑制剂(11.44mg 加兰他敏当量[GALAE]/g),其次是乙醇提取物(8.51mg GALAE/g),而乙醇提取物是最有前途的 AChE 抑制剂(3.42mg GALAE/g),其次是乙醇/水提取物(3.17mg GALAE/g)。弯黄芪地上部分的乙醇/水提取物表现出极好的酪氨酸酶抑制活性(66.25mg 曲酸当量/g)。这些结果表明,乙酸乙酯提取物对 HGC-27 细胞的细胞毒性作用最强(IC:36.76µg/mL),乙醇提取物对 HT-29 细胞的细胞毒性作用最强(IC:30.79µg/mL),水提取物对 DU-145 细胞的细胞毒性作用最强(IC:37.01µg/mL)。在乙醇提取物中,总黄酮含量最高与芦丁、金丝桃苷、异槲皮苷、飞燕草素-3,5-二葡萄糖苷(飞燕草素-3,5-O-二葡萄糖苷)和山柰酚-3-葡萄糖苷(山柰酚-3-O-葡萄糖苷)等个别化合物含量最高之间存在很强的相关性。在本研究中,弯黄芪植物被认为是抗氧化剂、酶抑制剂和抗癌剂的新来源,可作为未来具有健康益处的天然产物使用。