Mehiou Afaf, Alla Chaimae, Akissi Zachée Louis Evariste, Dib Ikram, Abid Sanae, Berraaouan Ali, Mekhfi Hassane, Legssyer Abdelkhaleq, Ziyyat Abderrahim, Sahpaz Sevser
Laboratory of Bioresources, Biotechnologies, Ethnopharmacology and Health, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed First, Oujda 60000, Morocco.
BioEcoAgro Joint Cross-Border Research Unit 1158, University of Lille, INRAE, University of Liège, UPJV, JUNIA, University of Artois, University of Littoral Côte d'Opale, Cité Scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
Plants (Basel). 2025 Aug 12;14(16):2513. doi: 10.3390/plants14162513.
Wild blackberry ( Schott) is a culinary and medicinal plant traditionally used to treat various ailments, including hypertension. This study evaluated the vasorelaxant effects of five crude leaf extracts of (hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and aqueous), as well as the hypotensive and antioxidant activities of its methanolic extract (MERu), and analyzed its phytochemical profile. Crude extracts, obtained using a Soxhlet apparatus, were tested in vitro on isolated rat aortic rings precontracted with phenylephrine. The hypotensive effect of MERu was examined in vivo in normotensive rats, and its antioxidant activity was assessed using the DPPH assay. Total phenolic and tannin contents were quantified by the Folin-Ciocalteu and hide powder methods, respectively, while UHPLC-MS was used to identify its phytochemicals. All crude extracts induced concentration-dependent vasorelaxation, with MERu showing the strongest effect (59.31% relaxation at 10 g/L). Intravenous MERu induced significant blood pressure reductions in rats, starting at 1 mg/kg. At 20 mg/kg, systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures dropped by 38.61%, 51.58%, and 45.19%, respectively. MERu also demonstrated potent antioxidant activity and was rich in polyphenols, particularly tannins. Sixteen compounds were identified, notably rubanthrone A, a galloyl-bis-HHDP glucose derivative, ellagic acid, and quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucuronide. These results suggest that may have therapeutic potential for hypertension and exhibits promising characteristics as a functional food.
野生黑莓(肖特)是一种烹饪和药用植物,传统上用于治疗各种疾病,包括高血压。本研究评估了黑莓叶的五种粗提物(己烷、二氯甲烷、乙酸乙酯、甲醇和水提取物)的血管舒张作用,以及其甲醇提取物(MERu)的降压和抗氧化活性,并分析了其植物化学特征。使用索氏提取器获得的粗提物在体外对用去氧肾上腺素预收缩的离体大鼠主动脉环进行了测试。在正常血压大鼠体内研究了MERu的降压作用,并使用DPPH法评估了其抗氧化活性。分别采用福林-西奥尔特法和皮粉法对总酚和单宁含量进行定量,同时采用超高效液相色谱-质谱联用技术鉴定其植物化学成分。所有粗提物均诱导浓度依赖性血管舒张,其中MERu的作用最强(10 g/L时舒张率为59.31%)。静脉注射MERu可使大鼠血压显著降低,起始剂量为1 mg/kg。在20 mg/kg时,收缩压、舒张压和平均动脉压分别下降38.61%、51.58%和45.19%。MERu还表现出强大的抗氧化活性,富含多酚,尤其是单宁。鉴定出16种化合物,特别是红酮A、一种没食子酰-双-HHDP葡萄糖衍生物、鞣花酸和槲皮素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷。这些结果表明,黑莓可能具有治疗高血压的潜力,并具有作为功能性食品的良好特性。
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