Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 25, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153527
Keywords
bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; antioxidant and antimicrobial properties; polyphenols; coniferous trees; shoots
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education [005/RID/2018/19]
- Department of Gastronomy Sciences and Functional Foods of Poznan University of Life Sciences [506.751.03.00]
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Currently, coniferous shoots are almost absent as a food ingredient despite their wide availability in many parts of the world. The aim of the study was to assess and compare the composition of selected plant metabolites, evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of selected shoots collected in 2019 from the arboretum in Zielonka (Poland), including individual samples fromPicea abiesL. (PA),Larix deciduaMill (LD),Pinus sylvestrisL. (PS),Pseudotsuga menziesii(PM) andJuniperus communisL. (JC). The present work has shown that aqueous extracts obtained from tested shoots are a rich source of phenols such as caffeic acid, ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and many others. Obtained extracts exhibit antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in vitro. The highest sum of the studied phenolic compounds was found in the PA sample (13,947.80 mu g/g dw), while the lowest in PS (6123.57 mu g/g dw). The samples were particularly rich in ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. The highest values regarding the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent (FCR) and ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) reducing ability tests, as well as the total flavonoid content assay, were obtained for the LD sample, although the LD (14.83 mg GAE/g dw) and PM (14.53 mg GAE/g dw) samples did not differ statistically in the FCR assay. With respect to free radical quenching measurements (DPPH), the PA (404.18-mu M Trolox/g dw) and JC (384.30-mu M Trolox/g dw) samples had the highest radical quenching ability and did not differ statistically. Generally, extracts obtained from PA and PS showed the highest antimicrobial activity against tested Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria and fungi.
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