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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10091955
Keywords
C. nepeta; phenolic compounds; antioxidant; antimicrobial; anti-quorum sensing; enzyme inhibition; Alzheimer's disease
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Phenolic extracts of Clinopodium nepeta contain abundant phenolic compounds that could be potentially used to manage microbial resistance and Alzheimer's disease.
Phenolic extracts of Clinopodium nepeta were prepared and their preliminary phenolic profiles determined using HPLC-DAD with 26 phenolic standards. Apigenin (21.75 +/- 0.41 mu g/g), myricetin (72.58 +/- 0.57 mu g/g), and rosmarinic acid (88.51 +/- 0.55 mu g/g) were the most abundant compounds in DCM (dichloromethane), AcOEt (ethyl acetate), and BuOH (butanol) extracts, respectively. The DCM and AcOEt extracts inhibited quorum-sensing mediated violacein production by C. violaceum CV12472. Anti-quorum-sensing zones on C. violaceum CV026 at MIC (minimal inhibitory concentration) were 10.3 +/- 0.8 mm for DCM extract and 12.0 +/- 0.5 mm for AcOEt extract. Extracts showed concentration-dependent inhibition of swarming motility on flagellated P. aeruginosa PA01 and at the highest test concentration of 100 mu g/mL, AcOEt (35.42 +/- 1.00%) extract displayed the best activity. FRAP assay indicated that the BuOH extract (A(0.50) = 17.42 +/- 0.25 mu g/mL) was more active than standard alpha-tocopherol (A(0.50) = 34.93 +/- 2.38 mu g/mL). BuOH extract was more active than other extracts except in the ABTS(?+), where the DCM extract was most active. This antioxidant activity could be attributed to the phenolic compounds detected. C. nepeta extracts showed moderate inhibition on acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), tyrosinase, and alpha-amylase. The results indicate that C. nepeta is a potent source of natural antioxidants that could be used in managing microbial resistance and Alzheimer's disease.
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