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JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY SCIENCE
Volume 35, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2023.102926
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Pleurotus; Bioactive compounds; Phenolics; Antioxidants; a-amylase
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This study examined the antioxidant properties of extracts from eight Pleurotus mushroom species. The methanolic extract of Pleurotus florida showed the highest concentrations of antioxidant compounds and displayed the greatest antioxidant activity. It also exhibited significant antidiabetic effects, surpassing the efficiency of acarbose.
Objectives: In this study, extracts from eight Pleurotus mushroom species were examined for their antioxidant properties. Methods: The pure cultures of eight Pleurotus were grown, harvested, air-dried, pulverized, and for various biological activities. Results: The methanolic extract of Pleurotus florida showed the highest concentrations of total phenolics, total tannins, and flavonoids. It also displayed the greatest antioxidant activity in the FRAP, ABTS, metal chelating, superoxide anion radicals, hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide and DPPH assay. In the hydroxyl radical scavenging assay, Pleurotus florida and Pleurotus flabellatus showed notable effects in methanolic and acetone extracts, respectively. Moreover, Pleurotus florida demonstrated a strong antioxidant effect on b-carotene in methanolic extracts. The study also explored the potential of mushrooms as natural anti-diabetic treatments by targeting a key enzyme in biopharmaceuticals. Pleurotus florida's methanolic extract at a concentration of 1000 lg/ml exhibited significant a-amylase inhibition (99.02%), surpassing acarbose's efficiency at the same concentration (96.54%). Conclusion: Overall, the bioactive components from Pleurotus florida showed effective antioxidant and antidiabetic effects under in vitro conditions. (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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