Antioxidant activity and polyphenols from seaweed and Halimeda Halimeda Opuntia monile

Authors

  • A Vidal Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, CP 14000, Cuba.
  • ER Silva de Andrade-Wartha Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, USP, São Paulo, Brasil.
  • AM de Oliveira e Silva Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, USP, São Paulo, Brasil.
  • R Pavan Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, USP, São Paulo, Brasil.
  • A Lima Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, USP, São Paulo, Brasil.
  • A Fallarero Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland.
  • AE Batista Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, CP 14000, Cuba.
  • J Mancini-Filho Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, USP, São Paulo, Brasil.

Keywords:

Seaweed, natural antioxidants, Halimeda opuntia, Halimeda monile, polyphenol

Abstract

In this paper, the antioxidant activity displayed by two different green seaweed species (H. opuntia y H. monile) was studied using the β- carotene/ linoleic acid and the DPPH• scavenging.systems as different experimental in vitro antioxidant assessment models. Polar seaweed fractions containing free phenolic acids, soluble esters and insoluble esters of phenolic acids were chemically characterized in terms of their phenolic content and composition. In that direction, 8 phenolic acids were identified and quantified, and salycilic acid was shown to be the majoritary compound on the fractions from both species. In addition, the polar fractions were proved to exert antioxidant activity in the two used experimental systems with considerably low values of CI50. Thus, in view of these findings, the antioxidant activity of these polar Halimeda spp. extracts could be supported and at least partially related to the presence of phenolic acids. In case of Halimeda monile this is, at least to the extend of our knowledge, the first report of such biological activity.

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2009-03-20

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Vidal A, Silva de Andrade-Wartha E, de Oliveira e Silva A, Pavan R, Lima A, Fallarero A, Batista A, Mancini-Filho J. Antioxidant activity and polyphenols from seaweed and Halimeda Halimeda Opuntia monile. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 20 [cited 2025 Apr. 2];50(1):24-31. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/4881

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Vol. 50 No. 1 (2009)

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