Title
Bioactive properties of Persea lingue Ness (Lauraceae) fruit and leaf extracts
Other title
Propriedades bioativas de extratos de folhas e frutos de Persea lingue Ness (Lauraceae)
Date Issued
01 January 2023
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lillo A.
Carvajal-Caiconte F.
Vital W.
Silva Junior P.I.
Alvear M.
Miranda A.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Publisher(s)
Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Abstract
Persea lingue Ness is a tree species that lives mainly in temperate forests of south-central Chile. Its leaves are used in ethnomedicine, the fruit is a drupe similar to that of the avocado and has not been studied. The aim of this study was to determine the cytotoxicity in leukemia cell and antibacterial activity, along with some chemical content characteristics of P. lingue fruit and leaf extracts. The antibacterial activity was determined by the inhibition of bacterial growth in liquid medium assay against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The leukemia cell lines Kasumi-1 and Jurkat were used to evaluate the cytotoxic activity by using propidium iodide and AlamarBlue assays. Total phenolic, flavonoid, condensed tannin, alkaloid and lipid contents were evaluated in the fruit and in the leaf extracts. The antioxidant activity of both extracts were also elavaluated. Leaf extract presented the highest content of total phenols, condensed tannins and flavonoids, and also the highest antioxidant activity. While the fruit extract has a higher amount of lipids and alkaloids and the high antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus megaterium and Micrococcus luteus. The leaf extract only showed activity against M. luteus. Concerning the cytotoxic activity, only the fruit extract showed cytotoxicity against the cell lines Jurkat and Kasumi-1. P. lingue fruit extract is a potential source of biologically active molecules for the development of new drugs to be used in some types of leukemia, as well as antibacterial agent.
Volume
83
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica Química medicinal Ecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115970449
PubMed ID
Source
Brazilian Journal of Biology
ISSN of the container
15196984
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank Dr. Rolando Díaz of the University of La Frontera for his help in the collection and identification of plant samples; and FAPESP-CeTICS/CEPID-[Grant No.2013/07467-1] and CNPQ-[Grant No. 472744/2012-7].
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