Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2. Research Center for Advanced Chemical Analysis, Instrumentation and Chemometrics, 11 Arany Janos, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abstract
In recent years, the interest in natural remedies has increased, so it is important to analyze the plants widely distributed in nature but whose composition is little known. The main objective of the present work is to obtain information based on the profiles of secondary metabolites and antioxidant activity in Lamium album, a very widespread but little studied plant, with the aim of revealing the differences compared to Urtica dioica. First, the optimization of enzymatic extraction assisted by ultrasound was carried out by the Box–Behnken method. The optimized parameters were: concentration of the enzyme—3.3% cellulase, temperature—55 °C, and the extraction time—40.00 min. The efficiency was estimated based on the content of iridoids, the main class of secondary metabolites from Lamium album. Second, the secondary metabolites profiles of the nettle extracts were obtained by thin-layer chromatography using both normal and reverse phases and by RP-UHPLC. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using DPPH and ABTS+ radicals. The obtained results revealed significant differences between the two nettle species, both in terms of the phytochemical compounds, as well as the antioxidant activity, confirming the fact that Lamium album has a high potential to be used in phytomedicine.
Funder
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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