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Title: | Novel Insights into Corema album Berries: Vibrational Profile and Biological Activity | Authors: | Marques, Joana Martin, Daniel Amado, Ana Margarida Lysenko, Viktoriya Osório, Nádia Isabel Almeida Carvalho, Luís A. E. Batista de Marques, Maria Paula M. Barroca, Maria João Mendes Cardoso Silva, Aida Moreira da |
Keywords: | White crowberries; Plant extracts; Antibacterial activity; Nutraceutical; FTIR and Raman spectroscopies | Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | POCI-01-0145- FEDER-029305/IDEAS4life—Novos IngreDiEntes Alimentares de Plantas MarítimaS UIDB/00070/2020 Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000007/RENATURE - Valorization of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centro Region |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Plants | Volume: | 10 | Issue: | 9 | Abstract: | This study reports an evaluation of the biological properties of the edible berries from Corema album, an endemic shrub of the Portuguese coastline, aiming at its use as a nutraceutical. Different methanolic extracts were obtained from the pulp and seed of fresh berries: pulp extract, seed residue, and seed oil (extracted and characterized for the first time). For each of these, the antioxidant activity was assessed, by different methods, as well as the antimicrobial ability. Overall, the seeds were shown to be the most nutraceutical part of the berry since they showed higher antioxidant activity, while the pulp extract displayed a significant antimicrobial capacity against several clinically relevant bacterial strains. Furthermore, the extracts were fully characterized by complementary infrared and Raman spectroscopy, revealing the presence of phenolic acids, polysaccharides, sugars, and triterpenoids in the pulp, high content of unsaturated fatty acids in the seed oil, and significant amounts of phenolics and carotenoids in the seed residue. These results pave the way for a reliable correlation between chemical composition and biological activity, in edible fruit samples. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/95694 | ISSN: | 2223-7747 | DOI: | 10.3390/plants10091761 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D QFM-UC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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