Phenolic profile and antioxidant capacity of Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb) Benth: a review
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REVIEW ARTICLE
Phenolic profile and antioxidant capacity of Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb) Benth: a review ´ ngel Fe´lix Vargas-Madriz1 • Aaro´n Kuri-Garcı´a1 • Haidel Vargas-Madriz2 • A Jorge Luis Cha´vez-Servı´n1 • Roberto Augusto Ferriz-Martı´nez1 • Luis Gerardo Herna´ndez-Sandoval3 • Salvador Horacio Guzma´n-Maldonado4
Revised: 7 April 2020 / Accepted: 15 April 2020 Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) 2020
Abstract Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb) Benth (P. dulce), known as ‘‘guamu´chil’’, is a tree native to the American continent. Various parts of the tree are used in traditional medicine, primarily for treating gastrointestinal disorders. The phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of this plant are largely responsible for the beneficial health effects attributed to it. A number of authors have studied the antioxidant capacity and phenolic compounds of the aril, seed, leaf and root of P. dulce using various methodologies, which can differ considerably in variables such as environmental factors, type of drying, temperature, the way the sample is stored, and the use of different solvents in the various extraction methods. Even methods of quantification by HPLC vary tremendously. This paper summarizes the existing research carried out to date on determining the phenolic profile and antioxidant capacity of P. dulce.
& Jorge Luis Cha´vez-Servı´n [email protected] 1
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Natural Science, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Av. de las Ciencias S/N, Juriquilla, CP 76230 Quere´taro, QRO, Mexico
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Department of Agricultural Production, University Center of the South Coast, UDG, Av. Independencia Nacional, No 151, CP 48900 Autla´n, JAL, Mexico
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Botanical Laboratory, School of Natural Science, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Av. de las Ciencias S/N, Juriquilla, CP 76230 Quere´taro, QRO, Mexico
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Food Laboratory, Bajio Experimental Field, Regional Research Center, INIFAP, Km 6. Carr., Celaya - San Miguel Allende AP 112, CP 38110 Celaya, GTO, Mexico
Keywords Pithecellobium dulce Guamu´chil Phenolic compounds Antioxidant capacity Phenolic profile
Introduction Since ancient times, people have taken advantage of the biological effects of plants as traditional remedies for certain diseases. Approximately 80% of the world’s population uses medicinal plants as traditional treatment, mainly in developing countries (Lee et al. 2019). Empirical knowledge in some regions have identified plants useful for the treatment of certain diseases, but the use of a given plant as a traditional remedy also depends on popular beliefs in that region (Adeniyi et al. 2018). Mexico is home to the highest number of medicinal plants in the world: it is estimated to hold approximately 3000 plants with ethnobotanical uses. In 2012, 57.4% of the population used plants for traditional medicinal purposes (Alonso-Castro et al. 2017). The food and pharmaceutical industries have become increasingly interested recently in analyzing some medicinal plants, mainly th
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