Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12(12), 8846-8861; doi:10.3390/ijms12128846
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Compositional Studies: Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew

Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq 1 email, Sanja Ćavar 2 email, Mughal Qayum 3 email, Imran Imran 4 email and Vincenzo de Feo 5,* email
1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Department of Pharmacy, Anbar Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan 4 Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan 5 Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Salerno, Salerno 84122, Italy
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Received: 25 October 2011; in revised form: 7 November 2011 / Accepted: 14 November 2011 / Published: 5 December 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
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Abstract: Capparis decidua is one of the traditional remedies used for various medicinal treatments in Pakistan. This study presents the determination of proximate composition, amino acids, fatty acids, tocopherols, sterols, glucosinolate and phenolic content in extracts obtained from different aerial parts of C. decidua, as well as their antidiabetic and antioxidant activity. All examined extracts were prominently rich in phenolics and glucosinates, and they showed potent antidiabetic and antihemolytic activity. The present study could be helpful in developing medicinal preparations for the treatment of diabetes and related symptoms.
Keywords: Capparis decidua; nutritional constituents; amino acids; sterols; tocopherols; phenols; antioxidant activity; antidiabetic activity

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Zia-Ul-Haq, M.; Ćavar, S.; Qayum, M.; Imran, I.; Feo, V. Compositional Studies: Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 8846-8861.

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Zia-Ul-Haq M, Ćavar S, Qayum M, Imran I, Feo V. Compositional Studies: Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2011; 12(12):8846-8861.

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Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad; Ćavar, Sanja; Qayum, Mughal; Imran, Imran; Feo, Vincenzo de. 2011. "Compositional Studies: Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, no. 12: 8846-8861.

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