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Phenolic Constituents, Antioxidant and Preliminary Antimycoplasmic Activities of Leaf Skin and Flowers of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. (syn. A. barbadensis Mill.) from the Canary Islands (Spain)

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Aroa López
1, 1,
Orestes Vega-Orellana
2, 2 and
Milagros Rico
1,*
1
Departamento de Química, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Unidad Asociada al CSIC, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
2
Unidad de Epidemiología y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, C/Trasmontaña s/n, Arucas, 35413, Islas Canarias, Spain
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Molecules 2013, 18(5), 4942-4954; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18054942
Received: 19 February 2013 / Revised: 19 April 2013 / Accepted: 23 April 2013 / Published: 26 April 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phytochemicals: Analytical and Medicinal Chemistry)
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The methanol extracts of leaf skins and flowers of Aloe vera from the Canary Islands were analyzed for their phenolic profiles and screened for their antioxidant and antimycoplasmic activities. The use of reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) allowed the identification of 18 phenolic constituents. Leaf skin extracts were characterized by the abundance of catechin, sinapic acid and quercitrin. Gentisic acid, epicatechin and quercitrin were the most prominent phenolic compounds of the flowers. The in vitro antioxidant activities determined by using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric antioxidant reducing power (FRAP) assays revealed that both extracts exhibited antioxidant activity, being the leaf skin extract the most active fraction. The leaf skin extract was also found to be active against the microbial strains tested. Therefore, A. vera extracts from leaf skin and flowers can be considered as good natural antioxidant sources. View Full-Text
Keywords: Aloe vera; leaf skin; phenolic constituents; antioxidant activity; antimycoplasmic activity Aloe vera; leaf skin; phenolic constituents; antioxidant activity; antimycoplasmic activity
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López, A.; De Tangil, M.S.; Vega-Orellana, O.; Ramírez, A.S.; Rico, M. Phenolic Constituents, Antioxidant and Preliminary Antimycoplasmic Activities of Leaf Skin and Flowers of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. (syn. A. barbadensis Mill.) from the Canary Islands (Spain). Molecules 2013, 18, 4942-4954. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18054942

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López A, De Tangil MS, Vega-Orellana O, Ramírez AS, Rico M. Phenolic Constituents, Antioxidant and Preliminary Antimycoplasmic Activities of Leaf Skin and Flowers of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. (syn. A. barbadensis Mill.) from the Canary Islands (Spain). Molecules. 2013; 18(5):4942-4954. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18054942

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López, Aroa; De Tangil, Miguel S.; Vega-Orellana, Orestes; Ramírez, Ana S.; Rico, Milagros. 2013. "Phenolic Constituents, Antioxidant and Preliminary Antimycoplasmic Activities of Leaf Skin and Flowers of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. (syn. A. barbadensis Mill.) from the Canary Islands (Spain)" Molecules 18, no. 5: 4942-4954. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18054942

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