Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Extracts

Altemimi, Ammar; Lakhssassi, Naoufal; Baharlouei, Azam; Watson, Dennis G.; Lightfoot, David A.

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Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Al-Basrah, Basrah 61004, Iraq

Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems, Plant Biotechnology and Genome Core-Facility, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

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Plants 2017, 6(4), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants6040042

Received: 19 July 2017 / Revised: 17 September 2017 / Accepted: 19 September 2017 / Published: 22 September 2017

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Medicinal Plants and Natural Product Research)

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There are concerns about using synthetic phenolic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) as food additives because of the reported negative effects on human health. Thus, a replacement of these synthetics by antioxidant extractions from various foods has been proposed. More than 8000 different phenolic compounds have been characterized; fruits and vegetables are the prime sources of natural antioxidants. In order to extract, measure, and identify bioactive compounds from a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, researchers use multiple techniques and methods. This review includes a brief description of a wide range of different assays. The antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties of phenolic natural products from fruits and vegetables are also discussed. View Full-Text

Keywords: antimicrobial; antioxidants; medicinal plants; BHT

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Altemimi A, Lakhssassi N, Baharlouei A, Watson DG, Lightfoot DA. Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Extracts. Plants. 2017; 6(4):42. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants6040042

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Altemimi, Ammar, Naoufal Lakhssassi, Azam Baharlouei, Dennis G. Watson, and David A. Lightfoot. 2017. "Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Extracts" Plants 6, no. 4: 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants6040042

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