Exploring New Sources of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds from Western Balkan Mountains

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027006%3A_____%2F22%3A10175141" target="_blank" >RIV/00027006:_____/22:10175141 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15640/22:73618619
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/7/1002/pdf?version=1649409793" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/7/1002/pdf?version=1649409793</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11071002" target="_blank" >10.3390/plants11071002</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exploring New Sources of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds from Western Balkan Mountains
Original language description
This study presents the first report on phenolic composition and bioactivity of ethanolic extracts of three plant species that grow in the western Balkan mountains and are used in traditional folk medicine: Valeriana montana, Salix retusa, and Campanula hercegovina. Phenolics were extracted from different aerial plant parts using 80% ethanol to assess the possibility of sustainable use of these plants as a source of bioactive compounds without disruption to the roots (for V. montana) or destruction of whole habitats (for S. retusa and C. hercegovina). The ethanolic extract of V. montana flower contained noticeable levels of apigenin and quercetin. The branches and bark of S. retusa were significantly rich in catechin, while rutin was the major phenolic found in the leaf extract of C. hercegovina. Furthermore, the flower extract of V. montana revealed the best antioxidant activity, which was comparable to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and quercetin. Considering antimicrobial activity, the leaf extracts of V. montana and C. hercegovina demonstrated potent activity against all microbes tested, while the extracts of S. retusa were moderately effective. The presented results emphasize the potential of these plants as novel sources of bioactive compounds.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000827" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000827: Plants as a tool for sustainable global development</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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