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Abstract
Introduction: The present investigation of Nymphoides hydrophylla is a Taiwan indigenous edible aquatic plant, belongs to the Menyanthaceae family, and has been used as a traditional food with potential medicinal values against fever, insect bites, ulcer, and skin diseases. Interestingly, we found that the plant extract showed a significant anti-inflammatory effect.
Objectives: The aim is isolation, structure elucidation, and anti-inflammatory evaluation of secondary metabolites from N. hydrophylla.
Material and methods: This study involves the bioactive isolation and structural studies of the pure compounds determined by NMR, UV, IR spectroscopies, and HRMS. The anti-inflammatory activity of the pure compounds was evaluated in vitro. In addition, isolates showed remarkable anti-inflammatory activities to regulate superoxide anion generation and elastase release in fMLF/CB-induced human neutrophils.
Results: This study conducted 10 oleanane-type saponins with oligoglycoside linkage, including two new (1 and 2) identified from the butanol extract of N. hydrophylla. As a result, Compounds 1 and 2, representing new triterpene saponins, have not been previously reported. In vitro anti-inflammatory tests revealed that Compounds 1, 5-7, 9, and 10 showed significant anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting superoxide anion generation with IC50 values of 1.62, 0.92, 0.28, 2.69, 0.29, and 0.15 μM, respectively, whereas compounds 1, 5, 6, 9, and 10 showed potential inhibition on elastase release in human neutrophils, with IC50 values of 0.19, 1.12, 0.70, 0.68, and 0.51 μM, respectively.
Conclusion: Our findings suggested that the components of N. hydrophylla have the potential to develop anti-inflammatory agents.
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Phytochemical Analysis is devoted to the publication of original articles concerning the development, improvement, validation and/or extension of application of analytical methodology in the plant sciences. The spectrum of coverage is broad, encompassing methods and techniques relevant to the detection (including bio-screening), extraction, separation, purification, identification and quantification of compounds in plant biochemistry, plant cellular and molecular biology, plant biotechnology, the food sciences, agriculture and horticulture. The Journal publishes papers describing significant novelty in the analysis of whole plants (including algae), plant cells, tissues and organs, plant-derived extracts and plant products (including those which have been partially or completely refined for use in the food, agrochemical, pharmaceutical and related industries). All forms of physical, chemical, biochemical, spectroscopic, radiometric, electrometric, chromatographic, metabolomic and chemometric investigations of plant products (monomeric species as well as polymeric molecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) are included within the remit of the Journal. Papers dealing with novel methods relating to areas such as data handling/ data mining in plant sciences will also be welcomed.