Publication detail

Multi-experimental characterization of selected medical plants growing in the Czech Republic

BUTOROVÁ, L. POLOVKA, M. POŘÍZKA, J. VÍTOVÁ, E.

Original Title

Multi-experimental characterization of selected medical plants growing in the Czech Republic

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Growing attention has recently been focused on the improvement of human health via the consumption of food or food supplements rich in antioxidants, dietary intake of which plays important role in protection of the human organism against oxidative damage. Connection between the antioxidant activity of naturally occurring compounds present in diet and prevention of certain diseases, e. g. coronary heart diseases or cancer is well documented [1, 2]. Medical plants are potent natural source of antioxidants; the most abundant are phenolic compounds, comprising flavonoids, phenolic acids, tannins, chalcones, coumarins or stilbens. The presence of non-flavonoid antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, α-tocopherol, glutathione, carotenoids and some metals (e.g. Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Se) has also been proved [3]. In the current study, the impact of post-production conditions on antioxidant status, content of selected polyphenols, colour and concentration of selected metals was evaluated in the group of 10 most popular medical plants conventionally produced in the Czech Republic. UV-VIS-NIR, EPR, HPLC and ICP-OES were employed for these purposes. The entire dataset of obtained experimental characteristics was processed also by multivariate statistical methods, e.g. by factor analysis (Fig.1), which shows strong correlations among individual parameters, particularly for polyphenolic compounds (rutin, caffeic acid, myricetin) TPC, TFC and antioxidant activity express as TEAC. From these results follows, that parameters as RS, colour characteristic L*, a*, TEAC and content of Na - as non-correlating – could be effectively used for differentiation of plants extracts according chosen technological, production and post-production criteria.

Keywords

medicinal plants, polyphenols, metals, flavonoids

Authors

BUTOROVÁ, L.; POLOVKA, M.; POŘÍZKA, J.; VÍTOVÁ, E.

Released

28. 8. 2016

Publisher

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic

Location

Brno, Czech Republic

ISBN

978-80-7305-777-0

Book

Book of Abstracts 8th Central European Conference Chemistry towards Biology

Pages from

87

Pages to

87

Pages count

180

URL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JNadd6XLIzc1NBOGdBbS1WUVU/view

BibTex

@misc{BUT128550,
  author="Lenka {Burdějová} and Martin {Polovka} and Jaromír {Pořízka} and Eva {Vítová}",
  title="Multi-experimental characterization of selected medical plants growing in the Czech Republic",
  booktitle="Book of Abstracts 8th Central European Conference Chemistry towards Biology",
  year="2016",
  pages="87--87",
  publisher="University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic",
  address="Brno, Czech Republic",
  isbn="978-80-7305-777-0",
  url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JNadd6XLIzc1NBOGdBbS1WUVU/view",
  note="abstract"
}