Extraction, purification and isolation of anthcyanins from Syzygium cuminii and evaluation of their biological activities / Extração, purificação e isolamento de antocianinas de jambolão (Syzygium cuminii) e avaliação dos seus efeitos biologicos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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Anthocyanins, the natural pigments chiefly responsible for red, blue and purple hues in a great range of flowers and fruit, are used as food dye and pH indicators. Anthocyanins are a member of the family of flavonoids, polyphenolic compounds whose biological properties have been extensively described in literature. Even though anthocyanins are plentiful in nature, standard commercial anthocyanin have high cost and are produced by very few industries. This work was aimed at optimizing extraction procedures and identification (by High Performance Liquid Chromatography - HPLC and paper chromatography methods), purification (by solid phase extraction) and isolation (by HPLC) methods of anthocyanins extracted from Syzygium cuminii (a fruit readily found in Brazil), so as to conduct biological tests. Anthocyanin extracts with total concentrations of 0.8±0.2 g L (1.7±0.4 mmol L), were obtained by immersion of Syzygium cuminii skin in water, at the proportion (1:3, w/v). Delphinidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-galactoside, petunidin-3-galactoside and pelargonidin-3- arabinoside were identified. In in vitro tests, the purified anthocyanin extract (400 mmol L) killed around 90% of the human myleoid leukemia cells (HL60) in a culture, whereas it only killed 20% of the cells from a healthy culture. As for in vivo tests, mice received injections of purified anthocyanin extract 20 mmol L (each animal received a dose equivalent to 10 mg of anthocyanin extract per kg of body weight). Tests were conducted to assess the influence of anthocyanins over the activity of phosphatase enzymes in plasma, kidney and liver of the animals. Enzyme activity was effectively altered by anthocyanin extract injections, and the most significant alterations were observed in plasma, where enzymatic activity of total acid phosphatase (TAP) and low relative molecular weight phosphatase (LMW-PTP) were inhibited by 50% and 70%, respectively

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syzygium cuminii jambolão syzygium cuminii antocianinas jambolão anthocyanins biological activities efeitos biologicos

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