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Biochemical assessment of Persea americana leaves extracts: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic effects

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

This investigation aimed to assess the antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity of Persea americana leaves extracts (ethanol, ethyl acetate, and petroleum ether). The total phenolic and flavonoid contents were measured, while the different phenolic compounds were recognized using the HPLC instrument. Antioxidant activity was measured using not only DPPH but also ABTS. In addition, antimicrobial activity was estimated via the agar well diffusion method against microbial strains (Bacillus Subtilis, Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli). Anticancer activity was determined against the human lung normal fibroblast (WI 38) and human lung carcinoma (A 549) in addition to human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cell lines by the MTT protocol. The results showed that the highest total phenolic and flavonoid content was found in the ethanolic extract, with 217.58 ± 1.52 mg GAE/g and 71.55 ± 1.57 mg QE/g, respectively, compared with other extracts. The ethanolic extract contains very high concentrations of chlorogenic acid, naringenin, rutin, ferulic acid, syringic acid, gallic acid, coumaric acid, caffeic acid, methyl gallate, vanillin, and ellagic acid. The ethanolic extract gave the highest antioxidant activity using DPPH and ABTS (IC50 = 14.33 and 16.03 μg/ml, respectively). It also has the highest antimicrobial activity against the different microorganisms examined. The ethyl acetate extract has the highest anticancer activity against A 549, HepG2 and WI 38 cell lines (IC50 = 44.28, 88.91 and 90.52 μg/ml, respectively). P. americana leaves extracts have strong antioxidant ability, strong antimicrobial activity, and very good cytotoxic activity.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.154431.6673

Keywords

avocado leaves, Phenolic compounds, scavenging activity, Antibacterial, Cytotoxicity

Authors

First Name

Mai

Last Name

Awaad

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Special Food and Nutrition Department, Food Technology Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt. (Postal address: 12619, Agriculture Research Center / Giza)

Email

maiawaad89@gmail.com

City

Giza, Egypt

Orcid

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First Name

Ebtesam

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Abdel-Moniem

Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt. (Postal address: 12613 Cairo University / Giza)

Email

orched_ebt601@hotmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Ensaf Mohamed

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Special Food and Nutrition Department, Food Technology Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt. (Postal address: 12619, Agriculture Research Center / Giza)

Email

ensaf1966@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Hanafy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt. (Postal address: 12613 Cairo University / Giza)

Email

eman_2005_ahmed@yahoo.com

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0000-0002-2057-8366

Volume

66

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

41550

Issue Date

2023-05-01

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2022-08-04

Publish Date

2023-05-01

Page Start

169

Page End

179

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_256565.html

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256,565

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Biochemical assessment of Persea americana leaves extracts: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic effects

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30 Dec 2024