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Antimutagenic and Cytotoxic Potential of Punica granatum L. and Opuntia ficusindica L. Peels

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

TThis study was designed to validate the phytochemistry and the antimutagenic activity of two common plant peels; Punica granatum L. and Opuntia ficus-indica L. HPLC analysis revealed that P. granatum peels comprised mainly of 16 flavonoids and 18 phenolics; the most predominant flavonoid and phenolic were hesperidin and pyrogallol, respectively, while Opuntia ficus-indica L. composed of 18 flavonoids and 10 phenolics. The main flavonoid and phenolic compounds were kaempferol-3, 7-dirhamnoside and quinic, respectively. Compounds; α-amyrin acetate (1), friedelan-3-one (2), lup-20(29)-en-3β-ol (3), quercetin-3,4'-dimethyl ether-7-O-α-larabinofuranosyl β-D-glucopyranoside (4), punicaflavanol (5), and two hydrolyzable tannins (6&7) were isolated from P. granatum, while friedelin (8), 24-methylene-ergosta-5-en-3β-ol (9), apigenin-7-O-glucoside (10), isorhamnetin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (11), and betanin (12) were isolated from O. ficus-indica. The antioxidant and cytotoxic studies revealed that P. granatum peel extract has relatively significant effects on the tested cancer cell lines, while that of O. ficus-indica peels showed potent cytotoxic activity against HCT-9 and HEPG2. The antimutagenicity study emphasized their ability to repair the genotoxic effect of the anticancer drug cyclophosphamide.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.218408.8158

Keywords

key words: Punica granatum, Opuntia ficus-indica, Betanin, Triterpenes, cytotoxic, antimutagenic

Authors

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Salma A.

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El Sawi

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Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, 33El Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo, P.O.12622 (ID: 60014618), Egypt.

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selsawi7@yahoo.com

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Marwa M.

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Elbatanony

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Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, 33El Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo, P.O.12622 (ID: 60014618), Egypt.

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batanony2016@gmail.com

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0000-0002-0483-7874

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Amal M.

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El-Feky

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Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, 33El Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo, P.O.12622 (ID: 60014618), Egypt.

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ammelfeky@hotmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-4805-3254

First Name

Ayman A.

Last Name

Farghaly

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Genetics and Cytology Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St., Dokki, Cairo, P.O.12622, Egypt.

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ayman.a.farghaly@gmail.com

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0000-0001-6082-9361

Volume

67

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1

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44392

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-06-19

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2024-01-01

Page Start

267

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283

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0449-2285

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2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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

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Antimutagenic and Cytotoxic Potential of Punica granatum L. and Opuntia ficusindica L. Peels

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30 Dec 2024