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Isolation and identification of anticancer flavonoids from Valentia orange peel extract: In vitro evaluation

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Food Chemistry

Abstract

Cancer, one of the leading causes of death, has seen progress in the development of drugs for intervention. However, these drugs often come with severe side effects. As a result, there has been a growing interest in functional food and natural products for their potential as anti-cancer therapies. One such example is orange peels (OPs) and their derived extracts, which demonstrate strong anti-cancer properties due to their high flavonoid content. OPs contain numerous bioactive compounds that can be used in drug development. This study aimed to isolate flavonoids from OPs and assess their anti-cancer potential against Hep-G2 cancer cells. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis revealed 19 flavonoid compounds in OPs, with chrysin, kaempferol, and catechin being the major constituents. The alcoholic extract of OPs exhibited antioxidant potential against ABTS and DPPH. Six flavonoids were isolated from citrus peel. These are: Kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside(nicotiflorin), Isorhamnetin-3-O-B-rutinoside, Rutin, Qercetin-3-O-β-glucoside, Isorhamnetin and hesperdin. The isolated compounds exhibited higher levels of cytotoxicity to cancer cells. These findings support the use of OPs as potential anticancer agents.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.306104.10056

Keywords

Fruit by products, citrus peels, Flavonoids, liver cancer

Authors

First Name

Doha

Last Name

Abou Baker

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H

Affiliation

Pharmaceutical and drug discovery institute, National Research Centre

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dohaboubaker@gmail.com

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0000-0001-6853-041X

First Name

Abdelsamed

Last Name

Elshimy

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

pharmaceutical and drug discovery institute, National Research Centre

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shimy_2000@hotmail.co.uk

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-

First Name

Emad

Last Name

Hassan

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-

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Dept., Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

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emadnrc@yahoo.com

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0000-0001-5442-1722

First Name

Souad

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El Gengaihi

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-

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pharmaceutical and drug discovery institute, National Research Centre

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souadgengaihi@hotmail.co.uk

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67

Article Issue

11

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50157

Issue Date

2024-11-01

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2024-07-21

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2024-11-01

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9

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15

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0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_378893.html

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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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Isolation and identification of anticancer flavonoids from Valentia orange peel extract: In vitro evaluation

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30 Dec 2024