Publication Type Journal Article
Title Antifungal, Antitumoral and Antioxidant Potential of the Danube Delta Nymphaea alba Extracts
Authors Mihaela Cudalbeanu Bianca Furdui Geta Carac Vasilica Barbu Alina Viorica Iancu Fernanda M. Marques Jorge H. Leitao Silvia A. Sousa Rodica Mihaela Dinica
Groups BIOIN
Journal ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
Year 2020
Month January
Volume 9
Number 1
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Abstract This study aimed to explore for the first time the biological properties such as antifungal, antitumoral and antioxidant of Danube Delta Nymphaea alba (N. alba) leaf and root methanolic extracts. The toxicity studies of N. alba extracts showed no inhibitory effect on wheat seed germination by evaluating the most sensitive physiological parameters (Germination \%, Germination index, Vigor index) and using confocal laser scanning microscopy images. The analyzed extracts were found to have high antifungal activity against Candida glabrata with MIC values of 1.717 mu g/mL for leaf and 1.935 mu g/mL for root. The antitumor activity of the both extracts against A2780/A2780cisR ovarian, LNCaP prostate and MCF-7 breast cancer cells was promising with IC50 values ranging from 23-274 mu g/mL for leaf and 18-152 mu g/mL for root, and the combination of N. alba extracts with cisplatin showed a synergistic effect (coefficient of drug interaction <1). The antioxidant properties were assessed by beta-carotene bleaching, ABTS and FRAP assays and cyclic voltammetry. Quercetin, the most prominent antioxidant, was quantified in very good yields by spectroelectrochemical assay.
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9010007
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EISSN 2079-6382
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Bibtex ID ISI:000513524700020
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