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Article

Screening of Antioxidative Properties and Inhibition of Inflammation-Linked Enzymes by Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Healing in Poland

by
Marta Mainka
1,
Monika E. Czerwińska
1,
Ewa Osińska
2,
Maria Ziaja
3 and
Agnieszka Bazylko
1,*
1
Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Warsaw Medical University, Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
2
Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
3
Institute of Physical Culture Studies, Rzeszów University, Cicha 2a, 35-326 Rzeszów, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Antioxidants 2021, 10(5), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050698
Submission received: 31 March 2021 / Revised: 22 April 2021 / Accepted: 25 April 2021 / Published: 28 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Plant Extracts)
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A wide range of plant-derived preparations have been used against skin inflammatory disorders and as wound healing agents in traditional medicine. The purpose of the study was to determine the antioxidant activity of aqueous and 70% ethanolic extracts from eleven species of plants traditionally used in Poland to treat inflammatory skin diseases. The ability of extracts to scavenge 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and superoxide anion (O2•−), was studied. In non-cellular studies, an analysis of the anti-inflammatory effect on the activity of enzymes, such as hyaluronidase (HYAL) and lipoxygenase (LOX), was also performed. The chemical profiles of the most active extracts were achieved by applying the UHPLC-DAD-MSn method, and the sum of polyphenols in all tested extracts was determined by the colorimetric method with the Folin–Ciocalteu reagent. The scope of the extracts’ influence on enzyme activity was significantly lower than their antioxidant activity. All extracts have shown high activity in free radical scavenging against DPPH. The ethanolic extracts have shown high potential to scavenge H2O2. The study of composition showed that the main components of the tested extracts were flavonoids, such as luteolin, apigenin, kaempferol, and quercetin derivatives, as well as caffeoylquinic acids, caffeic acid, and its conjugates.
Keywords: Achillea millefolium; Arctium lappa; Asteraceae; hyaluronidase; Lamiaceae; lipoxygenase; reactive oxygen species; Thymus serpyllum Achillea millefolium; Arctium lappa; Asteraceae; hyaluronidase; Lamiaceae; lipoxygenase; reactive oxygen species; Thymus serpyllum
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Mainka, M.; Czerwińska, M.E.; Osińska, E.; Ziaja, M.; Bazylko, A. Screening of Antioxidative Properties and Inhibition of Inflammation-Linked Enzymes by Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Healing in Poland. Antioxidants 2021, 10, 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050698

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Mainka M, Czerwińska ME, Osińska E, Ziaja M, Bazylko A. Screening of Antioxidative Properties and Inhibition of Inflammation-Linked Enzymes by Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Healing in Poland. Antioxidants. 2021; 10(5):698. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050698

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Mainka, Marta, Monika E. Czerwińska, Ewa Osińska, Maria Ziaja, and Agnieszka Bazylko. 2021. "Screening of Antioxidative Properties and Inhibition of Inflammation-Linked Enzymes by Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Healing in Poland" Antioxidants 10, no. 5: 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050698

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Mainka, M., Czerwińska, M. E., Osińska, E., Ziaja, M., & Bazylko, A. (2021). Screening of Antioxidative Properties and Inhibition of Inflammation-Linked Enzymes by Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Healing in Poland. Antioxidants, 10(5), 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050698

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