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Article

Phytochemical Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation of Extracts Obtained via Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Medicinal Plant Phedimus aizoon

by
Jeongho Lee
1,
Minji Kim
1,
Hyerim Son
1,
Seunghee Kim
1,
Sangjin Jo
2,
Agiimaa Janchiv
3,
Soo-Yong Kim
2,
Taek Lee
4,* and
Hah Young Yoo
1,*
1
Department of Biotechnology, Sangmyung University, 20, Hongjimun 2-Gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03016, Republic of Korea
2
International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
3
Ulaanbaatar Science and Technology Park, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 13343, Mongolia
4
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20, Kwangwoon-Ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2024, 13(14), 1915; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141915
Submission received: 10 June 2024 / Revised: 3 July 2024 / Accepted: 10 July 2024 / Published: 11 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phytochemicals in Plants: Recent Developments on the Occurrence, Composition, Stability, Health, Food and Pharmaceutical Applications—2nd Edition)
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Abstract

Phedimus aizoon has been utilized as a medicinal plant in Asia. However, the production of phytochemical-rich extracts from P. aizoon and the evaluation of their bioactivity are limited. Herein, phytochemical-rich extracts were prepared by ultrasound-assisted extraction of P. aizoon, with a high extraction yield of 16.56%. The extracts contained about 126 mg of phenolics and 31 mg of flavonoids per g of the extracts. The chromatographic analysis (GC-MS and HPLC analyses) identified 19 notable phytochemicals of the extracts from P. aizoon, including pentacosane, hexadecanoic acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, and quercetin. The gallic acid content of the extracts was relatively high at 2.75 mg/g. The identified compounds are known to have various bioactivities, such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities. In fact, the prepared extracts exhibited antioxidant activity at 24–28% of that of ascorbic acid. In addition, it showed antibacterial activity against both Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacteria) and Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive bacteria). This study highlights that P. aizoon deserves attention as a natural bioactive substance and emphasizes the need for applications of the extracts from P. aizoon.
Keywords: medicinal plant; Phedimus aizoon; bioactive compound; chromatographic analysis; gallic acid; vanillic acid medicinal plant; Phedimus aizoon; bioactive compound; chromatographic analysis; gallic acid; vanillic acid

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Lee, J.; Kim, M.; Son, H.; Kim, S.; Jo, S.; Janchiv, A.; Kim, S.-Y.; Lee, T.; Yoo, H.Y. Phytochemical Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation of Extracts Obtained via Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Medicinal Plant Phedimus aizoon. Plants 2024, 13, 1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141915

AMA Style

Lee J, Kim M, Son H, Kim S, Jo S, Janchiv A, Kim S-Y, Lee T, Yoo HY. Phytochemical Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation of Extracts Obtained via Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Medicinal Plant Phedimus aizoon. Plants. 2024; 13(14):1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141915

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Lee, Jeongho, Minji Kim, Hyerim Son, Seunghee Kim, Sangjin Jo, Agiimaa Janchiv, Soo-Yong Kim, Taek Lee, and Hah Young Yoo. 2024. "Phytochemical Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation of Extracts Obtained via Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Medicinal Plant Phedimus aizoon" Plants 13, no. 14: 1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141915

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