Use este identificador para citar ou linkar para este item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59661
Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Phytochemicals of Avocado Residues as Potential Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, Antioxidants, and Neuroprotective Agents
Autor(es): Geisa Gabriela da Silva
Lúcia Pinheiro Santos Pimenta
Júlio Onésio Ferreira Melo
Henrique de Oliveira Prata Mendonça
Rodinei Augusti
Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi
Resumo: Avocado (Persea americana) is a widely consumed fruit and a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals. Its industrial processing generates peels and seeds which represent 30% of the fruit. Environmental issues related to these wastes are rapidly increasing and likely to double, according to expected avocado production. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the potential of hexane and ethanolic peel (PEL-H, PEL-ET) and seed (SED-H, SED-ET) extracts from avocado as sources of neuroprotective compounds. Minerals, total phenol (TPC), total flavonoid (TF), and lipid contents were determined by absorption spectroscopy and gas chromatography. In addition, phytochemicals were putatively identified by paper spray mass spectrometry (PSMS). The extracts were good sources of Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, ω-6 linoleic acid, and flavonoids. Moreover, fifty-five metabolites were detected in the extracts, consisting mainly of phenolic acids, flavonoids, and alkaloids. The in vitro antioxidant capacity (FRAP and DPPH), acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and in vivo neuroprotective capacity were evaluated. PEL-ET was the best acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, with no significant difference (p > 0.05) compared to the control eserine, and it showed neither preventive nor regenerative effect in the neuroprotection assay. SED-ET demonstrated a significant protective effect compared to the control, suggesting neuroprotection against rotenone-induced neurological damage.
Assunto: Biomassa
Alzheimer, Doença de
Abacate
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: ICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27061892
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59661
Data do documento: 15-Mar-2022
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/6/1892
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Molecules
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