Characterization of Phenolic Compounds of  Ulva rigida (Chlorophycae) and Its Antioxidant Activity

Sana Mezghani; Dezső Csupor; Ines Bourguiba; Judit Hohmann; Mohamed Amri; Mohamed Bouaziz

doi:10.9734/EJMP/2016/22935

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Characterization of Phenolic Compounds of Ulva rigida (Chlorophycae) and Its Antioxidant Activity

Sana Mezghani, Dezső Csupor, Ines Bourguiba, Judit Hohmann, Mohamed Amri, Mohamed Bouaziz

European Journal of Medicinal Plants · pp. 1–9 · Published 16 Dec 2015

10.9734/EJMP/2016/22935

Abstract

Ulva rigida is a worldwide distributed green alga and is commenly used for human nutrition. Extracts of this seaweed were shown anti-hypercholestierinemic, antioxidant and anti-hyperglycemic activities. The antioxidant effect was often ascribed to the presence of a huge amount of polyphenols. The aim of this study was to characterise by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) the phenolic molecules present in extracts obtained from U. rigida. The antioxidant activities of different extracts were evaluated in vitro by DPPH assay and on HeLa cells culture.

Ulva rigida LC/MS phenolic compounds antioxidant cytotoxicity

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Sana Mezghani, Dezső Csupor, Ines Bourguiba, Judit Hohmann, Mohamed Amri, Mohamed Bouaziz (2015). Characterization of Phenolic Compounds of Ulva rigida (Chlorophycae) and Its Antioxidant Activity. European Journal of Medicinal Plants , 1–9. https://doi.org/10.9734/EJMP/2016/22935

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Sana Mezghani — Laboratory of Functional Neurophysiology and Pathology, Research Unit UR/11ES09, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
Dezső Csupor — Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged, Hungary
Ines Bourguiba — Laboratory of Functional Neurophysiology and Pathology, Research Unit UR/11ES09, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
Judit Hohmann — Laboratory of Functional Neurophysiology and Pathology, Research Unit UR/11ES09, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
Mohamed Amri — Laboratory of Functional Neurophysiology and Pathology, Research Unit UR/11ES09, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
Mohamed Bouaziz — Laboratory of Electrochimistry and Environnement, École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de, Sfax BP ⟨1173⟩ 3038, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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