Bioassay guided screening, optimization and characterization of antioxidant compounds from high altitude wild edible plants of Ladakh
2016
Sharma Avasthi, Anupama | Bhatnagar, Manisha | Sarkar, Nandan | Kitchlu, Surinder | Ghosal, Sabari
Seven edible plants including three unexplored species of high altitude (Ladakh) region were screened for antioxidant activity by bioassay guided fractionation method. The objective of the study was to dereplicate the complex phytochemical matrix of a plant in reference to antioxidant activity in vitro. The screening result showed that ethylacetate fraction of Nepeta longibracteata possesses maximum antioxidant activity, comparable to that of green tea. It also exhibited significant protecting effect against oxidative stress induced by t-BHP in human RBCs. Phytochemical profiling of the most active fraction by nontargeted RP-HPLC–MS and MS/MS technique showed that rosmarinic acid and methylrosmarinate constituted nearly 51 % of the total metabolites apart from twelve other major chemotypes.
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