RT journal article
T1 Elucidation of Antioxidant Compounds in Moroccan Chamaerops humilis L. Fruits by GC-MS and HPLC-MS Techniques
A1 El Cadi, Hafssa
A1 El Bouzidi, Hajar
A1 Selama, Ginane
A1 Ramdan, Btissam
A1 El Majdoub, Yassine Oulad
A1 Alibrando, Filippo
A1 Arena, Katia
A1 Palma Lovillo, Miguel
A1 Brigui, Jamal
A1 Mondello, Luigi
A1 Cacciola, Francesco
A1 Salerno, Tania M. G.
A2 Química Analítica
K1 Arecaceae
K1 polyphenols
K1 volatile content
K1 antioxidant activity
K1 liquid chromatography
AB The aim of this study was to characterize the phytochemical content as well as the antioxidant ability of the Moroccan species Chamaerops humilis L. Besides crude ethanolic extract, two extracts obtained by sonication using two solvents with increased polarity, namely ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and methanol-water (MeOH-H2O) 80:20 (v/v), were investigated by both spectroscopy and chromatography methods. Between the two extracts, the MeOH-H2O one showed the highest total polyphenolic content equal to 32.7 +/- 0.1 mg GAE/g DM with respect to the EtOAc extract (3.6 +/- 0.5 mg GAE/g DM). Concerning the antioxidant activity of the two extracts, the EtOAc one yielded the highest value (1.9 +/- 0.1 mg/mL) with respect to MeOH-H2O (0.4 +/- 0.1 mg/mL). The C. humilis n-hexane fraction, analyzed by GC-MS, exhibited 69 compounds belonging to different chemical classes, with n-Hexadecanoic acid as a major compound (21.75%), whereas the polyphenolic profile, elucidated by HPLC-PDA/MS, led to the identification of a total of sixteen and thirteen different compounds in both EtOAc (major component: ferulic acid: 104.7 +/- 2.52 mu g/g) and MeOH-H2O extracts (major component: chlorogenic acid: 45.4 +/- 1.59 mu g/g), respectively. The attained results clearly highlight the potential of C. humilis as an important source of bioactive components, making it a valuable candidate to be advantageously added to the daily diet. Furthermore, this study provides the scientific basis for the exploitation of the Doum in the food, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.
PB MDPI
SN 1420-3049
YR 2021
FD 2021-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24981
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24981
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026