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Phenol content related to antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Passiflora spp. extracts

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Methanolic extracts were prepared from different organs of plants from five Passiflora species obtained by zygotic embryo culture and evaluated for their capacity to quench DPPH and ABTS•+ radicals in comparison to that of Trolox, a water soluble vitamin-E analogue. Moreover their antimicrobial activity against E. coli was tested by agar diffusion and turbidity assays. P. nitida, P. foetida, and P. palmeri showed antimicrobial activity. P. nitida and P. palmeri also showed high antioxidant activity. P. tenuifila and P. coriacea demonstrated antioxidant power but not antimicrobial activity. The phenolic content of the different extracts was studied and quantified by spectrophotometric methods, HPLC, and mass spectrometry. High antioxidant activity correlated with high amounts of o-diphenol and catechin. An unknown component, tentatively identified as structural isomer of isoschaftoside, appeared to correlate with antimicrobial activity.

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M. Levi and F. Guzzo were supported by Italian MIUR (PRIN 2004) and Fondazione CARIVERONA.

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    Present address: Laboratori Agroalimentari Consorzio ZAI, Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine, via Belviglieri 30, 37137, Verona, Italy

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Università di Bologna, P.zza Goidanich 60, 47023, Cesena, Italy

    Alessandra Bendini, Lorenzo Cerretani, Luca Pizzolante & Tullia Gallina Toschi

  2. Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università di Verona, Strada le Grazie 15, Cà Vignal 1, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Flavia Guzzo, Stefania Ceoldo, Filippo Andreetta & Marisa Levi

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Bendini, A., Cerretani, L., Pizzolante, L. et al. Phenol content related to antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Passiflora spp. extracts. Eur Food Res Technol 223, 102–109 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-005-0150-7

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