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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemistry
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF TWO OIL-BEARING EXTRACTS FROM FRESH PISTACIA LENTISCUS
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, Volume 37, No. 6, Year 2023
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This study aims to investigate the anti-cancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Pistacia lentiscus L. (P. lentiscus) extracts, as well as their phyto-chemical profile. The GC-MS crude chemical profile provided new chemotypes of fixed oil (FO) and essential oil (EO) extracts. Secondary metabolites screened high levels of polyphenols and condensed tannins in EO, while FO had the highest flavonoids content. A potent antiproliferative activity of both extracts was shown on two human breast cancer cells (EO-IC50 = 5.2 mg/mL MDAMB- 231 cells). The antimicrobial activity showed that only EO was active against six multidrug resistant bacteria (inhibition zone 20-8 mm) and two fungi strains (inhibition zone 3-4 mm). Also, the highest in vitro antioxidant free-radical scavenging ability was in the case of EO (125.5 μg/mL). In vivo P. lentiscus EO provided corrective effect vs the tamoxifen (Txf) induced oxidative damage in liver and kidney in C57BL/6 in female mouse. These findings confirm that EO inhibits cell proliferation, induces bacterial death and has a potential antioxidant activity. © 2023 Chemical Society of Ethiopia and The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Abdelkafi, Zaineb
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar
Elkahoui, Salem
Tunisia, Hamam Lif
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria
Saudi Arabia, Hail
University of Ha'il
Toumi, Lamjed
Tunisia, Jendouba
Université de Jendouba
Marzouki, Lamjed
Tunisia, Jendouba
Université de Jendouba
Souilem, Ouajdi
Tunisia, Sidi Thabet
Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire
Tunisia, Ariana
Pôle Technologique de Sidi Thabet
Statistics
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4314/bcse.v37i6.15
ISSN:
10113924
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Locations
Ethiopia
Participants Gender
Female