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Screening of Panamanian plants for cosmetic properties, and HPLC-based identification of constituents with antioxidant and UV-B protecting activities
Journal
Scientia Pharmaceutica
Volume
83
Number
1
Pages / Article-Number
177-90
Abstract
A library of 600 taxonomically diverse Panamanian plant extracts was screened for DPPH scavenging and UV-B protective activities, and the methanolic extracts of Mosquitoxylum jamaicense, Combretum cacoucia, and Casearia commersionia were submitted to HPLC-based activity profiling. The compounds located in the active time windows were isolated and identified as gallic acid derivatives and flavonoids. Gallic acid methyl ester (3) and digallic acid derivatives (2, 6) showed the highest DPPH scavenging activity (<10 mug/mL), while protocatechuic acid (7) and isoquercitrin (10) exhibited the highest UV-B protective properties.
