Phytochemical Constituent and Cumulative or Antagonistic Effects of Crops Plant Organ Combination on Free Radical Scavenging Capacity and Antioxidant Compound Content
Rémy K. Bationo *
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Institut de Recherche en Sciences Appliquées et Technologies (IRSAT), Laboratoire des Substances Naturelles et des Technologies des Produits Naturels et de l’Environnement (LABTECH-PRONE), 03 BP 7047 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
Dominique S. Kaboré
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
Yougoubo Abdoulaye
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
Noba Arrounan
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
Mahomed Toe
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Institut de Recherche en Sciences Appliquées et Technologies (IRSAT), Laboratoire des Substances Naturelles et des Technologies des Produits Naturels et de l’Environnement (LABTECH-PRONE), 03 BP 7047 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Constantin M. Dabiré
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Institut de Recherche en Sciences Appliquées et Technologies (IRSAT), Laboratoire des Substances Naturelles et des Technologies des Produits Naturels et de l’Environnement (LABTECH-PRONE), 03 BP 7047 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Laboratoire de Chimie et Energies Renouvelables, Université Nazi BONI, 01 BP 1091, Bobo 01, Burkina Faso.
Eloi Pale
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
Roger H. Ch. Nébié
Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Environnementale et Bio-Organique (L.C.A.E. BiO.), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, UFR/SEA 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03. Burkina Faso.
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Abstract
Aims: In Burkina Faso, the majority of plant-based recipes are a combination of plant organs from the same or different species. For these recipes’ producers, the aim is to improve efficiency. However, our ethnobotanical surveys have revealed that for some species, efficacy is better when the species is not combined, or when it is combined in small proportions with other species. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of plant organ combination on free radical scavenging activity, phenolic compound content and flavonoid content.
Study Design: The work combined harvesting and processing of plant material from September to November 2023, and laboratories analysis from January to March 2024 at Natural Substances Departement of Institut de Recherche en Sciences Appliquées et Technologie, Ouagadougou.
Methodology: We prepared two batches of recipes, first combining two species from the same genus, then two species from different genera. The powder of each plant without combination was also used to compare data. Phytochemical screening was first carried out with TLC and LC-MS analysis on each plant extract. We then assessed the phenolic compound content (PCC) using Folin-Ciocalteu method, flavonoid content (FCC) using aluminum chloride test, antioxidant content using TEAC method and free radical scavenging activity using DPPH method, for different batches.
Results: Phytochemical constituent in the three species are phenolic compounds, terpenoids and nitrogen derivatives. The results of biological property evaluation suggest that for best efficacy and to obtain a high phenolic compound content, Lippia multiflora leaves should be used separately, or combined in 70% proportions with Lippia alba, then in 50% proportions if the combination is made with Ocimum basilicum.
Conclusion: This research has provided relevant results to guide players in the field of traditional medicine and users of herbal remedies.
Keywords: Phytochemistry, free-radical properties, plants organ combination, herbal recipes