Phenolic composition, antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities of water caltrop pericarps extract

• Published in: Food science & technology Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 238 - 243
• Main Authors: Yu, Haining, Shen, Shengrong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Anticancer; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; cell growth; cultivars; cytotoxicity; ferulic acid; fluorouracil; gallic acid; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; interphase; methanol; minimum inhibitory concentration; neoplasms; Phenolic composition; Trapa; Water caltrop pericarps; yeasts; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Anticancer; Water caltrop pericarps; Phenolic composition

Pericarps from three different Chinese water caltrop cultivars (T. acornis Nakano., T. bispinosa Roxb., and T. quadrispinosa Roxb.) were collected and extracted using the system of methanol: water (7:3, mL:mL) and hot water. Phenolic compositions analysis indicated that gallic acid and ferulic acid...