• DOI:10.3390/ijms17091478
Corpus ID: 10532823

Pereskia aculeata Muller (Cactaceae) Leaves: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities

@article{Souza2016PereskiaAM,
  title={Pereskia aculeata Muller (Cactaceae) Leaves: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities},
  author={L. F. Souza and L. Caputo and Ingrid Bergman Inchausti de Barros and Florinda Fratianni and F. Nazzaro and V. De Feo},
  journal={International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
  year={2016},
  volume={17}
}

L. F. Souza, L. Caputo, +3 authors V. De Feo

Published 2016

Biology, Medicine

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The aims of this work were to study the chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Pereskia aculeata and to evaluate some biological activities of three leaf extracts. The phenolic content, antioxidant activity, and in vitro antimicrobial and antifungal activities were determined. The methanol extract showed antioxidant activity (EC50 7.09 mg/mL) and high polyphenols content (15.04 ± 0.31 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g). The petroleum ether extract exhibited potent… CONTINUE READING

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