Characterization of phenolic compounds from Eugenia supra-axillaris leaf extract using HPLC-PDA-MS/MS and its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and pain killing activities in vivo

Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 31;9(1):11122. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46946-7.

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the pathophysiology of several health disorders, among others inflammation. Polyphenols may modulate ROS related disorders. In this work, thirty-two phenolic compounds were tentatively identified in a leaf extract from Eugenia supra-axillaris Spring. ex Mart. using HPLC-MS/MS, five of which were also individually isolated and identified. The extract displayed a substantial in vitro antioxidant potential and was capable of decreasing ROS production and hsp-16.2 expression under oxidative stress conditions in vivo in the Caenorhabditis elegans model. Also, the extract showed higher inhibitory selectivity towards COX-2 than COX-1 in vitro with higher selectivity towards COX-2 than that of diclofenac. The extract also exhibited anti-inflammatory properties: It attenuated the edema thickness in a dose dependent fashion in carrageenan-induced hind-paw odema in rats. In addition, the extract reduced the carrageenan-induced leukocyte migration into the peritoneal cavity at the highest dose. Furthermore, the extract showed antipyretic and analgesic activities in a mouse model. Eugenia supra-axillaris appears to be a promising candidate in treating inflammation, pain and related oxidative stress diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antioxidants / physiology*
  • Antipyretics / pharmacology*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Edema / drug therapy
  • Edema / metabolism
  • Eugenia / chemistry*
  • Inflammation / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Pain / metabolism
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antioxidants
  • Antipyretics
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts
  • Reactive Oxygen Species