Hossein BABAEI, Omid SADEGHPOUR, Lutfun NAHAR, Abbas DELAZAR, Hossein NAZEMIYEH, Mohammad Reza MANSOURI, Naser POURSAEID, Solmaz ASNAASHARI, Sedigheh Bamdad MOGHADAM, Satyajit Dey SARKER

Antioxidant and Vasorelaxant Activities of Flavonoids from Amygdalus lycioides var. horrida

Amygdalus lycioides var. horrida (Spach) Browicz (Rosaceae), also known as Prunus lycioides (Spach.) Schneid., is an endemic Iranian species of the genus Amygdalus. In Iranian traditional medicine, the aerial parts and roots of A. lycioides are used in the treatment of diabetes. Six flavonoids, i.e. quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside (1), luteolin 7-O-rhamnoside (2), isorhamnetin 3-O-rutinoside (3), kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside (4), apigenin (5), and naringenin (6), have been isolated from the aerial parts of this plant. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by UV, MS, and NMR spectroscopic data analyses. While the antioxidant activity of these compounds was assessed by the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) assay, the vasorelaxant effect was determined using the rat aortic vascular smooth muscle. Compounds 1-6 displayed significant antioxidant activity, with the RC50 values ranging from 0.0033 to 0.5186 mg/ml. Compound 2 showed a considerable vasorelaxant activity on rat aortic vascular smooth muscle in a dose-dependent manner.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Amygdalus lycioides var. horrida, Rosaceae, flavonoid, antioxidant, DPPH, vasorelaxant

Antioxidant and Vasorelaxant Activities of Flavonoids from Amygdalus lycioides var. horrida

Keywords:

Amygdalus lycioides var. horrida, Rosaceae, flavonoid, antioxidant, DPPH, vasorelaxant,

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