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Volume 8, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Chem Sci J 2017
ISSN: 2150-3494 CSJ, an open access journal
Euro Chemistry 2017
May 11-13, 2017
May 11-13, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
4
th
European Chemistry Congress
E J Llorent-Martinez et al., Chem Sci J 2017, 8:2(Suppl)
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2150-3494-C1-009Phytochemical composition, antioxidant activity and enzyme inhibitory properties of
Lathyrus
species:
Potential sources of bioactive compounds
E J Llorent-Martinez
1
, G Zengin
2
, L Molina-Garcia
1
and
M L Fernández-de Córdova
1
Jaen University, Spain
2
Selcuk University, Turkey
M
any wild plants commonly used in folk medicine, such as different species from the genus
Lathyrus
, may represent new sources
of biologically active compounds. Therefore, the study of the composition and (bio)chemical behaviour of extracts from these
plants may provide valuable information. Several
Lathyrus
species have been studied:
L. aureus, L. pratensis, L. czeczottianus
and
L.
nissolia
. Extracts from these plants were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass
spectrometric detection (HPLC-ESI-MSn) to determine their phenolic profile. The
in vitro
antioxidant activity and enzyme inhibitory
evaluation were also investigated. The main phenolic compounds (flavonoids and saponins, mainly) and the antioxidant and enzyme
inhibition results are here reported. The phenolic contents and the (bio)chemical properties of the analyzed extracts presented
significant variations in the different
Lathyrus
species. However, the high number of phenolic compounds and the antioxidant and
enzyme assays suggest that these plants may be further used in phytopharmaceutical or food industry applications.
Biography
E J Llorent-Martinez completed his PhD studies in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Jaén, and continued his research in the University of Madeira, University
of Castilla-La Mancha and University of Jaén. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of two
scientific journals for several years. His main research involves the analysis of the (bio)chemical composition of plants and food.
ellorent@ujaen.es