Phytochemical Study and Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Hua gabonii

Bongo, Gédéon Ngiala; Mbadiko, Clément; Ngbolua, Koto-te-Nyiwa; Kasongo, Sylvie; Masunda, Adrien; Ngombe, Nadège; Kapepula, Paulin; Yandju, Marie-Claire; Mpiana, Pius; Mbemba, Théophile

doi:10.21608/aprh.2024.225955.1230

	Phytochemical Study and Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Hua gabonii
Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Research
Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2024, Page 1-13 PDF (598.34 K)
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: 10.21608/aprh.2024.225955.1230
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Authors
Gédéon Ngiala Bongo ¹^{, 2}; Clément Mbadiko¹^{, 2}; Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua¹; Sylvie Kasongo¹^{, 2}; Adrien Masunda³; Nadège Ngombe⁴; Paulin Kapepula⁴; Marie-Claire Yandju¹; Pius Mpiana⁵; Théophile Mbemba¹^{, 2}
¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kinshasa, P.O. Box 190, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
²Research Laboratory of Food and Nutrition (LARAN), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales/ISTM-Kinshasa, P.O. Box 35300, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴Centre d’Etudes des Substances Naturelle d’Origine Végétale (CESNOV), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁵Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kinshasa, P.O. Box 190, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify major phytoconstituents and evaluate the antioxidant activity of extracts from different organs of Hua gabonii. Methods: Phytochemical screening was carried out in order to highlight the major groups of secondary metabolites contained in the various extracts through TLC. To assess the antioxidant activity, three methods were used namely DPPH, ABTS and FRAP. The IC₅₀ values for the various samples were determined using GraphPad Prism 9.0 software, while ANOVA and LSD multiple comparison test, were carried out using Statistix 10 software. Results: The findings showed that the ethanolic extracts of stem bark exhibited a higher activity with DPPH (IC₅₀: 0.84±0.03 µg/mL) compared to the standards (0.81±0.15 µg/mL, 0.42±0.10 µg/mL and 0.33±0.05 µg/mL for gallic acid, catchin and quercetin respectively). In addition, the analysis by the ABTS test showed that leaf extracts also showed interesting activity (IC₅₀: 13.86±0.29 µg/mL and 12.76 ±0.42 µg/mL for aqueous and ethanolic extracts respectively). The FRAP test revealed interesting activity for the aqueous extracts of leaves, stem bark and branch bark with IC_50s of 0.006±0.00 µg/mL; 0.02±0.00 µg/mL and 0.02±0.01 µg/mL respectively, compared with 2,41±0.00 µg/mL for ascorbic acid. In addition, the TLC showed the presence of total polyphenols, phenolic acids, coumarins, flavonoids, anthocyanins, leuco-anthocyanins, tannins, quinones, alkaloids and terpenoids. Conclusion: While assay analyses revealed that the total polyphenol content was high in the ethanolic extracts and in particular in the stem extracts. In conclusion, H. gabonii can be considered as good sources of natural antioxidants.
Keywords
H. gabonii; Extracts; Phytochemistry; Evaluation; Antioxidant


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