[PMID]: | 24951992 |
[Au] Autor: | Soriano-Melgar Lde A; Alcaraz-Meléndez L; Méndez-Rodríguez LC; Puente ME; Rivera-Cabrera F; Zenteno-Savín T |
[Ad] Endereço: | Planeación Ambiental y Conservación.. tzenteno04@cibnor.mx. |
[Ti] Título: | Antioxidant responses of damiana (Turnera diffusa Willd) to exposure to artificial ultraviolet (UV) radiation in an in vitro model; part I; UV-C radiation. |
[So] Source: | Nutr Hosp;29(5):1109-15, 2014 May 01. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1699-5198 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | Spain |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | INTRODUCTION: Ultraviolet type C (UV-C) radiation has higher energy than the UV-B radiation and has been less studied because it is completely absorbed by the ozone layer. However, artificial UV-C radiation can generate diverse modifications in the plants. Given that exposure to UV-C for short periods of time increases the antioxidant content, improving the appearance and shelf-life of products, its potential application in postharvest treatments to modify the antioxidant content of medicinal plants, such as damiana (Turnera diffusa), is novel and relevant. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of UV-C radiation on enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defenses, as well as oxidative damage levels, in damiana (Turnera diffusa) plants in vitro. RESULTS: UV-C radiation decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) and total peroxidases (POX, EC 1.11.1) activities, the concentration of chlorophylls (a and b), carotenes, vitamin C, and total antioxidant capacity. UV-C radiation increased the phenolic compound levels in damiana. Loss of antioxidant defenses was higher in damiana plants exposed to higher UV-C doses and/or for longer periods. This study suggests that UV-C radiation induces oxidative stress, evidenced as increased protein carbonyls and phenolic compound content, in damiana (T. diffusa). CONCLUSION: Low dose, short exposure to UV-C stimulates phenolic compound content in damiana. Thus, controlled UV-C treatments could be used as postharvest treatment to increase phenolic compound content in damiana plants. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Antioxidantes/metabolismo Turnera/metabolismo Turnera/efeitos da radiação Raios Ultravioleta
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Estresse Oxidativo Fenóis/metabolismo Turnera/enzimologia
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (Antioxidants); 0 (Phenols) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1510 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 140622 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 140622 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 140622 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
[do] DOI: | 10.3305/nh.2014.29.5.7093 |
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