REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências Químicas,
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
,no 228, Portugal
Abstract
Oxidative stress has a
relevant part in the etiology of several diseases and metabolic
disorders, being reasonable to expect that antioxidant compounds might
have beneficial effects in health maintenance or disease prevention.
Antioxidant compounds might be isolated and characterized from different
plant constituents, such as roots, stems, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits
and seeds, using proper extraction methods. The Asteraceae family has a
worldwide distribution, with special relevance in the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe
and Asia Minor, being acknowledged about 25 000 species integrated in
approximately 1000 genera. In addition to the anti-inflammatory,
analgesic and antipyretic potential of some of these species, their high
antioxidant power, as proven in research works with extracts (of roots,
stems, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds) should be highlighted.
Herein, the Asteraceae species with highest potential as sources of
natural antioxidants with potential uses in medicine and in
pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries were identified. The
species were selected based on their botanical representativeness, being
identified the 9 most relevant species: Achillea millefolium L.,
Acmella oleraceae Murr., Artemisia absinthium L., Bidens pilosa L.,
Carthamus tinctorius L., Inula crithmoides L., Matricaria recutita L.,
Otanthus maritimus L. and Parthenium hysterophorus L.. With the obtained
information, it could be concluded that the bioactivity of the selected
Asteraceae species lacks a complete characterization, constituting a
research scope with great potential to be exploited in the development
of dietary supplements, bioactive food ingredients or pharmaceutical
based products with application in food industry, dermocosmetics or
medicine. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.
Author keywords
Antioxidant and therapeutic activity; Bioactive compounds; Food; Medicinal and pharmaceutical uses; Secondary metabolites
Indexed keywords
Engineering controlled terms: Antioxidants; Dietary supplements; Food additives; Food products; Fruits; Metabolites; Plant extracts; Plants (botany); Seed
Anti-inflammatories; Antioxidant compounds;
Artemisia absinthium; Bioactive compounds; Medicinal and pharmaceutical
uses; Natural antioxidants; Secondary metabolites; Therapeutic activity
Engineering main heading: Essential oils
GEOBASE Subject Index: antioxidant; bioactivity;
dicotyledon; disease control; etiology; food availability; food
industry; food supplementation; medicinal plant; plant extract;
secondary metabolite
Regional Index: Anatolia; Eastern Europe; Turkey
Species Index: Achillea millefolium; Acmella; Artemisia
absinthium; Asteraceae; Bidens pilosa; Carthamus tinctorius; Inula
crithmoides; Matricaria recutita; Otanthus maritimus; Parthenium
hysterophorus
ISSN: 09266690
CODEN: ICRDESource Type: Journal
Original language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.07.073Document Type: Review
Publisher: Elsevier
