Functional activity and quantification of Spathodea campanulata's antioxidant compounds

• Grant number: 15/13855-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Applied Botany
• Principal Investigator: Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima
• Grantee: Valter Henrique Marinho dos Santos
• Supervisor: Chung-Yen (Oliver) Chen
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Tufts University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/24440-7 - Assessing the potential of insecticide nectar Spathodea campanulata (Bignoniaceae), BP.DR

Abstract

Compounds with antioxidant activity, such as carotenoids, amino acids, vitamins and phenolic compounds have been extensity studied due to its possible biological effects and benefits to human health. For this reason many researchers of pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries have studied plant species such as Spathodea campanulata. A wide variety of secondary metabolites is produced by superior plant, and these compounds are responsible for different functions of adaptation and survival to environment. Based on the phytochemical composition and a hypothesized medicinal effect of S.campanulata, the aim of this project is quantify phenolic compounds, carotenoids and vitamin E by HPLC-ECD presents on the nectar, flowers and leaves of S. campanulata. In addition, analysis of antioxidant capacity will be performed by antioxidant assays as ORAC, DPPH and FRAP. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS, VALTER H. M.; MINATEL, IGOR O.; LIMA, GIUSEPPINA P. P.; SILVA, REGILDO M. G.; CHEN, CHUNG-YEN O.. Antioxidant capacity and phytochemical characterization of Spathodea campanulata growing in different climatic zones in Brazil. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, v. 24, MAR 2020. (15/13855-0, 12/24440-7)