Phytochemical and Biological Investigation of Phoenix roebelenii (Family Arecaceae)
Eman Mohamed Mohamed El-Taher;
Abstract
Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien is among 202 genera and 2300-2700 species of the
family Arecaceae being largely distributed in the tropics and subtropics. Both
genus and species are widely spread and cultivated in Egypt.
Genus phoenix has been widely used in folk medicine for the treatment of
various infectious diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
Members of the family Arecaceae are characterized by different classes of
phenolic compounds, C-glycosylflavones, luteolin and quercitin glycosides.
Phenolic compounds are currently receiving much interest as a potential source of
therapeutic agents for clinical use because they serve as antioxidant. Oxidative
stress is one of the common denominator in pathogenesis of chronic disease. Our
study was focusing on isolation and identification of phenolics in P. roebelenii, in
addition to evaluation of certain biological activities in an effort to report what is
considered the first phytochemical and biological reports on this species
worldwide.
The work carried out in the present study was divided into six main parts:
1. Literature survey on Phoenix species belonging to family
Arecaceae
Literature survey revealed that Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien has not been
subjected to any phytochemical nor biological investigation before.
2. Taxonomical and morphological feature of genus and species of P.
roebelenii O’Brien
Summary
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3. DNA profiling
The extracted DNA of Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien was amplified using ten
decamer primers to detect its genetic pattern. The ten primers had successfully
directed the amplification of a genome-specific fingerprint of DNA fragments.
The ten primers (A15, A04, A17, A18, C01, C19, C07, D05, G19 and M02) of
arbitrary sequences generated 91 fragments. The ten primers had produced
multiple band profiles with a number of amplified DNA fragments ranging
from 15 when C01 was used. Whereas, the least number of fragments was 4
being produced by D05. Therefore primer C01 was the best sequence for
dominating Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien cultivated in Egypt.
family Arecaceae being largely distributed in the tropics and subtropics. Both
genus and species are widely spread and cultivated in Egypt.
Genus phoenix has been widely used in folk medicine for the treatment of
various infectious diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
Members of the family Arecaceae are characterized by different classes of
phenolic compounds, C-glycosylflavones, luteolin and quercitin glycosides.
Phenolic compounds are currently receiving much interest as a potential source of
therapeutic agents for clinical use because they serve as antioxidant. Oxidative
stress is one of the common denominator in pathogenesis of chronic disease. Our
study was focusing on isolation and identification of phenolics in P. roebelenii, in
addition to evaluation of certain biological activities in an effort to report what is
considered the first phytochemical and biological reports on this species
worldwide.
The work carried out in the present study was divided into six main parts:
1. Literature survey on Phoenix species belonging to family
Arecaceae
Literature survey revealed that Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien has not been
subjected to any phytochemical nor biological investigation before.
2. Taxonomical and morphological feature of genus and species of P.
roebelenii O’Brien
Summary
150
3. DNA profiling
The extracted DNA of Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien was amplified using ten
decamer primers to detect its genetic pattern. The ten primers had successfully
directed the amplification of a genome-specific fingerprint of DNA fragments.
The ten primers (A15, A04, A17, A18, C01, C19, C07, D05, G19 and M02) of
arbitrary sequences generated 91 fragments. The ten primers had produced
multiple band profiles with a number of amplified DNA fragments ranging
from 15 when C01 was used. Whereas, the least number of fragments was 4
being produced by D05. Therefore primer C01 was the best sequence for
dominating Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien cultivated in Egypt.
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| Title | Phytochemical and Biological Investigation of Phoenix roebelenii (Family Arecaceae) | Other Titles | دراسات فيتوكيميائية وبيولوجية لنبات الفينكس روبيلينى التابعة للعائلة النباتية النخيلية | Authors | Eman Mohamed Mohamed El-Taher | Issue Date | 2015 |
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