Investigation of in vitro Enzyme Inhibitory Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Moltkia coerulea (Willd.) Lehm. (Boraginaceae) Growing in Raman Mountain - Batman

Authors : Alevcan KAPLAN

Pages : 312-320

Doi:10.21448/ijsm.950087

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Publication Date : 2021-12-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The province of Batman is located in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, and it is significant in terms of its ecosystem and plant biological diversity. Recently, researching economically important plant species has become a necessity in the province. In this context, while the members of the Boraginaceae genus have found a wide application area in traditional medicine in many countries from ancient times until today, they have been used for many purposes in Turkey. Most of the members of this family are medically important plants containing secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, terpenoids, alkaloids, fatty acids, glycosides, phytosterols, and various proteins. Moltkia coerulea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Willd.); Lehm. is found Anatolia, Lebanon and Crimea. This study aimed to determine the enzyme inhibition and antioxidant activity of M. coerulea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Willd.); Lehm, which has not been studied before, and grows in the untouched Raman Mountain in Batman. α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition results of methanolic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MeOH); and aqueous insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Aq); extracts of M. coerulea were calculated as acarbose equivalents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ACAEs/g extract);. Tyrosinase inhibition results of MeOH and Aq extracts of M. coerulea were calculated as kojic acid equivalent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mmol KAEs/g extract);. Additionally, the extracts were tested against the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DPPH•); free-radical to analyze their antioxidant activity. The highest antioxidant activity was found in the leaf extract insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MeOH); as 61.2 % with for the DPPH• method. These results showed that M. coerulea could be used as a potential source of natural antioxidant.
Keywords : Antioxidant activity, Enzyme inhibition, Moltkia Lehm