1.Analysis of the Total Polyphenol, Flavonoid, and Phenolic Acid Contents in Three Different Leaf Types of Lepidium sativum
Gia Han TRAN ; Hyejin CHO ; Hak-Dong LEE ; Chang-Dae LEE ; Jeehyoung SHIM ; Kwang Hoon AHN ; Jung Sook SUNG ; Eunae YOO ; Sanghyun LEE
Natural Product Sciences 2023;29(4):235-241
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			 Lepidium sativum (LS) is an annual plant that has been used for the treatment of many ailments. The ethanol extracts of pinnately-lobed (PL), pinnately-compound (PC), and pinnately-veined (PV) leaves of LS were examined for their total polyphenol and flavonoid contents, and their phenolic acid (namely caffeic acid (CA), p-coumaric  acid  (PA),  and  ferulic  acid  (FA))  contents  were  determined  using  reverse-phase  high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array (HPLC/PDA) analysis. Among the three leaf types, the highest average total  polyphenol  content was  found in  PV (79.87 mg  GAE/g  extract), whereas PC  showed the highest  average total  flavonoid  content  (53.35 mg  QE/g  extract).  According  to  the  HPLC/PDA  results,  PV  exhibited  a  high amount of CA (78.60 µg/g extract) and FA (1,722.85 µg/g extract), whereas a high content of PA (258.72 µg/g extract) was detected in PC. Higher amounts of the phytochemical compounds PV and PC might be indicative of their superior biological activities compared to PL. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to quantify and compare the total polyphenol, flavonoid, and phenolic acid contents in three different leaf types of LS. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            
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