Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antitumoral Effects of Aqueous Ethanolic Extract from Phoenix dactylifera L. Parthenocarpic Dates

Hanen El Abed (1) , Mouna Chakroun (1) , Zaineb Abdelkafi-Koubaa (2, 3) , Noureddine Drira (1) , Naziha Marrakchi (2, 3) , Hafedh Mejdoub (1) , Bassem Khemakhem (1)

1 Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology [Sfax]
2 LR11IPT08 - Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques - Laboratory of Venoms and Therapeutic Biomolecules
3 UTM - Université de Tunis El Manar

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant, the anti-inflammatory, and the antitumoral activities of the aqueous ethanolic extract from Phoenix dactylifera L. parthenocarpic dates. The antioxidant activity was carried using DPPH radical scavenging activity. The result showed that parthenocarpic dates had strongly scavenging activity on DPPH reaching 94% with an IC 50 value of 0.15 ± 0.011 mg/mL (p < 0.05). The anti-inflammatory potential was determined by the inhibitory effect of the aqueous ethanolic extract on phospholipase A 2 activity as well as on carrageenan-induced paw oedema in mice. The in vitro study showed that the extract inhibited the phospholipase A 2 activity with an IC 50 value of 130 í µí¼‡g/mL and the in vivo study showed a significantly decrease in the paw oedema after 1 h compared to the control group. Finally, the antiproliferative activity of the aqueous ethanolic extract was assessed by MTT test against MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cancer cell lines. This extract was effective in inhibiting MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cancer cells growth with IC 50 values of 8 and 18 mg/mL, respectively, after 72 h treatment. These results confirm the ethnopharmacological significance of Phoenix dactylifera L. parthenocarpic dates, which could add support for its pharmaceutical use.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Phytopathology and phytopharmacy; Biotechnology

Hanen El Abed, Mouna Chakroun, Zaineb Abdelkafi-Koubaa, Noureddine Drira, Naziha Marrakchi, et al.. Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antitumoral Effects of Aqueous Ethanolic Extract from Phoenix dactylifera L. Parthenocarpic Dates. BioMed Research International , 2018, 2018, pp.1542602. ⟨10.1155/2018/1542602⟩. ⟨pasteur-01990509⟩