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ArticleScientific reports2018

The Diversity of Chemoprotective Glucosinolates in Moringaceae (Moringa spp.).

Jed W Fahey, Mark E Olson, Katherine K Stephenson, Kristina L Wade, Gwen M Chodur, David Odee, Wasif Nouman, Michael Massiah, Jesse Alt, Patricia A Egner and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Jed W FaheyCullman Chemoprotection Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. jfahey@jhmi.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2129-1834
Mark E OlsonInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito de Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.
Katherine K StephensonCullman Chemoprotection Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Kristina L WadeCullman Chemoprotection Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Gwen M ChodurCullman Chemoprotection Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1866-8319
David OdeeBiotechnology Laboratory, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Wasif NoumanDepartment of Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Management, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Michael MassiahGeorge Washington University, Department of Chemistry, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Washington DC, USA.
Jesse AltJohns Hopkins Drug Discovery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Patricia A EgnerJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Walter C HubbardJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USBahauddin Zakariya University · PKGeorge Washington University · USKenya Forestry Research Institute · KESecretaría de Salud de Jalisco · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucosinolates (GS) are metabolized to isothiocyanates that may enhance human healthspan by protecting against a variety of chronic diseases. Moringa oleifera, the drumstick tree, produces unique GS but little is known about GS variation within M. oleifera, and even less in the 12 other Moringa species, some of which are very rare. We assess leaf, seed, stem, and leaf gland exudate GS content of 12 of the 13 known Moringa species. We describe 2 previously unidentified GS as major components of 6 species, reporting on the presence of simple alkyl GS in 4 species, which are dominant in M. longituba. We document potent chemoprotective potential in 11 of 12 species, and measure the cytoprotective activity of 6 purified GS in several cell lines. Some of the unique GS rank with the most powerful known inducers of the phase 2 cytoprotective response. Although extracts of most species induced a robust phase 2 cytoprotective response in cultured cells, one was very low (M. longituba), and by far the highest was M. arborea, a very rare and poorly known species. Our results underscore the importance of Moringa as a chemoprotective resource and the need to survey and conserve its interspecific diversity.

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GlucosinolatesCells, CulturedChemopreventionChronic DiseaseCytoprotectionHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMass SpectrometryMoringaMoringa oleiferaPhylogenyPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsPlant LeavesSeedsGlucosinolatesPlant Extracts

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