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ArticlePlant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2024

Anti-Hyperlipidemic Components of the Leaves of Synsepalum dulcificum (Miracle Fruit).

Jiaming Xie, Xueyi Chen, Ying Tan, Wei Li, Cong Yin, Tian Zhong, Dun Su, Juanjuan Sun, Haiyan Tian, Weihuan Huang

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Article in Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advancing the Potential ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jiaming Xie *Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Xueyi Chen *Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Ying TanInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Wei LiInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Cong YinInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Tian ZhongFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, 999078, China.
Dun SuResearch and Development Center, Perfect (Guangdong) Co., Ltd, Zhongshan, 528451, China.
Juanjuan SunInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China. juanjuansun@jnu.edu.cn.
Haiyan TianInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China. thytian@jnu.edu.cn.
Weihuan HuangKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China. think83110@163.com.
Jinan University · CNBYD (China) · CNMacau University of Science and Technology · MO

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation, China 82173938the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2019A1515110917the Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan 2023A03J0614the National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China 2023A1515011535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synsepalum dulcificum (Miracle fruit) is a tropical plant in West and Central Africa, which has been historically used for treating diarrhea in humans and animals. Pharmacological research has shown that the leaves of the plant possess anti-hyperlipidemia activity. However, its anti-hyperlipidemic components have not been reported. In this study, the leaves of S. dulcificum were extracted using 95% ethanol and the extract was fractionated using different polar solvents. The anti-hyperlipidemia activity of the extract and fractions were evaluated using the zebrafish model. The results showed that the ethyl acetate (EA) fraction displayed the best anti-hyperlipidemic effect. A comparison of the high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) profiles of the ethanol extract and different fractions at 350 nm indicated that a peak at 37.4 min has the highest intensity in the EA part, relatively. Then the chemical constituents of the extract and the active fraction were extensively identified using UPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap-MS/MS, showing the main peak was quercitrin and other components in the EA part mainly included quercitrin analogs. Furthermore, the quercitrin was isolated from the plant and its contents in the extract and fractions were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detector (HPLC-UV) method. The quantitative results showed that the content of quercitrin in the EA fraction was 10.04% (w/w). Further pharmacological study indicated that quercitrin also possessed potent anti-hyperlipidemia activity (improvement rates of liver fat and total cholesterol were 75.6% and 92.5% at 40 μg/mL, respectively). Besides, quercitrin showed little toxicity to zebrafish embryos.

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HyperlipidemiasHypolipidemic AgentsPlant ExtractsPlant LeavesQuercetinZebrafishAnimalsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidFruitTandem Mass SpectrometryHypolipidemic AgentsPlant ExtractsQuercetinquercitrinAnti-hyperlipidemic activityQuercitrinSynsepalum dulcificumZebrafish

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PMID38446284
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