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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

In Vitro Antioxidant, Antithrombotic and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of the Amphiphilic Bioactives Extracted from Avocado and Its By-Products.

Anita Marra, Vasileios Manousakis, Nikolaos Koutis, Georgios Panagiotis Zervas, Anna Ofrydopoulou, Katie Shiels, Sushanta Kumar Saha, Alexandros Tsoupras

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Avocado (Toxicology research · 2025
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  5. Amphiphilic Bioactives of Freshwater Aquatic PlantsPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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8 authors.

Anita MarraHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.
Vasileios ManousakisHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-6758-0156
Nikolaos KoutisHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0009-0005-0973-2368
Georgios Panagiotis ZervasHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0009-0003-7585-4502
Anna OfrydopoulouHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3925-6284
Katie ShielsShannon Applied Biotechnology Center, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Moylish Park, V94 E8YF Limerick, Ireland.
Sushanta Kumar SahaShannon Applied Biotechnology Center, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Moylish Park, V94 E8YF Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3981-8833
Alexandros TsouprasHephaestus Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0837-9778

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antioxidant, antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory effects of the amphiphilic compounds extracted from both avocado juice and by-products, were evaluated. All extracts were assessed for their total phenolic content (TPC) and total carotenoid content (TCC), and for their antioxidant activities by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assays as well as for their anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic potency in human platelets. The extracts rich in TAC (Total Amphiphilic Content) showed much higher content in phenolics and carotenoids from the extracts of total lipophilic content (TLC), which was reflected by the much stronger antioxidant capacities of TAC extracts. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy revealed the presence of not only phenolics and carotenoids, but also of bioactive polar lipids (PLs) in avocado TAC extracts, the LC-MS based structural analysis of which further revealed a fatty acid composition favourable for unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) versus saturated ones (SFAs), including monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) like the oleic acid (C18:1n9) and omega-3 (n3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) like the alpha linolenic acid (C18:3n3), with the subsequent anti-inflammatory low values of the n6/n3 PUFA ratio. The presence of such bioactive PLs that are rich in UFA within the TAC extracts of avocado juice and its by-products provide an explanation for the observed potent anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic activities of avocado TAC against thrombo-inflammatory mediators like platelet activating factor (PAF) and against standard platelet agonists like ADP, offering promise for such avocado TAC extracts, as ingredients in functional products for health/promoting applications either in cosmetics or in functional foods and nutraceuticals, or even drugs.

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anti-inflammatoryantioxidantantithromboticavocadoby-productscarotenoidsphenolicspolar lipidsUFA

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PMID40002333
PMCPMC11851995

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