ArticleJournal of experimental pharmacology2025
Influence of the Solvent and the Harvesting Site on the Content of Phenolic Compounds and the in Vitro Antidiabetic Potential of Leafy Stems and Roots of
Article in Journal of experimental pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Phenolic Compounds: From Traditional Uses to Innovative Applications and Everything in Between.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Purpose: The objective was to verify the impact of the solvent and the harvesting site on the content of phenolic compounds as well as the in vitro antidiabetic activity of leafy stems and roots of Methods: The polyphenols and total flavonoids were measured on the crude extracts, obtained after maceration for 48 hours with acetone-water 50:50 (v/v), and ethanol-water 70:30 (v/v) . These extracts were evaluated for their antioxidant properties by DPPH, ABTS, and iron reduction (FRAP) tests. Finally, the α-amylase inhibitory activity of the crude extracts was determined by the method using DNS. Results: The results show that acetone-water favors polyphenol extraction, with a maximum content of 32.62 ± 0.85 mg EAG/100 mg DE in leafy stems from Banfora (LSBaAw). In contrast, ethanol-water extracted more flavonoids, with 4.59 ± 0.02 mg EQ/100 mg DE in roots from Bobo (RBoEw). For antioxidant activity, the ethanol-water extract of Bobo leafy stems (LSBoEw) showed the highest ABTS free radical scavenging activity (81.34 ± 1.07 µg/mL). In comparison, the ethanol-water extract of Banfora roots (RBaEw) showed the best DPPH free radical scavenging activity (55.71 ± 2.48 µg/mL). On the other hand, the acetone-water extract of Banfora leafy stems (LSBaAw) showed the highest iron reduction activity (15,445.81 ± 835.75 µmol EAA/100 mg DE). Finally, the highest α-amylase inhibitory activity was observed with ethanol-water extracts from roots (RBaEw: 98.45 ± 0.38%; RBoEw: 96.56±0.31%). Conclusion: These results underline the importance of the choice of solvent, organ, and harvesting site in optimizing the use of
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.