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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2015.44.8.1234

Antioxidative and Anticancer Activities of Water Extracts from Different Parts of Taraxacum coreanum Nakai Cultivated in Korea  

Park, Myoung-Su (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kunsan National University)
So, Ji-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kunsan National University)
Bahk, Gyung-Jin (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kunsan National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.44, no.8, 2015 , pp. 1234-1240 More about this Journal
Abstract
Taraxacum coreanum Nakai is a wild medicinal plant commonly consumed in Korea due to its health beneficial effects. In the present study, the contents of polyphenolics and flavonoids as well as antioxidative and anticancer activities of water extracts from different parts of T. coreanum Nakai were investigated for their use as functional foods. Extract yields of flower, leaf, and root were 30.25%, 34.53%, and 66.25%, respectively. Total polyphenols and total flavonoids contents of flower extract were 50.54 mg/g and 35.26 mg/g, respectively, which were much higher than any other parts. The electron donating abilities of flower, leaf, and root extracts were 91.04%, 88.22%, and 38.58%, respectively, at a concentration of 1.0 mg/mL. Cell viability of AGS for human gastric carcinoma, HCT-116 for human colon carcinoma, and A-549 for human pulmonary carcinoma showed the lowest values in flower extracts (40.34%, 39.56%, and 17.52%, respectively), indicating the highest cytotoxicity at a concentration of 400 mg/kg. Both antioxidative and anticancer activities of water extracts from all T. coreanum Nakai parts dose-dependently increased. These results provide preliminary data for the development of T. coreanum Nakai as an edible functional food material.
Keywords
Taraxacum coreanum Nakai; total polyphenol; total flavonoid; antioxidant activity; anticancer activity;
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