Getting insights into chemical composition and antiherpetic capability of jujube (Ziziphus jujuba mill.) drupes.

ABSTRACT: Food plant diversity in bioactive compounds makes them an exploitable resource in the search for effective natural products to prevent or treat viral infections. Therefore, in the framework aimed at studying the antiviral properties of extractive mixtures from fruits (and their waste) grown in the Campania Region (Italy), jujube drupes (Zizyphus jujuba Mill.) were our focus. The drupes were dissected into their peel, pulp and seed parts, each of which was extracted by ultrasound-assisted maceration and further fractionated, thus obtaining, beyond the sugar fraction, a polyphenolic fraction and a lipid fraction. UHPLC-HR MS/MS tools highlighted that the polyphenolic component of the seed was strongly dissimilar from that of the edible parts, being constituted by swertisin and its der

SUBMITTER: Chianese A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature