{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7(10)"],"submitter":["Xia F"],"pubmed_abstract":["Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench), a healthy vegetable, is widely spread in tropical and subtropical areas. Previous studies have proven that okra pods possess anti-fatigue activity, and the aim of this research is to clarify the anti-fatigue constituents. To achieve this, we divided okra pods (OPD) into seeds (OSD) and skins (OSK), and compared the contents of total polysaccharides, total polyphenols, total flavonoids, isoquercitrin, and quercetin-3-O-gentiobiose and the antioxidant activity in vitro and anti-fatigue activity in vivo between OSD and OSK. The contents of total polyphenols and total polysaccharides were 29.5% and 14.8% in OSD and 1.25% and 43.1% in OSK, respectively. Total flavonoids, isoquercitrin and quercetin-3-O-gentiobiose (5.35%, 2.067% and 2.741%, respectivel"],"journal":["Nutrients"],"pagination":["8846-58"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4632455"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Antioxidant and Anti-Fatigue Constituents of Okra."],"pmcid":["PMC4632455"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu X","Liao Y","Chang Q","Pan R","Zhong Y","Li M","Xia F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Antioxidant and Anti-Fatigue Constituents of Okra.","description":"Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench), a healthy vegetable, is widely spread in tropical and subtropical areas. Previous studies have proven that okra pods possess anti-fatigue activity, and the aim of this research is to clarify the anti-fatigue constituents. To achieve this, we divided okra pods (OPD) into seeds (OSD) and skins (OSK), and compared the contents of total polysaccharides, total polyphenols, total flavonoids, isoquercitrin, and quercetin-3-O-gentiobiose and the antioxidant activity in vitro and anti-fatigue activity in vivo between OSD and OSK. The contents of total polyphenols and total polysaccharides were 29.5% and 14.8% in OSD and 1.25% and 43.1% in OSK, respectively. Total flavonoids, isoquercitrin and quercetin-3-O-gentiobiose (5.35%, 2.067% and 2.741%, respectivel","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Oct","modification":"2025-04-21T20:29:11.049Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:01:19Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4632455","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26516905"],"doi":["10.3390/nu7105435"]}}