{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["More GK"],"funding":["Department of Life and Consumer Sciences Output Incentive Fund"],"pagination":["6214"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8539452"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(20)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The genus Vachellia, previously known as Acacia, belongs to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Leguminosae, which are flowering plants, commonly known as thorn trees. They are traditionally used medicinally in various countries including South Africa for the treatment of ailments such as fever, sore throat, Tuberculosis, convulsions and as sedatives. The aim of this study was to determine biochemical variations in five Vachellia species and correlate their metabolite profiles to antioxidant activity using a chemometric approach. The antioxidant activity of five Vachellia aqueous-methanolic extracts were analyzed using three methods: 2,2-di-phenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay, 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS+) analysis and the ferric reducing anti"],"journal":["Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Metabolomic Profiling of Antioxidant Compounds in Five Vachellia Species."],"pmcid":["PMC8539452"],"funding_grant_id":["University of South Africa Institutional Research Fund","Department of Life and Consumer Sciences Output Incentive Fund"],"pubmed_authors":["More GK","Meddows-Taylor S","Prinsloo G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Metabolomic Profiling of Antioxidant Compounds in Five Vachellia Species.","description":"The genus Vachellia, previously known as Acacia, belongs to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Leguminosae, which are flowering plants, commonly known as thorn trees. They are traditionally used medicinally in various countries including South Africa for the treatment of ailments such as fever, sore throat, Tuberculosis, convulsions and as sedatives. The aim of this study was to determine biochemical variations in five Vachellia species and correlate their metabolite profiles to antioxidant activity using a chemometric approach. The antioxidant activity of five Vachellia aqueous-methanolic extracts were analyzed using three methods: 2,2-di-phenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay, 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS+) analysis and the ferric reducing anti","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2025-04-22T20:51:22.226Z","creation":"2025-04-06T03:19:03.232Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8539452","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34684798"],"doi":["10.3390/molecules26206214"]}}