Carotenoid composition and in vitro pharmacological activity of rose hips.

Györgyi Horváth; Péter Molnár; Erika Radó-Turcsi; József Deli; Masami Kawase; Kazue Satoh; Toru Tanaka; Satoru Tani; Hiroshi Sakagami; Nóra Gyémánt; József Molnár

doi:10.18388/abp.2012_2187

Carotenoid composition and in vitro pharmacological activity of rose hips.

Györgyi Horváth Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Pécs, Medical School, Hungary. gyorgyi.horvath@aok.pte.hu;
Péter Molnár
Erika Radó-Turcsi
József Deli
Masami Kawase
Kazue Satoh
Toru Tanaka
Satoru Tani
Hiroshi Sakagami
Nóra Gyémánt
József Molnár

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2012_2187

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare carotenoid extracts of Rose hips (Rosa canina L.) with regard to their phytochemical profiles and their in vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), cytotoxic, multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal and radical scavenging activity. Carotenoid composition was investigated in the different fractionation of rose hips, using extraction methods. Six main carotenoids - epimers of neochrome, lutein, zeaxanthin, rubixanthin, lycopene, β,β-carotene - were identified from Rose hips by their chromatographic behavior and UV-visible spectra, which is in accordance with other studies on carotenoids in this plant material. The active principles in the carotenoid extract might differ, depending upon the extraction procedures.

Published

2012-03-17

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Articles

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