Flavonoids, a Potential New Insight of Leucaena leucocephala Foliage in Ruminant Health
2018
We investigated the constituents of Leucaena leucocephala foliage collected from Guangdong province in China and isolated 17 diverse flavonoids (1–17), including flavones (5–9, 11, and 12), flavonols (1, 10, and 16), flavanone 4, flavanonol 15, and flavonol glycosides (2, 3, 13, 14, and 17). Flavonoids quercetin (1), quercetin-3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (2), and myricetin-3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (17) were the major flavonoids components in L. leucocephala leaves, at a total concentration of about 2.5% of dry matter. pHRE-Luc inductive activity to mimic the activation of erythropoietin (EPO) gene, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antioxidant activities of isolated flavonoids (1–17) were evaluated. Flavonoids 7, 10, and 13 could strongly induce the transcriptional activity of pHRE-Luc, which indicated their potential to induce the expression of EPO. Flavonoids 7, 10, 13, and 17 displayed strong anti-inflammatory activity, relatively equal to the positive control dexamethasone. Flavonoids 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 16,...
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