Phytochemicals and Bioactivities of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse: A Southern Mexican Species with Medicinal Properties

Sebastian Alberto Ramos-Arcos¹, Sugey López-Martínez^1, , José R. Velázquez-Martínez², Yenny A. Gómez-Aguirre³, Emmanuel Cabañas-García⁴, Carlos M. Morales-Bautista⁵ and Minerva A. Hernandez-Gallegos⁶

¹División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, México

²División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, México

³CONACyT Research Fellow, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México

⁴Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 18, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Zacatecas, México,

⁵División Académica de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, México

⁶División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Méndez, México

Cite this paper:
Sebastian Alberto Ramos-Arcos, Sugey López-Martínez, José R. Velázquez-Martínez, Yenny A. Gómez-Aguirre, Emmanuel Cabañas-García, Carlos M. Morales-Bautista and Minerva A. Hernandez-Gallegos. Phytochemicals and Bioactivities of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse: A Southern Mexican Species with Medicinal Properties. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2023; 11(9):564-572. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-11-9-2

Abstract

Research was conducted on the biological potential and phenolic composition of Tradescantia zebrina Bosse. Through aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of leaves of the species, the total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and total tannin content (TTC) were determined; the antioxidant activity by DPPH•, ABTS•+ and FRAP methods, as well as the biological activities, antibacterial by agar diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and anti-inflammatory under the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) method in Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice. The hydroalcoholic extract presented the highest TPC (73.07 ± 0.78 mg EAG/g), TFC (24.34 ± 0.68 mg EC/g) and TTC (26.96 ± 0.18 mg EAG/g), and a relevant antioxidant activity with the FRAP assay (353.92 ± 3.20 mM ET/g). In addition, this extract was the only one that presented an inhibition zone of 8.5 ± 1.4 and 8 ± 0.0 mm, against Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. As well as a higher percentage of inhibition of inflammation (47.99%), an approximate value to the reference drug used. The evidence indicates that this plant possessing pharmaceutical potential that can be further explored as a natural source of new drugs.

Keywords:
Tradescantia zebrina antioxidant antibacterial anti-inflammatory extracts

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