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Abstract Title:

Activity-Guided Fractionation of Red Fruit Extracts for the Identification of Compounds Influencing Glucose Metabolism.

Abstract Source:

Nutrients. 2019 May 24 ;11(5). Epub 2019 May 24. PMID: 31137670

Abstract Author(s):

Johanna Josefine Ostberg-Potthoff, Kirsten Berger, Elke Richling, Peter Winterhalter

Article Affiliation:

Johanna Josefine Ostberg-Potthoff

Abstract:

An activity-guided search for compounds influencing glucose metabolism in extracts from aronia (, A.), pomegranate (, P.), and red grape () was carried out. The three extracts were fractionated by means of membrane chromatography to separate the anthocyanins from other noncolored phenolic compounds (copigments). In addition, precipitation with hexane was performed to isolate the polymers (PF). The anthocyanin and copigment fractions (AF, CF) of aronia, pomegranate, and red grape were furthermore fractionated with high-performance countercurrent chromatography (HPCCC) and the subfractions were characterized by HPLC-PDA-MS/MS analyses. Each of the (sub-)fractions was examined by in vitro-tests, i.e., the inhibition of the activity ofα-amylase and α-glucosidase. On the basis of this screening, several potent inhibitors of the two enzymes could be identified, which included flavonols (e.g., quercetin), ellagitannins (e.g., pedunculagin), and anthocyanins (e.g., delphinidin-3-glucoside and petunidin-3-glucoside). In the α-glucosidase assay all of the examined fractions and subfractions of the fruit extracts were more active than the positive control acarbose.

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