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Antioxidant activities and tyrosinase inhibition effects of Phaleria macrocarpa extracts

Nadri MH, Salim Y, Basar N, Yahya A, Zulkifli RM

Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med, 2014;11(3):107-11.
PMID: 25371571

BACKGROUND: The ethyl acetate and chloroform extracts of stems, leaves and fruits of Phaleria macrocarpa were screened for their antioxidant capacity and tyrosinase inhibition properties.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: The total phenolic content (TPC), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging and ferric-ion reducing power (FRAP) were used to evaluate their antioxidant capacity. Tyrosinase inhibition effect was measured using mushroom tyrosinase inhibition assay.
RESULT: Ethyl acetate extract of P. macrocarpa's stem exhibited highest total phenolic content, DPPH free radical scavenging and ferric reducing power. Meanwhile, chloroform extracts of leaves and fruits demonstrated potent anti-tyrosinase activities as compared to a well-known tyrosinase inhibitor, kojic acid.
CONCLUSION: Since chloroform extracts of leaves and fruits have low antioxidant capacities, the tyrosinase inhibition effect observed are antioxidant independent. This study suggests direct tyrosinase inhibition by chloroform extracts of Phaleria macrocarpa.
In silico approach for Post-SELEX DNA aptamers: A mini-review

Ahmad NA, Mohamed Zulkifli R, Hussin H, Nadri MH

J Mol Graph Model, 2021 06;105:107872.
PMID: 33765525 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107872

Aptamers are short oligonucleotides that possess high specificity and affinity against their target. Generated via Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment, (SELEX) in vitro, they were screened and enriched. This review covering the study utilizing bioinformatics tools to analyze primary sequence, secondary and tertiary structure prediction, as well as docking simulation for various aptamers and their ligand interaction. Literature was pooled from Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases until December 18, 2020 using specific search string related to DNA aptamers, in silico, structure prediction, and docking simulation. Out of 330 published articles, 38 articles were assessed in the analysis based on the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. It was found that Mfold and RNA Composer web server is the most popular tool in secondary and tertiary structure prediction of DNA aptamers, respectively. Meanwhile, in docking simulation, ZDOCK and AutoDock are preferred to analyze binding interaction in the aptamer-ligand complex. This review reports a brief framework of recent developments of in silico approaches that provide predictive structural information of ssDNA aptamer.
Chemical composition of three Malaysian Horsfieldia essential oils

Salleh WMNHW, Shakri NM, Khamis S, Setzer WN, Nadri MH

Nat Prod Res, 2020 Sep 14.
PMID: 32927975 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1819274

This study aims to assess the chemical compositions of the essential oils from three Horsfieldia species namely H. fulva Warb., H. sucosa Warb. and H. superba Warb., which are found in Malaysia. The essential oils were derived from the samples through hydrodistillation which were then characterised by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Based on the findings, the H. fulva, H. sucosa and H. superba essential oils represented 98.2%, 98.7% and 98.5% of the total oils, respectively. The major component of H. fulva oil was identified to be germacrene D (20.8%), H. sucosa oil mainly contained α-cadinol (17.5%), whereas H. superba oil was rich in δ-cadinene (18.2%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of the composition of the essential oils from these selected Horsfieldia species.
Composition of the essential oils of three Malaysian Xylopia species (Annonaceae)

Shakri NM, Salleh WMNHW, Khamis S, Mohamad Ali NA, Nadri MH

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci, 2020 Nov 26;75(11-12):479-484.
PMID: 32960782 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2020-0096

The rich and diversified Malaysian flora represents an excellent resource of new chemical structures with biological activities. The genus Xylopia L. includes aromatic plants that have both nutritional and medicinal uses. This study aims to contribute with information about the volatile components of three Xylopia species essential oils: Xylopia frutescens, Xylopia ferruginea, and Xylopia magna. In this study, essential oils were extracted from the leaves by a hydrodistillation process. The identification of the essential oil components was performed by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major components of the essential oils from X. frutescens were bicyclogermacrene (22.8%), germacrene D (14.2%), elemol (12.8%), and guaiol (12.8%), whereas components of the essential oils from X. magna were germacrene D (35.9%), bicyclogermacrene (22.8%), and spathulenol (11.1%). The X. ferruginea oil was dominated by bicyclogermacrene (23.6%), elemol (13.7%), guaiol (13.4%), and germacrene D (12.3%).