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Effect of an osmanthus fragrans flower beverage on the antioxidant activity in healthy individuals
Abstract
This study evaluated the ability of an Osmanthus fragrans flower beverage, high in polyphenols and antioxidants, to modulate the plasma antioxidant status in healthy subjects. The hypothesis that Osmanthus fragrans flower beverage supplementation would upregulate antioxidant parameters (ORAC, GSH, GSSG, GSH/GSSG ratio, GPx and SOD) in adults was tested. Twenty healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to receive one of the followings for 7 days: low-dose Osmanthus fragrans flower beverage (LD, brewing 1 g of dry Osmanthus fragrans flower in 1,000 mL of boiling water for 20 min), high-dose flower beverage (HD, brewing 2 g of dry Osmanthus fragrans flower in 1,000 mL of boiling water for 20 min) and control (1,000 mL of water only). The result showed a highly significant increase of plasma ORAC (35.4%, p < 0.01), GSH (18.9%, p < 0.01), GSH/GSSG ratio (52.7%, p < 0.05), and GPx (90.7%, p < 0.01) in the HD group, a significant decrease in plasma GSSG (21.9%, p < 0.05), but no difference in plasma SOD activity. These results support the hypothesis that consumption of 1 cup a day of Osmanthus fragrans flower beverage for 7 days may increase the antioxidant defenses in healthy individuals.
... Daily consumption of 250 mL this beverage for consecutive 7 days can increase the antioxidant defenses in 20 healthy adults. The ORAC activity, content of GSH and GPx in plasma all increased, while the content of GSSG decreased (Li, Tsai, & Hung, 2013). Consumer's acceptability is another important factor in functional foods. ...
Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.) Lour. has been cultivated in China for over 2500 years. Due to the unique and strong fragrance, O. fragrans flowers have long been added into food, tea, and beverages. Not only the O. fragrans flowers, but also leaves, barks, roots, and fruits possess some beneficial effects such as relieving pain and alleviating cough in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Modern pharmacological researches demonstrated that O. fragrans possesses a broad spectrum of biological activities including antioxidant, neuroprotective, antidiabetic and anticancer activities etc.. A large number of phytochemicals identified in O. fragrans are responsible for its health promoting and disease preventing effects. The components of volatile compounds in O. fragrans are complex but the content is less abundant. The present review mainly focuses on the bioactive ingredients identified from O. fragrans, the therapeutic effects of O. fragrans and its applications in food, cosmetics and medicines.
... Recently, our group reported that O. fragrans flower beverage supplementation upregulated antioxidant parameters, including ORAC, GSH, GSSG, and GSH/GSSG ratio, GPx and SOD, in adults. After seven days of daily consuming 250 mL of a beverage made by brewing 2 g of dry O. fragrans flower in 1L of water, subjects were found to have increased plasma ORAC activity, increased GSH and GPx content, and decreased GSSG, suggesting that consumption of this beverage might increase the antioxidant defense of the healthy individuals (Li et al. 2013). In the aforementioned study, five phenolic compounds, including tyrosyl acetate (1), (+)-phillygenin (2), (8E)-ligustroside (3), rutin (4), and verbascoside (5), were isolated from the CHCl 3 layer of O. fragrans. ...
Background: Osmanthus fragrans flower, recently certificated as a new natural antioxidant, has been used in various foods. We performed an acute and subacute toxicological test for evaluating the safety and toxicity of 75 % ethanol extraction of Osmanthus fragrans (OFEE).
Method: In the acute toxicity study, a single dose of 5 g/kg and 10 g/kg of the extract was administered orally to six mice. General behaviour, mortality and toxic symptoms were determined daily for 14 days. For the subacute toxicity, two groups of 12 mice received 0.9% normal saline (control) and 1 g/kg of the extract daily for 28 consecutive days by oral gavage. The animals were observed daily for abnormal clinical signs and death. Body weight, haematological and biochemical parameters of blood as well as kidney, liver, lung and spleen tissues histology were evaluated.
Results: The total phenolic contents in OFEE were 371.71 12.35 mg GAE/g extracts and total flavonoid contents were 47.23 5.36 mg QE/g extract. OFEE did not cause any mortality or morbidity. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was 10 g/kg body weight in our BALB/c mice, which can be regarded as virtually non-toxic. Administration of OFEE at dose 1 g/kg/day for 28-day did not cause changed in hematological, biochemical assay, and histopathological conditions change, suggesting a no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOVEL) of 1 g/kg/day.
Conclusion: We found no evidence of adverse effects in our laboratory test and pathological studies. 75 % ethanol extraction may safely be used in the research of Osmanthus fragrans in animal and probably human studies.
There is an urgent need to find long-acting, natural osteogenesis-promoting drug systems. In this study, first the potential targets and mechanism of osmanthus fragrans (O. fragrans) extract in regulating osteogenic differentiation based on autophagy were analyzed by network pharmacology and molecular docking. Then, osmanthus fragrans was extracted using the ethanol reflux method and an osmanthus fragrans extract loaded Poly N-isopropylacrylamide (OF/NIPAAM) hydrogel was prepared by electron beam radiation. The chemical components of the osmanthus fragrans extract and the microstructure of OF/NIPAAM hydrogels were characterized by ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (UV-Vis) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. Mouse embryonic osteoblast precursor cells MC3T3-E1 were cultured with different concentrations of OF/NIPAAM hydrogel to discover cell proliferation activity by CCK-8 assay. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining and alizarin red staining were used to observe the differentiation and calcification. Through experimental exploration, we found that a total of 11 targets were predicted, which are TP53, CASP3, SIRT1, etc., and osmanthus fragrans had good binding activity to TP53. In vitro, except for proliferation promotion, OF/NIPAAM hydrogel enhanced ALP activity and formation of mineralized nodules of MC3T3-E1 cells at a concentration equal to or less than 62.5 μg/mL (p < 0.05). The addition of autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) reduced ALP activity and mineralized nodule formation.
O. fragrans has slightly less antioxidative activity than green tea. Five phenolic compounds, tyrosyl acetate ( 1 ), (+)-phillygenin ( 2 ), (8 E )-ligustroside ( 3 ), rutin ( 4 ), and verbascoside ( 5 ), were isolated from the CHCl3 sub-extract of O. fragrans . The structures were elucidated by interpreting their spectral data. Evaluation of the antioxidative property of the isolated (+)-phillygenin ( 2 ), rutin ( 4 ), and verbascoside ( 5 ) revealed strong DPPH radical scavenging activity, with IC50 values of 19.1, 10.3, and 6.2 μM, respectively. These isolates also exhibited an H2O2 scavenging ability, with IC50 values of 10.5, 23.4, and 13.4 μM, respectively.
An imbalance between oxidative damage and antioxidative protection in association with the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis has been suggested. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between plasma lipids, the antioxidant system and oxidative damage in Thai patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Sixty-one patients (40 males, 21 females), who were angiographically defined as having CAD and were clinically stable, participated in this study. Thirty-two healthy subjects (20 males, 12 females) served as normal controls. The investigation included the measurements of plasma lipid profiles and plasma total antioxidative status (TAS) such as plasma vitamin E erythrocyte glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), as well as malondialdehyde (MDA) and total plasma total protein thiols (P-SH). In patients with CAD, erythrocyte GSH and GPx were significantly lower than those found in controls. However plasma TAS and vitamin E were not significantly different between groups. Patients with CAD also had higher MDA and lower P-SH levels than the controls, which represents the oxidative damage products of lipid and proteins. Multiple regression analysis revealed negative correlations between GSH and cholesterol, GSH and low density lipoprotein (LDL), vitamin E and MDA, as well as P-SH and MDA. This study demonstrated the status of oxidative stress in patients with stable CAD. Since oxidative stress is the imbalance between the total oxidants and antioxidants in the body, any single oxidant/antioxidant parameter may not reflect the overall oxidative stress system. Thus, in patients with CAD, diets with various types of antioxidants may be more beneficial in increasing antioxidant activity than any particular antioxidant supplementation.
Oxidant stress is a key mechanism for smoking-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking has been shown to upregulate several antioxidant enzymes, with potential effects on the prevention of the disease and/or its progression. Superoxide dismutases (SOD)s are the only enzymes capable of consuming superoxide radicals. The purpose of the present study was to investigate SODs in the lungs of nonsmokers, smokers and COPD patients.
Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), copper zinc SOD (CuZnSOD), and extracellular SOD (ECSOD), were investigated by immunohistochemistry in the airways of 13 nonsmokers, 20 smokers and 22 COPD patients with mild-to-moderate disease. Lung tissue homogenates of three nonsmokers and four smokers were used for Western blot and enzyme activity analysis.
The expression of MnSOD was higher in the central bronchial epithelium of smokers with COPD and in the alveolar epithelium of smokers without or with COPD than innonsmokers. Lung MnSOD immunoreactivity, evaluated by Western blotting and specific activity, were 33% and 51% higher, respectively, in smokers than in nonsmokers. No major changes could be observed in lung CuZnSOD or ECSOD immunoreactivities.
Manganese superoxide dismutase is elevated in the alveolar epithelium of cigarette smokers, probably due to the increased oxidant burden in smokers' lungs.
A 42-d trial was conducted with 252 broiler chickens (d 1 of age, 38.8 +/- 1.3 g of BW) to determine the effects of Forsythia suspensa extract on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and antioxidant activities under high ambient temperature (32 +/- 1 degrees C). The feeding program consisted of a starter diet from d 1 to 21 of age and a finisher diet from d 22 to 42 of age. Dietary treatments included a negative control group (NC) fed a cornsoybean meal based diet without vitamin C or Forsythia suspensa extract, a positive control group fed a diet with 200 mg of vitamin C/kg, and a test group (FS) fed with 100 mg of Forsythia suspensa extract/kg. There were 14 cages per treatment and 6 birds per cage during the study. Birds had free access to diets and water during the entire period. Body weight and feed intake were measured at d 21 and 42. Blood and tissue samples were collected at d 21 and 42 for assay of antioxidant indices. Growth performance did not differ among treatment groups during the starter period. In the finisher phase, birds in FS had greater (P < 0.05) average daily gain, feed conversion, and apparent digestibility of energy, CP, calcium, and phosphorus than birds in NC. Furthermore, birds in FS had greater (P < 0.05) total antioxidant capacity and superoxide dismutase activity and lower (P < 0.05) malondialdehyde activity in the serum than birds in NC. The FS birds had greater (P < 0.05) muscle superoxide dismutase activity and lower (P < 0.05) malondialdehyde than NC birds. During the entire period, hepatic superoxide dismutase activity of FS birds was greater (P < 0.05) than that of NC birds. Dietary supplementation with Forsythia suspensa extract can enhance nutrient digestibility and growth performance possibly by reducing oxidative stress of broiler chickens under high ambient temperatures.
In the past decade, oxygen radicals have been associated with the development of depression. Osmanthus fragrans is a plant that is distributed in areas of China, Japan and Taiwan. Report show that Osmanthus fragrans flower extract (OFFE), which contains a high amount of total flavonoid and polyphenol, has a significant antioxidant effect, and even has a neuroprotective function. The present study investigated the effects of OFFE on maternally deprived rats (MDP) in early life. The oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), glutathione (GSH) measurements and forced swim test (FST) were conducted to estimate the effects of OFFE on the MDP rats.The data showed that OFFE caused a significant dose-dependent increase in ORAC and GSH in the organs of the MDP rats, including the brain. At lower doses, the specific brain regions of MDP rats, such as the hippocampus, cerebral cortex, thalamus and cerebellum, also saw a significant increase in ORAC and GSH. In addition, the immobile time in the FST of OFFE treated MDP rats fell significantly at all treated doses. Moreover, the results of lower dose treatment experiments showed a correlation between the antioxidant ability of OFFE and its antidepressant effects. The results indicate that OFFE can strengthen the ability to carry out antioxidation in MDP rats, and that the depression-like behavior of such rats can be decreased due to the antioxidant effect of OFFE.
The synthetic bifunctional enzyme model manganese(III) meso-tetrakis[4-(3-allylselenopropyl)oxycarbonylphenyl]porphy-rin (Se-Mn(III)-TCPP) demonstrates both superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities.
Four new tetrahydrofuranoid lignan glycosides, (7S,8R,7′R,8′S)-4,9,4′,7′-tetrahydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-7,9′-epoxylignan 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), (7R,8S,7′S,8′R)-4,9,4′,7′-tetrahydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-7,9′-epoxylignan 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), (7R,8S,7′R,8′S)-4,9,4′,9′-tetrahydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-7,7′-epoxylignan 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (4), and rel-(7R,8S,7′S,8′R)-4,9,4′,9′-tetrahydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-7,7′-epoxylignan 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), and ten known lignan glycosides, 1 and 6–14, were isolated from the leaves of Osmanthus fragransLour. var. aurantiacusMakino. Their structures were established on the basis of spectral and chemical studies.
The antioxidant properties of 12 hydroxyflavones (including flavonols) and eight methoxyflavones were evaluated using the pyrogallol UV–VIS spectrophotometric method to generate superoxide anion. Pro- and antioxidant activity depends of the flavone concentration in the medium. Results show that the hydroxylation (on the C ring) of the 3- position (flavonols) enhanced antioxidant properties more than methoxylation. A similar phenomenon is observed for hydroxylation at the 2′- and 4′-positions (B ring). Hydroxylation or methoxylation on the 7- position (A ring), however, has a negative effect on the radical scavenger activity.
Osmanthus fragrans, a common flavor additive for tea and other beverages, has potential applications in biomedical science. In this study, we investigated O. fragrans acetonic extract (OFE) for its total phenolic and flavonoid contents, radical-scavenging activity, and potential anti-tyrosinase ability. OFE possessed considerable amounts of phenolics (264.7 mg gallic acid equivalent/g of extract) and flavonoids (190.7 mg catechin equivalent/g of extract). The antioxidation activities, measured in terms of EC50 values using DPPH and ABTS+ assays, were 304.9 mg ascorbic acid equivalent/g of extract and 516.3 mg trolox equivalent/g of extract, respectively. LC–MS results discovered the presence of luteolin in the extract, and a kinetic study revealed an uncompetitive inhibitory effect of OFE upon the oxidation of tyrosine (IC50 = 2.314 mg/mL) and l-DOPA (IC50 = 44.20 mg/mL). In addition, we tested OFE in vitro (B16F10 cells) for its anti-tyrosinase activity and anti-melanin formation and found that OFE was able to reduce the tyrosinase activity and melanin formation of B16F10 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Our findings support that O. fragrans is a potential natural, functional antioxidant food favor additive. Additionally, because OFE inhibits melanin formation, it appears to have potential use as an anti-browning food additive, in skin-whitening cosmetics, or as a new drug for treating melanoma.
Extracellular superoxide dismutase (ECSOD) is the major superoxide-scavenging enzyme in the lung. Certain ECSOD polymorphisms are protective against COPD. We postulated that smokers and COPD subjects would have altered levels of ECSOD in the lung, airway secretions, and/or plasma. Lung tissue ECSOD was evaluated from nonsmokers, smokers, and subjects with mild to very severe COPD by Western blot, immunohistochemistry, and ELISA. ECSOD levels in plasma, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and induced-sputum supernatants were analyzed by ELISA and correlated with smoking history and disease status. Immunohistochemistry identified ECSOD in extracellular matrix around bronchioles, arteries, and alveolar walls, with decreases seen in the interstitium and vessels of severe COPD subjects using digital image analysis. Plasma ECSOD did not differ between COPD subjects and controls nor based on smoking status. ECSOD levels in induced sputum supernatants were elevated in current smokers and especially in COPD subjects compared to nonsmokers, whereas corresponding changes could not be seen in the BALF. ECSOD expression was reduced around vessels and bronchioles in COPD lungs. Substantial increases in sputum ECSOD in smokers and COPD is interpreted as an adaptive response to increased oxidative stress and may be a useful biomarker of disease activity in COPD.
GSH is an important cellular defense against oxidant injury. Its effect in the rat liver microsomal lipid peroxidation system has been examined. Incubation of fresh rat liver microsomes with ascorbic acid and ADP-chelated iron leads to the peroxidation of microsomal lipids (production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and destruction of polyunsaturated fatty acids) following a 2 to 5 min lag. Addition of 0.1 mM GSH to the system lengthened the lag period by 5 to 15 min without affecting the rate or the extent of lipid peroxidation. GSH could not be replaced in prolonging the lag by cysteine, mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, propylthiouracil, or GSSG. The GSH effect on the lag was abolished by heating or trypsin digestion of the microsomes, indicating that microsomal protein is required for its expression. Progressively longer lags were observed as the GSH concentration was increased from 0.1 to 5 mM, but there was no evidence of GSH oxidation as a consequence of the protection against lipid peroxidation. GSH protected against heat inactivation of the microsomal protein responsible for the GSH effect. Experiments with an oxygen electrode revealed that the GSH protection did not alter the ratio of O2 consumed to thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances produced. This implicated free radical scavenging as the mechanism of protection. These results indicate the existence of a GSH-dependent rat liver microsomal protein which scavenges free radicals. This protein may be an important defense against free radical injury to the microsomal membrane.
Selenium exerts its biological activity largely through selenoproteins, which contain the element in the form of selenocysteine. Five selenoproteins have been characterized in animal tissues and there is evidence that a number of others exist. Selenoprotein synthesis is a complex process that has been well characterized in prokaryotic systems but incompletely characterized in eukaryotic systems. Selenium deficiency causes a decrease in selenoproteins, but the decrease is not uniform and some selenoproteins are maintained better than others. The selenoprotein most sensitive to selenium deficiency is liver cGSH-Px. It contains a significant fraction of the selenium in the body, and decreased synthesis of it under deficiency conditions might serve to increase the selenium available for synthesis of selenoproteins that are more important to the survival of the animal than is cGSH-Px. The regulation of individual selenoproteins in selenium deficiency appears to be at the mRNA level. Factors that affect mRNA levels have not been completely characterized, but the fall in cGSH-Px mRNA in rat liver is not accompanied by decreased transcription, which suggests that it is regulated through changes in degradation.
Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC SOD) is generally the least abundant SOD isozyme in tissues, while the intracellular Cu,Zn SOD is usually the most abundant isozyme. The biological significance of EC SOD is unknown. Immunolocalization studies show that EC SOD is in the connective tissue surrounding smooth muscle in vessels and airways within the lung. Endothelium derived relaxing factor, thought to be a nitric oxide (NO) species, is a primary mediator of vascular relaxation. During NO.'s diffusion between the endothelium and smooth muscle, extracellular superoxide would be the most efficient scavenger of NO(.). High levels of extracellular superoxide dismutase in vessels could, therefore, be essential to enable NO. to modulate vascular tone. To evaluate the hypothesis that vessel walls are functionally rich in extracellular superoxide scavenging capacity, this study quantitates the EC SOD levels in pulmonary and systemic vessels and in airways. Both pulmonary and systemic arteries in humans and baboons were found to contain high activities of EC SOD. The level of EC SOD in all human and baboon arteries examined is greater than or equal to the level of intracellular Cu,Zn SOD, and EC SOD accounted for over 70% of the total SOD activity in some vessels examined. Immunolocalization of EC SOD in human and baboon vessels show similar distributions of this enzyme in pulmonary and systemic vessels. EC SOD is located beneath the endothelium, surrounding smooth muscle cells, and throughout the adventitia of vessels. The high level of EC SOD in vessels, and its localization between endothelial and smooth muscle cells, suggest that regulation of superoxide may be particularly important in this region, possibly in regulating vascular tone.
Mean manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) concentrations in the serum of patients suffering from alcohol dependence is almost twice as high as in serum of non-dependent controls. In order to investigate the time course of this parameter during abstinence, we determined it at different time points. Patients had mean Mn-SOD serum concentrations (+/-S.D.) of 150.4 +/- 76.3, 121.1 +/- 40.7, 94.6 +/- 37.8 micrograms/ml at 1, 10 and 40 days after abstinence compared to 76.3 +/- 16.9 micrograms/ml as mean Mn-SOD value in the control group. Although the Mn-SOD concentration tended to normalise during abstinence, the differences between index and control group remained significant up to the last measurement at day 40.
It has been reported that iron can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) with thiols. In this study, we examined the interaction of iron with thiols in plasma and the generation of ROS. In human plasma, unlike with Fe(3+), treatment with Fe(2+) increased lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence in a concentration-dependent manner, and this was inhibited by superoxide dismutase. Boiling of plasma did not affect chemiluminescence generation induced by Fe(2+). Thiol depletion in plasma by pretreatment with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) decreased chemiluminescence significantly. Consistent with these findings, albumin, the major thiol contributor in plasma, also generated ROS with Fe(2+). Treatment with Fe(2+) resulted in significant reduction of oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC value) in plasma followed by an increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation. These results suggest that generation of ROS by nonenzymatic reaction of Fe(2+) with plasma thiols could lead to reduction of total antioxidant capacity in plasma, thereby enhancing susceptibility of plasma LDL to oxidation under iron overload conditions.
The ethanol extract of dried flowers Osmanthus fragrans (OFE) was assessed for free radical scavenging effects measured by the bleaching of the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical, scavenging of the hydroxyl anion, investigation of the ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) and lipid-peroxidation inhibition in rat tissues. OFE contained a high amount of total flavonoid and polyphenol. OFE presented the effects in the metal reducing power, FRAP assay with IC(50) values of 0.23 microg/ml, and 7.74 microg/ml, respectively. OFE presented similar activities toward the DPPH and hydroxyl anion scavenging ability with IC(50) values of 10 microg/ml. OFE with IC(50 )values between 46 and 97 microg/ml inhibited lipid peroxidation initiated by ferrous chloride in rat brain, liver, heart and kidney mitochodrias. Moreover, the neuroprotective activity of OFE was investigated under different insults (glutamate, arachidonic acid, and 6-hydroxydopamine) in Wistar rat primary cortical neurons. OFE with EC(50 )values between 66 and 165 microg/ml attenuated the neurotoxicity on MTT and LDH assays. In addition, the AKT protein expression of excitotoxicity and oxidative stress was displayed by western blotting analysis. OFE could up-regulate the glutamate and 6-OHDA decreased AKT expression. This is the first demonstration of the neuroprotective, free radical scavenging and anti-oxidative effects of O. fragrans.