Phytoconstituent Profiles Associated with Relevant Antioxidant Potential and Variable Nutritive Effects of the Olive, Sweet Almond, and Black Mulberry Gemmotherapy Extracts
Amina Aleya,
Emőke Mihok,
Bence Pecsenye,
Maria Jolji,
Attila Kertész,
Péter Bársony,
Szabolcs Vígh,
Zoltán Cziaky,
Anna-Beáta Máthé,
Ramona Flavia Burtescu,
Neli-Kinga Oláh,
Andreea-Adriana Neamțu,
Violeta Turcuș,
Endre Máthé
Affiliations
Amina Aleya
Doctoral School of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Emőke Mihok
Doctoral School of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Bence Pecsenye
Doctoral School of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Maria Jolji
Doctoral School of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Attila Kertész
Doctoral School of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Péter Bársony
Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Szabolcs Vígh
Agricultural and Molecular Research Institute, University of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói Str. 31, 4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Zoltán Cziaky
Agricultural and Molecular Research Institute, University of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói Str. 31, 4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Anna-Beáta Máthé
Doctoral School of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Str. 94, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Ramona Flavia Burtescu
PlantExtrakt Ltd., 407059 Cluj, Romania
Neli-Kinga Oláh
PlantExtrakt Ltd., 407059 Cluj, Romania
Andreea-Adriana Neamțu
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vasile Goldiș Western University from Arad, L.Rebreanu Str. 86, 310414 Arad, Romania
Violeta Turcuș
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vasile Goldiș Western University from Arad, L.Rebreanu Str. 86, 310414 Arad, Romania
Endre Máthé
Institute of Nutrition Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 128, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
The extracts of whole plants or specific organs from different plant species are gaining increasing attention for their phytotherapy applications. Accordingly, we prepared standardized gemmotherapy extracts (GTEs) from young shoots/buds of olive (Olea europaea), sweet almond (Prunus amygdalus), and black mulberry (Morus nigra), and analyzed the corresponding phytonutrient profiles. We identified 42, 103, and 109 phytonutrients in the olive, almond, and black mulberry GTEs, respectively, containing amino acids, vitamins, polyphenols, flavonoids, coumarins, alkaloids, iridoids, carboxylic acids, lignans, terpenoids, and others. In order to assess the physiological effects generated by the GTEs, we developed a translational nutrition model based on Drosophila melanogaster and Cyprinus carpio. The results indicate that GTEs could influence, to a variable extent, viability and ATP synthesis, even though both are dependent on the specific carbohydrate load of the applied diet and the amino acid and polyphenol pools provided by the GTEs. It seems, therefore, likely that the complex chemical composition of the GTEs offers nutritional properties that cannot be separated from the health-promoting mechanisms that ultimately increase viability and survival. Such an approach sets the paves the way for the nutritional genomic descriptions regarding GTE-associated health-promoting effects.
