Ceratocarpus arenarius: Botanical Characteristics, Proximate, Mineral Composition, and Cytotoxic Activity
Kantureyeva A. Ustenova G. Zvonar Pobirk A. Mombekov S. Koilybayeva M. Amirkhanova A. Gemejiyeva N. Mamurova A. Kočevar Glavač N.
January 2024Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Molecules
2024#29Issue 2
Ceratocarpus arenarius (Chenopodiaceae) is an under-investigated annual plant that occurs in dry areas stretching from eastern and south-eastern Europe to East Asia. This article presents the botanical characterization and examination of proximate parameters, minerals and cytotoxic activity of C. arenarius that grows wild in Kazakhstan. The results of morphological analysis using a light microscope, based on cross-sections of stems, roots and leaves, provide the necessary data to develop a regulatory document for this herbal substance as a raw material for use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. The investigated proximate characteristics included moisture content (6.8 ± 0.28%), ash (5.9 ± 0.40%), fat (12.5 ± 21.28%) and protein (392.85 ± 25.50). The plant is also rich in minerals (mg/100 g dry weight); Na (20.48 ± 0.29), K (302.73 ± 1.15), Zn (4.45 ± 0.35), Fe (1.18 ± 0.03), Cu (0.11 ± 0.02), Mn (0.76 ± 0.01), Ca (131.23 ± 0.09) and Mg (60.69 ± 0.72). The ethanolic extract of C. arenarius showed no acute toxicity against the brine shrimp nauplii.
anatomy , Ceratocarpus arenarius , Chenopodiaceae , cytotoxic activity , mineral content , proximate composition
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School of Pharmacy, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Tole-bi 94, Almaty, 050012, Kazakhstan
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljuljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany and Phyto-Introductions, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
Department of Biodiversity of Bioresources, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
School of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Laboratory of Plant Resources
Department of Biodiversity of Bioresources
Department of Pharmaceutical Biology
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