Title
Deciphering the therapeutical potentials of rosmarinic acid
Author
Sally El Kantar, Ali Yassin, Bilal Nehmeh, Louis Labaki, Sara Mitri, Fatima Naser Aldine, Aaron Hirko, Sergio Caballero, Eileen Monck, Alejandra Garcia-Maruniak & Elias Akoury
Year
2022
Journal
Scientific Reports
Abstract
Lemon balm is herbal tea used for soothing stomach cramps, indigestion, and nausea. Rosmarinic acid (RA) is one of its chemical constituents known for its therapeutic potentials against cancer, inflammatory and neuronal diseases such as the treatment of neurofibromatosis or prevention from Alzheimer’s diseases (AD). Despite efforts, recovery and purification of RA in high yields has not been entirely successful. Here, we report its aqueous extraction with optimal conditions and decipher the structure by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Using various physical–chemical and biological assays, we highlight its anti-aggregation inhibition potentials against the formation of Tau filaments, one of the hallmarks of AD. We then examine its anti-cancer potentials through reduction of the mitochondrial reductase activity in tumor cells and investigate its electrochemical properties by cyclic voltammetry. Our data demonstrates that RA is a prominent biologically active natural product with therapeutic potentials for drug discovery in AD, cancer therapy and inflammatory diseases.
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Instrument
V-530
Keywords
therapeutical potentials, cancer, SD, Alzheimer's diseases