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- Blumea lacera has garnered scientific interest due to its diverse biological activities and traditional medicinal uses, prompting a study on its bioactive compounds.
- The research revealed varying levels of total phenolics and flavonoids across different plant tissues, with old leaves having the highest amounts.
- Key compounds like rosmarinic acid, quercetin, and kaempferol were identified, and the plant exhibited strong enzyme inhibition activities, indicating its potential for treating obesity, neurological issues, and skin pigmentation disorders.
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Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. is attracting scientific interest due to the diverse biological activities of its various parts and its use in folk medicine. The present study was undertaken to investigate the tissue-specific differential expression pattern of its total bioactive compounds. The study was further extended to whole plant phenolics profiling, in vitro enzyme inhibition activities, followed by in silico enzyme inhibition analysis to assess its potential as herbal medicine. The amount of total phenolics in different tissues was followed in decreasing order as old leaf, flower bud, root, young leaf, flower, old stem, and young stem, while that for the flavonoids was old leaf, root, young leaf, flower bud, flower, young stem, and old stem. This study identified rosmarinic acid, quercetin, and kaempferol in this plant for the first time. The solvent extracts demonstrated strong inhibition of lipase and tyrosinase activity, along with varying degrees of inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activity. Among the detected compounds, ten displayed strong in silico binding affinities with the tested enzymes. The findings provide a new insight into further investigation of the medicinal potential of this species against obesity, neurological disorders, and aberrant skin color.
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