RSUSSH 2020

IN20-193 Screening and compound isolation from selected Thai herbal medicine for anti-hyaluronidase and anti-elastase activities

Presenter: Apirak Sakunpak
Rangsit University, Thailand

Abstract

          Ingredients form natural product have been used for centuries for skin care purposes. Nowadays, they are becoming more widespread in cosmetic formulations, due to consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about synthetic ingredients substances. The main advantage reported for plant extracts, used in skin care, include antioxidant, and anti-aging. In this study, ten herbal medicines used in Thailand were investigated for anti-hyaluronidase and anti-elastase activities, and their activities were investigated using enzyme-substrate assay. Ethanol extract of Senna garrettiana at the concentration of 0.25 mg/ml had the highest hyaluronidase and elastase inhibitory activity. The inhibitory percentage of S. garrettiana heartwood extract against hyaluronidase and elastase were 60.6 ± 0.8 and 62.5 ± 0.6 %, respectively. The result indicated that S. garrettiana heartwood extract has a potential use on anti-aging skin care products due to their aging-enzyme inhibition properties. The ethanol extract of S. garrettiana heartwood was therefore selected and subjected to isolate of the active anti-hyaluronidase and anti-elastase compounds. On the basis of bioassay-guided isolation, betulinic acid and piceatannol were obtained as an active compound from S. garrettiana heartwood extract, that exhibited satisfactory for anti-elastase activities with IC50 values of 20.5 and 15.2 µg/ml, respectively. With regard to anti-hyaluronidase studies, no activity was observed with isolated compounds at the concentration of 100 µg/ml.

Keywords: Anti-elastase; Anti-hyaluronidase; Plant extract; Skin aging; Senna garrettiana

Citation format:

Sakunpak, A., & Saingam, W.. (2020). Screening and compound isolation from selected Thai herbal medicine for anti-hyaluronidase and anti-elastase activities. Proceeding in RSU International Research Conference, May 1, 2020. Pathum Thani, Thailand.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Panan Kanchanaphum (Visitor)

- Why do you used fraction 6 and 12 for purification in the next step?

- What are the types of inhibitors of compound 1 and 2?

-How do you know compound 1 be betulinic acid and compound 2 be piceatannol?

Laksana Charoenchai (Participant)

Why at low concentration the isolated compound showed anti-elastase activities but at high concentration, it did not show anti-hyaluronidase activities?

Apirak Sakunpak (Presenter)

Dear Dr. PANAN KANCHANAPHUM

Thank you for your questions.

- The strongest inhibition of elastase was observed for fraction 6 and 12.

- Piceatannol and betulinic acid have been shown to exhibit moderate inhibitory effects against  elastase activity, presumably through non-covalent binding. 

- The chemical structures of these compounds were identified by comparing their 1H-NMR spectroscopic data with the relevant literatures previously published.

Apirak Sakunpak (Presenter)

Dear Dr. LAKSANA CHAROENCHAI

Thank you for your questions.

Previous studies have been reported that the isolated compounds showed weak hyaluronidase inhibitory activity having IC50 values greater than 100 ug/ml.