Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is an annual plant belonging to the Amaranthaceae family.The most common species are green spinach and red spinach (with red streaks).It is rich in minerals, vitamins, c ...

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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is an annual plant belonging to the Amaranthaceae family.

The most common species are green spinach and red spinach (with red streaks).

It is rich in minerals, vitamins, carotenoids, polysaccharides and has been used by traditional medicine as an antioxidant therapeutic agent (1).

Compared to other plants, the consumption of spinach remains rather low despite the fact that he has many positive activities for human health such as (2):

• prevent macromolecular oxidative damage
• modulate the expression and activity of genes involved in metabolism, with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory activity
• curb food intake by inducing secretion of satiety hormones (anti-obesity)
  

 Among the most interesting components present in spinach are some flavonoids that exert antimutagenic properties (3):

• spinacetin
• 5,3',4'-trihydroxy-3-methoxy-6,7-methylenedioxyflavone
• protocatechuic acid
• ferulic acid
• coumaric acid

Based on the results of this study, it was deduced that extracts of spinach leaves exert antimicrobial activity both by inducing mutations in the DNA and by causing interruptions of the cell wall of the bacteria (4) .

Spinach studies

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(1) Partial characterization of the edible Spinacia oleracea polysaccharides: Cytoprotective and antioxidant potentials against Cd induced toxicity in HCT116 and HEK293 cells.  Mzoughi Z, Souid G, Timoumi R, Le Cerf D, Majdoub H.  Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Sep 1;136:332-340. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.089.

(2) Functional properties of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) phytochemicals and bioactives. Roberts JL, Moreau R.  Food Funct. 2016 Aug 10;7(8):3337-53. doi: 10.1039/c6fo00051g.

(3) Detection of flavonoids from Spinacia oleracea leaves using HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS and UPLC-QqQLIT-MS/MS techniques.  Singh A, Singh P, Kumar B, Kumar S, Dev K, Maurya R.  Nat Prod Res. 2019 Aug;33(15):2253-2256. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1489395

 

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