Research Article

Chemical Composition, Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antidiabetic Activities of Ethanolic Extracts of Opuntia dillenii Fruits Collected from Morocco

Table 4

HPLC-DAD analysis of the four families of phenolic compounds; phenolic acids, phenolic alcohols, flavonoids and chalcons; which were detected in seeds, juice and peel of ethanolic extracts of O. dillenii fruits harvested in Morocco.

Sample (mg/100 g)Retention time (Tr) (min)SeedsJuicePeel

Phenolic acidsGallic acid2.404.95 ± 1.87447.63 ± 292.59183.04 ± 215.78
Vanillic acid6.91139.87 ± 80.1093.80 ± 35.4368.94 ± 15.24
Syringic acid6.72252.74 ± 139.8563.07 ± 44.13101.88 ± 73.78
Salicylic acid11.3029.79 ± 23.658.88 ± 2.26117.53 ± 73.88
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid5.8940.54 ± 20.7459.43 ± 42.2426.46 ± 29.13
Vanillin7.1125.99 ± 17.788.54 ± 2.3111.52 ± 6.13

Phenolic alcoholsFerulic acid8.462.76 ± 2.6013.40 ± 6.3118.55 ± 3.45
Caffeic acid6.4015.14 ± 9.4134.63 ± 50.4971.13 ± 8.44
p-Coumaric acid8.157.70 ± 11.9813.10 ± 10.42109.22 ± 78.73
Cinnamic acid12.4026.03 ± 12.5910.64 ± 1.2026.05 ± 14.88
Sinapic acid8.4111.96 ± 7.0950.60 ± 23.6462.59 ± 4.61

FlavonolsQuercetin12.2138.95 ± 20.6316.27 ± 9.5720.78 ± 4.85
Kaempferol13.72104.78 ± 94.6494.90 ± 21.33166.68 ± 54.85
Rutin9.64100.96 ± 54.9218.10 ± 9.2631.28 ± 3.39
Quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucoside9.60199.66 ± 212.1557.80 ± 21.55153.15 ± 8.09

FlavanolsCatechin4.0715.18 ± 14.42113.67 ± 103.4232.27 ± 18.07
FlavanonesNaringin9.3928.42 ± 16.1920.69 ± 8.2613.28 ± 7.49
ChalconesChalcone17.3935.30 ± 16.7010.70 ± 1.1018.73 ± 6.95