ACTAACTA UNIVERSITATISUNIVERSITATIS CIBINIENSISCIBINIENSIS 10.2478/aucft-2020-0010 SeriesSeries E: E: Food Food technologytechnology PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF PHELYPAEA TOURNEFORTII – EFFECT OF PARASITIC LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS – Research paper – Renata PIWOWARCZYK*, Ireneusz OCHMIAN**, Sabina LACHOWICZ***, Ireneusz KAPUSTA****, Zofia SOTEK***** *Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, Uniwersytecka 7 Street, 25-406 Kielce, Poland;
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[email protected] ****Department of Food Technology and Human Nutrition, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 4 Street, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland;
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[email protected] Abstract: Some holoparasitic species can become cultivated plants due to their unique chemical composition. A lot of bioactive contents are characteristic for them. Holoparasites of the family Orobanchaceae are known to be an important and rich source of polyphenols, especially metabolites of the phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGs) group. However, only a minority of the species in this family have been phytochemically tested. They are reported to have multiple biological and therapeutic effects and have been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine. This is the first study to present phytochemical profiling for a representative of genus Phelypaea. The chemical composition and biological activity in particular organs of the parasite, P. tournefortii, were determined.