For millennia, medicinal plants have been used to prevent and cure diseases. Up to now there is a growing interest in their use in several areas as conducted for Anthyllis in our investigation. Actually the present research aims to investigate the biochemical characterisation of a medicinal plant collected from Tunisia named Woundwort [Anthyllis vulneraria L. (Jones and Turrill 1933)] by determining the mineral content, phenolic compound contents and biological activities of its leaf and flower extracts. On the one hand, the results obtained showed that A. vulneraria accumulated minerals at different amounts with significant differences between leaves and flowers extracts. On the other hand, the data revealed that the hydroethanolic flower extract contained the highest content of total polyphenols, flavonoids and condensed tannin, as it exhibited the strongest antioxidant activity. The flower extract also showed better antibacterial effect than leaf extract. These results support the exploitation of active compounds extracted from the leaves and especially the flowers of A. vulneraria, which can provide new alternatives to the use of certain drugs, additives, among others, as they can be used as structure–activity models for the development of new products.

几千年来，药用植物已被用于预防和治疗疾病。到目前为止，在我们对Anthyllis的调查中，人们对它们在几个领域的使用越来越感兴趣。实际上，本研究旨在通过测定其叶和花提取物的矿物质含量、酚类化合物含量和生物活性，研究从突尼斯采集的名为 Woundwort [ Anthyllis vulneraria L. (Jones and Turrill 1933)]的药用植物的生化特征。一方面，所得结果表明A. vulneraria积累了不同数量的矿物质，叶子和花提取物之间存在显着差异。另一方面，数据显示水乙醇花提取物的总多酚、黄酮类化合物和缩合单宁含量最高，因为它表现出最强的抗氧化活性。花提取物也表现出比叶提取物更好的抗菌作用。这些结果支持开发从A. vulneraria的叶子，尤其是花中提取的活性化合物，这可以为某些药物、添加剂等的使用提供新的替代方案，因为它们可以用作结构-活性模型新产品的开发。