Comparative Antioxidant Activity of Some Edible Plants

Turkish Journal of Biology

ZAHA A. EL-AGBAR¹ 

关键词: Terminalia chebula;    Salvia officinalis L.;    Calamintha incana;    Thymus vulgaris L.;    Matricaria chamomilla;    Nigella sativa;    antioxidant activity;    DPPH;    ascorbic acid;    methanolic extract;   

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK

【 摘 要 】

Terminalia chebula, Salvia officinalis L., Calamintha incana, Thymus vulgaris L., Matricaria chamomilla, and Nigella sativa are commonly used spices. In the present study the methanolic extracts of these spices were evaluated for their antioxidant activity by the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging method. All the methanolic extracts showed significant antioxidant activity. The IC_{50} of the methanolic extracts ranged between 3.8 ± 0.1 and 168.8 ± 2.1 \mug/ml, and that of ascorbic acid was 8.6 ± 0.1 \mug/ml. The study revealed that the consumption of these spices could exert several beneficial effects by virtue of their antioxidant activity.

【 授权许可】

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