Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Melanthera scandens

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dc.contributor.authorAdesegun, Sunday
dc.contributor.authorUsman-Alabi, Sukurat
dc.contributor.authorOlabanji, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorCoker, Herbert
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-16T20:03:35Z
dc.date.available2019-10-16T20:03:35Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractA methanol extract of dried leaves of Melanthera scandens was examined for antioxidant activities using a variety of assays, including 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging, reducing power, ferrous chelating, and ferric thiocyanate methods with ascorbic acid and EDTA as positive controls. The extract showed noticeable activities in most of these in vitro tests. The amount of phenolic compounds in the extract expressed in gallic acid equivalent was found to be 52.8 mg/g. The extract demonstrated inhibition of linoleic acid lipid peroxidation, active reducing power, and DPPH radical scavenging activities which were less than that of the positive controls. The extract also showed weaker iron chelating effect when compared with the EDTA positive control. The present results showed that M. scandens leaf extract possessed antioxidant properties and this plant is a potential useful source of natural antioxidants.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute Korea Elsevieren_US
dc.subjectantioxidant activitiesen_US
dc.subjectlipid peroxidationen_US
dc.subjectMelanthera scandensen_US
dc.subjectradical scavengingen_US
dc.subjectreducing poweren_US
dc.titleEvaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Melanthera scandensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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