Free radical scavenging and cytotoxic activity of five commercial standardized extracts (red wine, green tea, pine bark, polygonum and pomegranate)

Autor: Ledy, García-Becerra, Catalina, Leos-Rivas, Azucena, Oranday-Cárdenas, Catalina, Rivas-Morales
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: African Journal of Biotechnology; Vol 11, No 102 (2012); 16725-16730
ISSN: 1684-5315
Popis: The objective of extract standardization is to obtain optimum and consistent quality of herbal preparations with defined components. This paper presents the radical scavenging effect of extracts against DPPH free radical (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and cytotoxic activity in vitro on the cervical cancer cell line HeLa of five commercial standardized extracts rich in phenolic compounds: red wine (Vitis vinifera), green tea (Camellia sinensis), pine bark (Pinus maritime), polygonum (Polygonum cuspidatum), and pomegranate (Punica granatum). It shows radical scavenging activity in the following order, according to their median effective concentration (EC
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