Fenóis totais e atividade antioxidante de cinco plantas medicinais Total phenolics and antioxidant activity of five medicinal plants
| Autor: | Cleyton Marcos de M. Sousa, Hilris Rocha e Silva, Gerardo Magela Vieira-Jr., Mariane Cruz C. Ayres, Charllyton Luis S. da Costa, Delton Sérvulo Araújo, Luis Carlos D. Cavalcante, Elcio Daniel S. Barros, Paulo Breitner de M. Araújo, Marcela S. Brandão, Mariana H. Chaves |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Química Nova, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 351-355 (2007) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0100-4042 1678-7064 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0100-40422007000200021 |
| Popis: | This paper describes total phenolics content and antioxidant activity in the ethanolic extract of leaves, bark and roots of five medicinal plants: Terminalia brasiliensis Camb., Terminalia fagifolia Mart. & Zucc., Copernicia cerifera (Miller) H.E. Moore, Cenostigma macrophyllum Tul. var. acuminata Teles Freire and Qualea grandiflora Mart. The total phenolics content of the plant extracts, determined by the Folin-Ciocalteu method, varied from 250.0 ±8,2 to 763,63 ± 13.03 mg of gallic acid equivalent/g dry EtOH extract. The antioxidant activity of extracts was evaluated using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay system. Extract of bark from T. brasiliensis, the most active, with an EC50 value of 27.59 ± 0.82 µg/mL, was comparable to rutin (EC50 = 27.80 ± 1.38) and gallic acid (EC50 = 24.27 ± 0.31), used as positive controls. The relationship between total phenolic content and antioxidant activity was positive and significant for T. brasiliensis, C. macrophyllum and C. cerifera. |
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