Polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity of some wild Saudi Arabian Asteraceae plants

Abdelaaty A Shahat; Abeer Y Ibrahim; Mansour S Elsaid

doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60091-2

Polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity of some wild Saudi Arabian Asteraceae plants

Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2014 Jul;7(7):545-51. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60091-2.

Authors

Abdelaaty A Shahat¹, Abeer Y Ibrahim², Mansour S Elsaid³

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Phytochemistry Department, National Research Centre, El-Bohous Street, 12622, Dokki, Egypt. Electronic address: aashahat@hotmail.com.
² Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Dept., National Research Centre, El-Bohous Street, 12622, Dokki, Egypt.
³ Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 25063284
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60091-2

Abstract

Objective: To study the antioxidant properties of crude extract of different Asteraceae plants.

Methods: The antioxidant properties of six extracts were evaluated using different antioxidant tests, including free radical scavenging, reducing power, metal chelation, superoxide anion radical scavenging, total antioxidant capacity and inhibition of lipid peroxidation activities.

Results: Picris cyanocarpa (P. cyanocarpa) and Anthemis deserti (A. deserti) had powerful antioxidant properties as radical scavenger, reducing agent and superoxide anion radical scavenger while Achillia fragrantissima (A. fragrantissima) and Artemissia monosperma (A. monosperma) were the most efficient as ion chelator (100% at 100, 200 and 400 μg/mL) A. fragrantissima and Rhantarium appoposum (R. appoposum) showed 100% inhibition on peroxidation of linoleic acid emulsion at 200 and 400 μg/mL, while butylatedhydroxy toluene and ascorbic acid showed 100 and 95% inhibition percentage at 400 μg/mL, respectively. Those various antioxidant activities were compared to standard antioxidants such as butylated hydroxyl toluene and ascorbic acid.

Conclusions: In most tests P. cyanocarpa and A. deserti had powerful antioxidant properties as radical scavenger, reducing agent and superoxide anion radical scavenger.

Keywords: Antioxidant; Asteraceae species; Medicinal plants; Polyphenol; Saudi Arabia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antioxidants / analysis*
Antioxidants / metabolism
Antioxidants / pharmacology
Asteraceae / chemistry*
Iron / metabolism
Lipid Peroxidation / drug effects
Plant Extracts / analysis*
Plant Extracts / chemistry
Plant Extracts / metabolism
Plant Extracts / pharmacology
Polyphenols / analysis*
Polyphenols / metabolism
Polyphenols / pharmacology
Saudi Arabia

Substances

Antioxidants
Plant Extracts
Polyphenols
Iron