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  3. Antioxidant phenolic compounds of Dracaena cambodiana

Antioxidant phenolic compounds of Dracaena cambodiana

  • Molecules. 2010 Dec 6;15(12):8904-14. doi: 10.3390/molecules15128904.
Ying Luo 1,  Hui Wang,  Xuerong Xu,  Wenli Mei,  Haofu Dai
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  • 1 Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.
PMID: 21135802 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15128904
Abstract

The antioxidant activities of the petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, n-BuOH and water extract fractions from Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep were evaluated in this study. The ethyl acetate fraction contained the highest amount of total phenolics and total Flavonoids, and showed the greatest DPPH˙, ABTS+ and Superoxide anion radical-scavenging capacities. The DPPH˙, ABTS+ and Superoxide anion radical-scavenging capacities of nine compounds isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction were also evaluated. The results indicated that these compounds contributed to the antioxidant activity of D. cambodiana. Therefore, D. cambodiana and these compounds might be used as natural antioxidants.

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