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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 513-518Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.10.006
Keywords
Suaeda species; Halophyte; Antioxidant activities; Phenolic composition
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- Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology [LR02CB02]
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Antioxidants are the chemical substances that reduce or prevent oxidation. The present study aimed to assess in vitro and ex vivo antioxidant activities of four acetonic extracts Tunisian halophytes (Suaeda fruticosa,Suaeda pruinosa,Suaeda mollis and Suaeda maritima). Various experimental models were used for characterization of antioxidant activities of shoot extracts. Eventually, the promising specie was subjected to phenolic identification using RP-HPLC. The analyzed shoot extracts exhibited that antioxidant activities varied considerably as function of species. The highest DPPH center dot scavenging ability was found in S. mollis with the lowest IC50 value (2.5 mu g/ml), followed by S. pruinosa, S. fruticosa and S. maritima. The same tendency was observed with ferric reducing power. Concerning beta-carotene bleaching assays and total antioxidant activity, results showed that S. fruticosa exhibited the highest antioxidant ability against the inhibition of beta-carotene bleaching, and a better total antioxidant capacity. Moreover antioxidant capacities using ORAC method and a cell based-assay showed that S. mollis. S. fruticosa, and S. pruinosa exhibit statistically similar antioxidant activity. The identification of phenolic compounds in S. mollis extract using RP-HPLC revealed that 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid and rutin hydrate were the major molecules. These results suggested that Suaeda species showed a variability of their antioxidant activities. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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