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Screening for Antioxidant Activity of Plant Medicinal Extracts  

Jung, Sung-Je (Graduate School of Biotechnology & Plant Metabolism Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
Lee, Jin-Hee (Graduate School of Biotechnology & Plant Metabolism Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
Song, Hyo-Nam (Dept. of Oriental Medical Food and Nutrition, Semyung University)
Seong, Nak-Sul (National Crop Experiment Station, RDA)
Lee, Seung-Eun (National Crop Experiment Station, RDA)
Baek, Nam-In (Graduate School of Biotechnology & Plant Metabolism Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
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Applied Biological Chemistry / v.47, no.1, 2004 , pp. 135-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
The antioxidant activities of 80% methanol extracts obtained from 118 medicinal plants were tested through the evaluation of DPPH and superoxide anion radicals scavenging activity. Methanol extracts of Sophora japonica (76.9%) and Camptotheca acuminata Dence (50.9%) were found to have more than 50% DPPH radical scavenging activity while those of Perilla frutescens (37.2%), Amomum costatum (34.9%), Prunus ansu (33.2%), Mentha arvensis (32.3%), Serratula koreana (32.2%), Eriobotrya japonica (30.5%), and Artemisia asiatica (30.5%) showed more than 30% scavenging activity. Even though all of the commercial antioxidants didn't show superoxide anion radical activity, Mentha arvensis (87.7%), Eriobotrya japonica (84.9%), Amomum costatum (82.9%), Camptotheca acuminata Dence (82.1%) showed more than 80% scavenging activity. Mentha arvensis, Eriobotrya japonica, Amomum costatum, Camptotheca acuminata Dence showed strong antioxidative activity in the both DPPH and superoxide anion radical scavenging activities.
Keywords
DPPH; superoxide anion radical scavenging; antioxidative activity; Mentha arvensis; Eriobotrya japonica; Amomum costatum; Camptotheca acuminata Dence;
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