Antioxidant properties of some plants growing wild in Turkey

A. Serteser; M. Kargıoğlu; V. Gök; Y. Bağci; M. Musa Özcan; D. Arslan

doi:10.3989/gya.086208

Authors

A. Serteser Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar
M. Kargıoğlu Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar
V. Gök Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar
Y. Bağci Selcuk University, Konya
M. Musa Özcan Selcuk University, Konya
D. Arslan Selcuk University, Konya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gya.086208

Keywords:

Antioxidant activity, Chelating activities, Extracts, Medicinal and aromatic plants, Radical scavenging

Abstract

In this study, the antioxidant activity of 50% aqueous methanol extracts of 38 plants growing in the Afyonkarahisar province of Turkey were evaluated by various antioxidant assay, including free radical scavenging, hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) scavenging and metal (Fe²⁺) chelating activities. The methanolic fruit extracts of the Cornus and Morus species (H₂O₂ and DPPH scavenging activities, Fe2+ chelating activity) and the methanolic leaf extracts of the Mentha species (DPPH scavenging activities) examined in the assay showed the strongest activities. These antioxidant properties depended on the concentration of samples.

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