IN VITRO ANTIOXYDANT ACTIVITY AND TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ENDEMIC ARGANIA SPINOSA (L.) SKEELS FROM ALGERIAN SAHARA

A. Oughilas; A. Cheriti; H. Reddy Kandappa; P. Govender

doi:10.4314/jfas.v11i1.34

Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences (Dec 2018)

IN VITRO ANTIOXYDANT ACTIVITY AND TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ENDEMIC ARGANIA SPINOSA (L.) SKEELS FROM ALGERIAN SAHARA

A. Oughilas,
A. Cheriti,
H. Reddy Kandappa,
P. Govender

Affiliations

A. Oughilas: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, D. Liabes University, Sidi BelAbbes
A. Cheriti: POSL, Faculty of Medicine, University tahri M., Bechar
H. Reddy Kandappa: Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Westville, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban
P. Govender: Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Westville, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v11i1.34
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1

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The BuOH fractions prepared from 80% MeOH extract of the leaves from the endemic Saharan tree Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels exhibited the most potent antioxidant capacity ( IC50 = 2.41 ± 0.38 mg/mL for DPPH and 7.95 ± 0.54 mg/mL for superoxide anion radical), compared to the EtOAc and CHCl3 fractions. The results showed that BuOH extract fraction exhibited a strong antioxidant activity and had the most potent scavenging abilities which may be correlated to the presence of Phenolic compounds.

Published in Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

ISSN: 1112-9867 (Print)
Publisher: El Oued University
Country of publisher: Algeria
LCC subjects: Science
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