Antioxidant potential of various extracts from 5 common European mosses and its correlation with phenolic compounds

Abstract

Introduction: This paper presents the results of research about the antioxidant properties of extracts from 5 moss species, namely Brachythecium rutabulum, Callicladium haldanianum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Orthodicranum montanum and Polytrichastrum formosum. The macerates of each above mentioned species in water and ethanol (50% and 96%) solutions were analysed.

Keywords

• bryophyta
• moss extracts
• phenolic compounds
• abts
• dpph
• aopp
• hplc