IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS OF SOME BOTANICAL ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS AND ISOLATION OF THE ANTIOXIDANT CONSTITUENT(S) FROM RUTA CHALEPENSIS LEAVES | ||||
Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
Article 16, Volume 19, Issue 2, July 2005, Page 178-190 PDF (791.65 K) | ||||
Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2005.197844 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mostafa M. Farag1; Ahmed M. Emam2; Mamdouh A. Mohamed2 | ||||
1Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza Egypt. | ||||
2Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agric. Fayoum Branch, Cairo Univ., Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The antioxidant effects of aqueous ethanolic extracts (80 %)from the leaves of four plants i.e. Ruta chalepensis, Gomphocarpus sinaicus, Segertia thea and Acacia holoseriaca were evaluated in vitro by determining their effects on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) decoloration, inhibition of DNA-sugar damage and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. Among the four extracts tested, Ruta chalepensis and Gomphocarpus sinaicus extracts showed the strongest antioxidant activity. The ethanolic extract of Ruta chalepensis leaves was subjected to isolation and structural characterization of the active constituent(s) of this plant. Two active flavonoid compounds were isolated by using a combination of chromatographed methods (TLC and column chromatography). Their chemical structures were characterized by spectroscopic methods (UV, 1H and 13C-NMR) as Quercetin 3-O- [rhamnosyl (1-6) glucoside] (I) and Isorhamnetin 3-O-glucoside-7-Orhamnoside (II). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Natural antioxidants; Ruta chalepensis; lipid peroxidation; flavonoids; DPPH | ||||
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