Investigation of Antioxidant Activities of Fruit, Leaf, and Branche Extracts of White (Morus alba L.) and Black (Morus nigra L.) Mulberry Species from Diyarbakır

This study aims to determine the antioxidant activities of fruit, leaf, and branche extracts Morus alba L. nigra species collected from Diyarbakır. Different in vitro methods such as Total Phenol Content (TPC), Flavonoid (TFC), Copper (II) Ion Reducing Antioxidant Capacity (CUPRAC), 2,2´-diphenyl-1-pikrilhidrazil (DPPH), 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging were used evaluate two species. The highest total phenolic amount belongs acetone extract (257.5±0.05 μg gallic acid equivalent mg-1) obtained M. branches, while flavonoid content was found (185.8±0.15 catechin leaves. In CUPRAC test, activity observed methanol branches (IC50 values is 35.63±0.22 mg-1). IC50 DPPH are between 128.1±0.13 2494.7±0.30 mg-1, best demonstrated by (128.1±0.13 prepared branche. ABTS (75.5±0.25 branches. results prove that both possess properties, not only leaves fruits but also At end study, it determined have medicinal usage value which can be natural antioxidants.