To investigate the biological activities of anthocyanins, which are induced by cadmium in A. imbricata, the antioxidant properties of anthocyanins were investigated using various antioxidant assays, namely 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activity, reducing power, and β-carotene bleac...

Soluble flaxseed gum (SFG) was extracted from flax (Linum usitatissimum) hulls using hot water, and its functional groups and antioxidant properties were investigated using infrared spectroscopy and different antioxidant assays (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS), reducing power capacity, and β-carotene bleaching inhibition assay)...

Methods for determining primary antioxidant activity were evaluated. A beta-carotene bleaching method and a free radical method using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH(*)) were modified to rapidly test samples for potential antioxidant activity. Malonaldehyde production in a linoleic acid emulsion system assayed by an HPLC method was also used to determine antioxidant and prooxidant activiti...

Lotus rhizome powder was extracted with solvents of different polarities. Antioxidant activities of the extracts were evaluated by a 2, 2'-diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and a beta-carotene bleaching assay, and compared with that of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and ascorbic acid. Methanol showed the highest extract yield among all of solvents. Although acetone extract had the highest tot...

the present study explores the chemical constitution and antioxidant activity of the essential oils of the aerial parts of artemisia dracunculus l. and the flower heads of matricaria chamomilla l. gc-ms analysis revealed the presence of (z)-anethole (51.72%), (z)-β-ocimene (8.32%), methyleugenol (8.06%), limonene (4.94%) and linalool (4.41%) in artemisia dracunculus and (e)-β-farnesene (24.19%)...

Pleurotus ostreatus better known as oyster mushroom is widely cultivated and consumed as food in Malaysia. The present study aims to assess the antioxidative potential and total phenolic content of P. ostreatus aqueous extract. The antioxidant activities were evaluated against DPPH and ABTS radical-scavenging activity, ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and β-carotene-linoleate bleaching ...

The objective of this work was to estimate the antioxidant potential of the extracts from pink shrimp residue and red grape pomaces (Merlot and Syrah varietals), evaluated according to its antioxidant activity with different analytical methods, associating these properties with the chemical composition of the extract and, as a consequence, with the extraction procedure. The shrimp residue was p...

Cell extracts o f the Cl 15 (^-carotene-accumulating) strain o f Phycomyces blakesleeanus were incubated with either [2-l4C]MVA or [1-I4C]IPP and a range o f possible inhibitors of carotenogenesis, including bleaching herbicides, biphenyl com pounds and geranylacetone. Several o f these compounds were potent inhibitors o f /7-carotene formation and caused the accumulation o f phytoene. No other...

The effects of the bleaching herbicide amitrole on the carotenoid composition and ultrastructure were studied du­ ring the transformation of chloroplasts into chromoplasts in the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.). Amitrole inhi­ bited the accumulation of (3-carotene and of an unidentified carotene. The biosynthesis of xanthophylls was similar to that in the control. Amitrole caused the ap...

Arrabidaea chica leaf extract has been used by people as an anti-inflammatory and astringent agent as well as a remedy for intestinal colic, diarrhea, leucorrhea, anemia, and leukemia. A. chica is known to be a good producer of phenolics. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated its antioxidant activity. The phenolic composition of A. chica leaves was studied by liquid chromatography co...