Title of article :
In vitro investigation of the antioxidant effect of some medical plants by(DPPH methods )
Author/Authors :
motar, ahmed abies university of kufa - college of sciences - department of biology, Iraq , hussein, rajaa ali university of kufa - college of pharmacy - department of pharmacology and toxicology, Iraq , abdulbary, meison university of kufa - college of pharmacy - department of pharmacology and toxicology, Iraq
Abstract :
The use of plant extracts is very important and significant in therapeutic treatments that are employed to many functions in view of the fact that primeval epochs. The present study was conducted to investigate antioxidant effect of extracts from some medicinal plants, extracted by soxhlet with methanol alcohol and fractionation of active constituents from Curcuma longa L. rhizomes , Commiphora myrrha L. gums and Ginkgo biloba L. leaves with water , chloroform , ethyl acetate and hexane. Investigation of the antioxidant activity carried out by DPPH Free Radical Scavenging Assay and showed that all plants were significant (p ≤ 0.05) antioxidant agents compared to ascorbic acid.
Keywords :
antioxidant agents , DPPH , Curcuma longa , Commiphora myrrha , Ginkgo biloba.
Journal title :
Kufa Journal For Agricultural Sciences
Journal title :
Kufa Journal For Agricultural Sciences
