Comparison of antioxidant activity and phenolic content of three lichen species

ODABASOGLU F., ASLAN A., CAKIR A., SULEYMAN H., KARAGOZ Y., HALICI M. B., ...Daha Fazla

PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH, cilt.18, sa.11, ss.938-941, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/ptr.1488
  • Dergi Adı: PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.938-941
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: lichens, Usnea longissima, Usnea florida, Lobaria pulmonaria, antioxidant activity, phenolic content
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The antioxidant activities (AA), reducing powers (RP) and total phenolic contents (TPC) of methanol and water extracts of three lichen species, Usnea longissima Ach., Usnea florida (L.) Weber ex Wigg. and Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. were determined in vitro. Of the extracts tested, the methanol extracts of Lobaria pulmonaria and Usnea longissima showed potent antioxidant activities. The methanol extract of L. pulmonaria also had the highest total phenolic contents (87.9 mg/g lyophylisate). For the methanol extract of this species, there was also a strong correlation between antioxidant activity and total phenolic contents. However, a similar correlation was not observed for U. longissima. Although the methanol extract of U. longissima had a lower phenolic content (38.6 mg/g lyophylisate), it exhibited potent antioxidant activity. On the other hand, there was a strong correlation between the reducing powers and the total phenolic contents of the extracts. The highest reducing power was determined for the methanol extract of L. pulmonaria. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.