Evaluation of antioxidant activities of extracts from 19 Chinese edible flowers

Zeng, Youwei; Deng, Maocheng; Lv, Zhencheng; Peng, Yonghong

doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-315

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Table 1 Free radical scavenging activities of various herbal flowers and their polyphenolic contents and flavonoid contents ^a

From: Evaluation of antioxidant activities of extracts from 19 Chinese edible flowers

Plant names	FRSA (%)			PC (mg CE/g)	FC (mg CE/g)
Plant names	DPPH^•	^.OH	O $. 2_{-}^{}$	PC (mg CE/g)	FC (mg CE/g)
Chrysanthemum indicum L.	14.125 ± 0.313	54.450 ± 1.539	18.538 ± 0.413	13.043 ± 0.315	44.629 ± 0.921
Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat	11.970 ± 0.296	33.513 ± 0.844	0.431 ± 0.116	5.974 ± 0.148	10.837 ± 0.336
Dianthus carryophylus L.	13.528 ± 0.651	43.488 ± 1.610	5.058 ± 1.152	6.835 ± 0.449	53.248 ± 0.091
Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn.	18.916 ± 0.732	93.220 ± 0.346	21.723 ± 1.325	8.296 ± 0.293	24.469 ± 0.444
Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait.	13.047 ± 0.576	78.375 ± 0.656	0.405 ± 0.268	10.174 ± 0.230	54.357 ± 0.319
Lavandula angustifolia Mill.	47.213 ± 0.373	67.055 ± 1.685	40.290 ± 2.033	20.426 ± 0.499	27.392 ± 1.421
Lilium longiflorum Thumb.	13.987 ± 0.363	84.737 ± 0.235	15.124 ± 0.774	1.070 ± 0.148	22.123 ± 0.168
Lonicera japonica Thunb.	50.789 ± 1.307	60.842 ± 1.584	42.277 ± 0.704	32.113 ± 1.126	34.112 ± 0.543
Matthiola incana (L.) R. Br.	19.284 ± 0.304	78.973 ± 1.438	1.802 ± 0.989	7.069 ± 0.148	36.672 ± 0.277
Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.) Lour.	54.963 ± 0.596	52.210 ± 0.695	58.420 ± 0.842	47.452 ± 1.855	20.373 ± 0.241
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	93.739 ± 0.424	85.872 ± 0.873	55.818 ± 1.518	87.938 ± 1.187	28.757 ± 0.419
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.	94.221 ± 0.102	89.307 ± 0.803	52.142 ± 1.374	96.208 ± 0.689	38.933 ± 0.770
Panax ginseng C. A. Mey	9.791 ± 0.098	58.124 ± 1.453	5.624 ± 1.990	6.652 ± 0.169	16.853 ± 0.348
Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen	8.119 ± 0.564	66.308 ± 1.136	7.724 ± 1.940	1.200 ± 0.037	11.115 ± 0.109
Papaver rhoeas L.	17.037 ± 0.155	39.337 ± 1.248	14.824 ± 1.272	4.878 ± 0.369	47.680 ± 1.029
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch	35.999 ± 0.827	60.335 ± 1.262	27.926 ± 1.736	20.713 ± 0.718	60.139 ± 0.884
Rosa rugosa Thunb.	94.244 ± 0.163	88.560 ± 0.277	57.321 ± 0.608	92.164 ± 0.799	77.312 ± 0.732
Tagetes erecta L.	17.150 ± 0.813	48.059 ± 0.680	19.847 ± 1.246	14.139 ± 0.369	42.453 ± 0.845
Trollius chinensis Bunge	66.152 ± 0.952	78.554 ± 1.176	38.884 ± 0.376	18.626 ± 0.293	83.797 ± 0.884
Black tea P.E. Camellia sinensis	85.322 ± 1.019	92.204 ± 0.253	48.139 ± 0.534	60.704 ± 1.233	60.288 ± 1.694
Green tea P.E. Camellia sinensis	93.191 ± 0.815	78.047 ± 1.847	59.169 ± 1.571	88.356 ± 1.489	26.667 ± 0.732

^aFRSA = Free radical scavenging activity, PC = Polyphenolic content, FC = Flavonoid content. The mean values were obtained from triplicate experiments, the concentration of extracts were 1 mg/ml.

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