ANTI OXIDANT ACTIVITY AND ANTHOCYANIN CONTENT IN FLOWER OF MIRABILIS JALAB L. COLLECTED FROM YEMEN

Naji EBR EBRAHIM, R.M. Nas KERSHI, ALI A. AWADH, T. A AHMEDA, M. R RAMZY
2013 Banat s Journal of Biotechnology  
The aim of this study was to investigate and compare Mirabilis jalab L. extracts obtained in ultrasonic condition with different water/methanol and water/ethanol extraction mixture acidified with 0.1% HCl. The extracts were analyzed for monomeric anthocyanins contents and antioxidant activities. The highest anthocyanins content (3197.8 mg/L) and best antioxidant activity were obtained for Mirabilis jalab extract with 100% ethanol. Also, there is a good correlations between antioxidant activity
more » ... R 2 = 0.9332 and 0.9712) for water/ethanol and methanol series extracts respectively.
doi:10.7904/2068-4738-iv(8)-85 fatcat:xaes5nunkjb4livjxy4ra66bsu