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Article

Assessment of the Content of Phenolics and Antioxidant Action of Inflorescences and Leaves of Selected Species from the Genus Sorbus Sensu Stricto

by
Monika A. Olszewska
1,*,
Sławomira Nowak
1,
Piotr Michel
1,
Piotr Banaszczak
2 and
Agnieszka Kicel
1
1
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszynski St., 90 151 Lodz, Poland
2
Arboretum, Rogow Forestry Experimental Station, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), 95-063 Rogow, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2010, 15(12), 8769-8783; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15128769
Submission received: 5 November 2010 / Revised: 26 November 2010 / Accepted: 30 November 2010 / Published: 2 December 2010
(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
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Abstract

In order to find new sources of natural antioxidants, the antioxidant potential of 70% methanolic extracts from the inflorescences and leaves of 16 species from the genus Sorbus s.s. was evaluated using two complementary in vitro test systems: the DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical-scavenging assay and the AAPH [2,2¢-azobis-(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochloride]-induced linoleic acid (LA) peroxidation test. The radical-scavenging capacities of the extracts towards the DPPH radical were in the range of 0.25-0.86 millimolar Trolox® equivalents/g dry weight. They were significantly correlated (r = -0.8089, p < 0.001) with the results of the LA-peroxidation test, indicating the Sorbus extracts to be universal antioxidants. Significant linear correlations were also found between the different antioxidant potentials and total phenolic contents as estimated by the Folin-Ciocalteu method and further verified by serial determinations of proanthocyanidins, chlorogenic acid isomers and flavonoids (çrêin the range of 0.71-0.95, p < 0.001). Cluster analysis of the data matrix identified the ten samples (inflorescences of S. aucuparia, S. pohuashanensis, S. decora, S. koehneana, S. commixta, S. gracilis, and S. sitchensis, and the leaves of S. wilfordii, S. pogonopetala, and S. gracilis) exhibiting the highest antioxidant activity and total phenolic levels and therefore the greatest potential as effective sources for natural health products.
Keywords: Sorbus; antioxidant activity; phenolic content Sorbus; antioxidant activity; phenolic content

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Olszewska, M.A.; Nowak, S.; Michel, P.; Banaszczak, P.; Kicel, A. Assessment of the Content of Phenolics and Antioxidant Action of Inflorescences and Leaves of Selected Species from the Genus Sorbus Sensu Stricto. Molecules 2010, 15, 8769-8783. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15128769

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Olszewska MA, Nowak S, Michel P, Banaszczak P, Kicel A. Assessment of the Content of Phenolics and Antioxidant Action of Inflorescences and Leaves of Selected Species from the Genus Sorbus Sensu Stricto. Molecules. 2010; 15(12):8769-8783. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15128769

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Olszewska, Monika A., Sławomira Nowak, Piotr Michel, Piotr Banaszczak, and Agnieszka Kicel. 2010. "Assessment of the Content of Phenolics and Antioxidant Action of Inflorescences and Leaves of Selected Species from the Genus Sorbus Sensu Stricto" Molecules 15, no. 12: 8769-8783. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15128769

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Olszewska, M. A., Nowak, S., Michel, P., Banaszczak, P., & Kicel, A. (2010). Assessment of the Content of Phenolics and Antioxidant Action of Inflorescences and Leaves of Selected Species from the Genus Sorbus Sensu Stricto. Molecules, 15(12), 8769-8783. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15128769

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