Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Sonication- and Maceration-Assisted Ethanol and Acetone Extracts of Cymbopogon citratus Leaves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material
2.2. Physicochemical Analysis of Lemongrass Leaves
2.3. Methods of Polyphenols Extraction
2.4. Maceration Technique
2.5. Sonication Technique
2.6. Yield of Lemongrass Leaves
2.7. Total Phenolic Content
2.8. Antioxidant Activity of Lemongrass Leaves
2.9. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physicochemical Analysis
3.2. Extraction Yield
3.3. Total Phenolic Contents
3.4. DPPH Radical Scavenging Activity
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Moisture (%) | Ash (%) | Crude Fat (%) | Crude Protein (%) | Crude Fiber (%) | Carbohydrates (%) |
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9.93 ± 0.23 | 4.83 ± 0.07 | 2.23 ± 0.03 | 3.82 ± 0.04 | 20.61 ± 1.13 | 58.58 ± 2.15 |
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Irfan, S.; Ranjha, M.M.A.N.; Nadeem, M.; Safdar, M.N.; Jabbar, S.; Mahmood, S.; Murtaza, M.A.; Ameer, K.; Ibrahim, S.A. Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Sonication- and Maceration-Assisted Ethanol and Acetone Extracts of Cymbopogon citratus Leaves. Separations 2022, 9, 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9090244
Irfan S, Ranjha MMAN, Nadeem M, Safdar MN, Jabbar S, Mahmood S, Murtaza MA, Ameer K, Ibrahim SA. Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Sonication- and Maceration-Assisted Ethanol and Acetone Extracts of Cymbopogon citratus Leaves. Separations. 2022; 9(9):244. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9090244
Chicago/Turabian StyleIrfan, Shafeeqa, Muhammad Mudassar Ali Nawaz Ranjha, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Naeem Safdar, Saqib Jabbar, Shahid Mahmood, Mian Anjum Murtaza, Kashif Ameer, and Salam A. Ibrahim. 2022. "Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Sonication- and Maceration-Assisted Ethanol and Acetone Extracts of Cymbopogon citratus Leaves" Separations 9, no. 9: 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9090244