Antioxidant activity screening of extracts from Sideritis species (Labiatae) grown in Bulgaria

• Autores: Teris A. van Beek, Lyuba N Evstatieva, Nedyalka Handjieva, Vessela Kortenska, Jozef Linssen, Irina I Koleva
• Localización: Journal of the science of food and agriculture, ISSN 0022-5142, Vol. 83, Nº 8, 2003, págs. 809-819
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Plant samples from several species and populations of the genus Sideritis (Labiatae) grown in Bulgaria (S scardica, S syriaca and S montana) were extracted with different solvents. Their antioxidant activities were determined by the β-carotene bleaching test (BCBT), 2,2′-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•) radical scavenging method and static headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC) and compared with the antioxidant activity of two reference compounds of different polarity, viz butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and rosmarinic acid. The pure reference compounds were applied in a ten-times lower concentration than the plant extracts. The highest antioxidant activity in the BCBT, close to that of BHT, was observed for the more apolar extracts. The inhibitory effect on β-carotene bleaching of the polar extracts and rosmarinic acid was much lower than that of BHT. The inhibition of hexanal formation in bulk safflower oil by most of S syriaca and S scardica extracts was as effective as BHT but less so than rosmarinic acid. S montana extracts showed weak antioxidant or even pro-oxidant properties. Extracts from butanol and from ethyl acetate and the total methanol extracts from all Sideritis plants studied showed a strong radical scavenging activity against DPPH•, close to that of rosmarinic acid. S montana extracts were, as a whole, slightly weaker radical inhibitors than the extracts from the other two species. The antioxidant activity of Sideritis extracts was attributed to the presence of flavonoid and phenylpropanoid glycosides.