Antioxidant effects of solvent extracts from the dried jujube (Zizyphus jujube) sarcocarp,seed, and leaf via sonication

Antioxidant effects of extracts from sarcocarp, seed, and leaf of dried jujube (Zizyphus jujube) were investigated. The highest amount of flavonoids and polyphenol was found in 80% methanol leaf extract at value of 43.04±0.34 and 324.75±6.01 mg/g, respectively. For 2,2′-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzo-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activity analysis at a concentration of 1,000 μg/mL, 70% ethanol seed extract (94.76±0.23%), and 80% methanol leaf extract (95.46±0.14%) were observed to have higher activity than those of controls, such as butylated hydroxyl anisole (BHA) (89.60±0.00%), butylated hydroxyl toluene (BHT) (84.07±0.50%), vitamin C (89.27±0.12%), and vitamin E (88.53±0.12%). All solvent extracts from leaf showed higher ABTS radical scavenging activity (over 98%) than those of controls with their activity values around 94% (500 g/mL). All extracts from sarcocarp and seed showed superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity of 24.46–34.84% on the concentrations (100–1,000 g/mL), and 80% methanol leaf extract showed the highest activity (43.66±0.37%) among samples. These results indicate that sarcocarp, seed of dried jujube are all excellent antioxidants, and especially leaf showed higher antioxidant effect than those of vitamin C and E.