Antioxidant properties of various solvent extracts from wild ginseng leaves |
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Authors: | Chang-Hwa Jung In-Wook Choi Hong-Yon Cho |
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Affiliation: | a Korea Food Research Institute, San 46-1, Baekhyun-dong, Bundang-gu, Songnam-si, Kyunggi-do 463-746, Republic of Korea b Korea University, 1,5-ka, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-701, Korea |
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Abstract: | Water, methanol and ethanol extracts of freeze-dried leaves of wild ginseng were examined for their antioxidant properties. All leaf extracts were capable of free radicals scavenging activity. Among solvent extracts of wild ginseng leaves, ethanol extract showed the highest DPPH, hydroxyl radical scavenging and ferrous ion chelating activity. Otherwise, the highest superoxide radical scavenging activity was found in water extract followed by ethanol and methanol extracts of wild ginseng leaves. Ethanol extracts contained more phenolics (2333.2 mg/100 g) and flavonoids (1199.1 mg/100 g) than other extracts. These differences in concentrations of key antioxidants among various solvent extracts seemed to be responsible for their differences in antioxidant activities. When various solvent extracts were hydrolysed by acid, two aglycons of flavonoid, quercetin and kaempferol, were detected. According to the results obtained from this study, wild ginseng leaves showed marked antioxidant activities due to their abundant antioxidants. |
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Keywords: | Wild ginseng leaves Antioxidant properties Free radicals Flavonoids Quercetin Kaempferol |
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