Antioxidant,Free Radical Scavenging,and Antimicrobial Activities of Ajuga iva Leaf Extracts |
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| Authors: | Mohamed Makni Anissa Haddar Walid Kriaa Najiba Zeghal |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Animal Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences , Sfax , Tunisia;2. Food Processing Department , ISET , Sidi Bouzid , Tunisia mohamed.makni@gmail.com;4. Food Processing Department , ISET , Sidi Bouzid , Tunisia;5. Enzymatic Engineering and Microbiology Laboratory, ENIS , Sfax , Tunisia;6. Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences , Sfax , Tunisia;7. Animal Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences , Sfax , Tunisia |
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| Abstract: | The antioxidant capacity, total phenolics, flavonoids, and condensed tannin contents of Ajuga iva leaf extracts obtained with different solvent polarities were investigated. The antibacterial and antifungal proprieties were also studied using different microorganisms. The methanol extract with the highest amounts of total phenolics and flavonoids showed the highest antioxidant activities in all assays, followed by the aqueous chloroform and hexane extracts, respectively. The methanol extracts of Ajuga iva exhibited promising antibacterial and antifungal activities, indicating that Ajuga iva leaves might be used in further investigations for developing new antioxidants. |
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| Keywords: | Ajuga iva Leaves Antioxidant Antibacterial Antifungal activities |
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