Antioxidant activities of Eryngium caucasicum inflorescence.

OBJECTIVE

Medicinal plants are good sources for discovery of safe and new antioxidants. The aim of present study was to evaluate the efficiencies of three methods for evaluated for antioxidants from Eryngium caucasicum.

METHODS

Ultrasonically assisted extraction, Soxhlet extraction and percolation method were evaluated for the extraction of antioxidants from E. caucasicum inflorescence. Antioxidant activities of extracts were evaluated with four different in vitro tests.

RESULTS

Soxhlet extract had higher total phenolic and flavonoid contents than other extracts. Soxhlet extract showed the highest activity in DPPH radical scavenging (IC50 = 83.1 ± 2.1 µg ml-1). Soxhlet extract showed the best activity in iron chelatory (IC50 = 272 ± 6.3 µg ml-1) followed by ultrasonic extract. Percolation extract showed higher NO radical scavenging (IC50 = 390 ± 11.4 µg ml-1) than other extracts. Extracts showed good reducing power (p > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS

The results obtained indicated that all three extraction methods especially Soxhlet method could effectively extract antioxidants from this plant.