Raimundo Gonçalves de Oliveira, Grasielly Rocha Souza, Amanda Leite Guimarães, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Amanda Caroline Silva Morais, Edigênia Cavalcante da Cruz Araújo, Xirley Pereira Nunes, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida
The antioxidant and photoprotective activities of dried extracts from the leaves of Encholirium spectabile were investigated. It was also evaluated the total phenolic and flavonoid contents by the Folin-Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride methods, respectively. Antioxidant activities of the extracts were evaluated by using of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) radical scavenging and β-carotene-linoleic acid bleaching and compared with ascorbic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) used as reference compounds...
September 2013: Journal of Young Pharmacists: JYP