Title: Comparative assessment of annual wormwood and local accessions of bitter leaf for antioxidant composition and activity
Abstract: Aim: To evaluate ethanol extracts of two anti-malarial herbs from Asteraceae family, annual wormwood (Artemisia annua L.) and bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del.), for antioxidant composition and activity.
Methods: Aerial leaves from both herbs were sampled at flowering stage, extracted with 95% ethanol and resulting crude extracts evaluated for antioxidant composition and activity using selected assay systems.
Results: Extract yield from annual wormwood doubled the mean yield from four bitter leaf accessions studied, while its total phenol content (5.19 mg Gallic Acid Equivalents/ 1 g dry weight) was nearly ten folds (p
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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