Antioxidant Properties of Various Solvent Extracts of Total Phenolic Constituents from Three Different Agroclimatic Origins of Drumstick Tree (<i>Moringa oleifera </i>Lam.) Leaves

Siddhuraju, Perumal; Becker, Klaus

doi:10.1021/jf020444+

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Antioxidant Properties of Various Solvent Extracts of Total Phenolic Constituents from Three Different Agroclimatic Origins of Drumstick Tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.) Leaves

Published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry • Mar 7, 2003

Authors:

Perumal Siddhuraju

Klaus Becker

Abstract

Water, aqueous methanol, and aqueous ethanol extracts of freeze-dried leaves of Moringa oleifera Lam. from different agroclimatic regions were examined for radical scavenging capacities and antioxidant activities. All leaf extracts were capable of scavenging peroxyl and superoxyl radicals. Similar s...

Subject

Moringa

Chemistry

Antioxidant

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