TY - JOUR
T1 - Antioxidant capacity connection with phenolic and flavonoid content in Chinese medicinal herbs
AU - Li, Mengfei
AU - Pare, Paul W.
AU - Zhang, Jinlin
AU - Kang, Tianlan
AU - Zhang, Zhen
AU - Yang, Delong
AU - Wang, Kepeng
AU - Xing, Hua
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (81560617 and 31360148), Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Gansu Provincial (GYC14-03, GNCX-2016-12), “Fuxi” Foundation (Gaufx-02J04) and Sheng Tong Sheng Innovation Fund (GSAU-STS-1635) of Gansu Agricultural University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCHMs) have been used to treat diseases for thousands of years because of high therapeutic performance and low toxicity. To mine for new natural sources of antioxidants, 93 TCHMs were screened for activity, based on classical antioxidant capacity assays. Substantial differences in antioxidant capacity were coupled with phenolic and flavonoid content for each of the examined species. Species that exhibited both high antioxidant capacity and specialized-phytochemical content included: Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes macrocephala, Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia suffruticosa and Perilla frutescens. These species have been identified as promising sources for natural antioxidants.
AB - Traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCHMs) have been used to treat diseases for thousands of years because of high therapeutic performance and low toxicity. To mine for new natural sources of antioxidants, 93 TCHMs were screened for activity, based on classical antioxidant capacity assays. Substantial differences in antioxidant capacity were coupled with phenolic and flavonoid content for each of the examined species. Species that exhibited both high antioxidant capacity and specialized-phytochemical content included: Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes macrocephala, Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia suffruticosa and Perilla frutescens. These species have been identified as promising sources for natural antioxidants.
KW - Antioxidant capacity
KW - Total phenolic and flavonoid content
KW - Traditional Chinese herbal medicines
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043501606&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.25135/rnp.24.17.08.138
DO - 10.25135/rnp.24.17.08.138
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043501606
SN - 1307-6167
VL - 12
SP - 239
EP - 250
JO - Records of Natural Products
JF - Records of Natural Products
IS - 3
ER -