Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3830

Full Length Research Paper

In-vitro free radical scavenging activities of anthocyanins from three berries

Haitian Zhao1, Zhenyu Wang1,2*, Cuilin Cheng1, Lei Yao1,3, Lu Wang1, Weihong Lu1, Xin Yang1 and Fengming Ma1
1School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 HuangHe Road, NanGang District, Harbin 150090, China. 2School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, 26 HeXing Road, DongLi District, Harbin 150040, China. 3National Research Center of Soybean Engineering and Technology, Northeast AgricultureUniversity, 201 GongBin Road, XiangFang District, Harbin 150030, China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 September 2011
  •  Published: 30 December 2011

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties of anthocyanin extracts from three berries (Lonicera caerulea var. edulis,Vaccinium uliginosum Linn. and Rubus idaeus). The anthocyanins extracted were found to show remarkable scavenging activity on 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical, hydroxyl radical (•OH) and superoxide anion radical (•O2-). The effect of these three anthocyanins on their reducing power increases in a dose dependent manner. The results obtained in the present study indicate that the three anthocyanins can be a potential source for natural antioxidant activity.

 

Key words: Anthocyanin, berry, free radical, antioxidant activity.

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