Research Article

Comparison of the Antioxidant Activities and Phenolic Content of Five Lonicera Flowers by HPLC-DAD/MS-DPPH and Chemometrics

Table 1

Antioxidant activities of five Lonicera flowers in the DPPH assay.

SamplesDPPH (IC50, μg/ml)

Lonicera macranthoides Hand.-Mazz.235.27 ± 1.21
Lonicera fulvotomentosa Hsu et S. C. Cheng284.87 ± 1.05
Lonicera japonica Thunb.464.48 ± 1.32
Lonicera hypoglauca Miq.580.96 ± 0.95
Lonicera confusa (Sweet) DC.905.23 ± 1.02

Each value is mean ± SD (n = 3).