Research Article

Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Aloe vera from the Pica Oasis (Tarapacá, Chile) by UHPLC-Q/Orbitrap/MS/MS

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Scavenging of the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH), 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS˙+), ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and extraction yield of four plant parts of A. vera.

Parts from A. veraPEE (%)aDPPH•bABTS•+cFRAPd

Peel16.22.43 ± 0.1434.32 ± 2.603.82 ± 0.23
Flower12.61.25 ± 0.03f16.55 ± 2.30e2.01 ± 0.10
Gel12.30.34 ± 0.012.06 ± 0.060.38 ± 0.01
Root8.51.43 ± 0.08f17.54 ± 0.77e2.67 ± 0.16

aPhenolic-enriched extract expressed in percentage; bantiradical DPPH activities are expressed as mM equivalent of trolox/g fresh weight, ; cABTS expressed as mM equivalent of trolox/g fresh weight; dFRAP expressed as mM equivalent of trolox/g fresh weight. e,fValues are not significantly different (at ). All measurements were repeated three times ().