Research Article

Phenolic Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and Enzyme Inhibitory Properties of Limonium delicatulum (Girard) Kuntze and Limonium quesadense Erben

Table 3

Total bioactive components, total antioxidant capacity (by phosphomolybdenum assay), and radical scavenging abilities of L. delicatulum and L. quesadense extracts.

Plant speciesSolventsTotal phenolic content (mg GAE/g·DE)Total flavonol content (mg RE/g·DE)Total flavonoid content (mg RE/g·DE)Phosphomolybdenum (mmol TE/g·DE)ABTS (mg TE/g DE)DPPH (mg TE/g DE)

L. delicatulumMeOH151 ± 1b55 ± 2b42.1 ± 0.8a4.5 ± 0.6a360 ± 10b470 ± 10b
H2O31.1 ± 0.4c1.08 ± 0.03d5.80 ± 0.09d0.67 ± 0.04b53 ± 8d56 ± 1d

L. quesadenseMeOH172 ± 4a74 ± 3a30.8 ± 0.5b5.1 ± 0.4a510 ± 30a620 ± 10a
H2O152 ± 1b10.4 ± 0.2c12.98 ± 0.07c4.6 ± 0.7a248 ± 6c428 ± 8c

Values expressed are means ± SD of three parallel measurements. GAE: gallic acid equivalent; RE: rutin equivalent; TE: trolox equivalent. Means in the same column not sharing the same letter are significantly different .