Research Article

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

Table 4

Reducing power and metal chelating abilities of L. delicatulum and L. quesadense extracts.

Plant speciesSolventsCUPRAC (mg TE/g·DE)FRAP (mg TE/g·DE)Metal chelating activity (mg EDTAE/g·DE)

L. delicatulumMeOH853 ± 5b470 ± 10b26.74 ± 0.01b
H2O94 ± 2d62.5 ± 0.6d28.43 ± 0.01a

L. quesadenseMeOH940 ± 10a520 ± 10a19.43 ± 0.01d
H2O640 ± 10c431 ± 5c22.30 ± 0.01c

Values expressed are means ± SD of three parallel measurements. TE: trolox equivalent; EDTAE: EDTA equivalent. Means in the same column not sharing the same letter are significantly different .