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- Title
Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Lavandula x intermedia Emeric ex Loisel. 'Budrovka': A Comparative Study with L. angustifolia Mill.
- Authors
Blažeković, Biljana; Vladimir-Knežević, Sanda; Brantner, Adelheid; Bival Štefan, Maja
- Abstract
A Croatian indigenous cultivar of lavandin, Lavandula x intermedia 'Budrovka' (Lamiaceae) was studied for the phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, procyanidins and total tannins, as well as total polyphenols content, in the flower, inflorescence stalk and leaf ethanolic extracts. Antioxidant potentials on these plant part extracts were assessed by the DPPH free radical scavenging activity, iron chelating activity, reducing power, lipid peroxidation inhibition properties and total antioxidant capacity assays. All results were compared with those of Lavandula angustifolia, the only member of the Lavandula genus officially used in modern phytotherapy. Based on the results of our parallel study, we may suggest that Lavandula x intermedia 'Budrovka' is as potent an antioxidant as Lavandula angustifolia and the antioxidant activity of the Lavandula extracts is mainly due to the presence of rosmarinic acid. A good correlation was found between the polyphenol contents and antioxidant activities of the extracts.
- Subjects
FLAVONOIDS; PHENOLIC acids; ANTIOXIDANTS; PLANT extracts; LAVENDERS
- Publication
Molecules, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 9, p5971
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules15095971