Environ Exp Biol (2015) 13: 169

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Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of various extracts from leaves and stems of Chrozaphora tinctoria

Javad Sharifi-Rad¹, Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini-Alfatemi², Abdolhossein Miri¹, Majid Sharifi-Rad³, Leila Soufi⁴, Marzieh Sharifi-Rad⁵, William N. Setzer⁶, Masoumeh Hoseini⁷, Mehdi Sharifi-Rad^8,*, Mehrad Rokni⁹

¹ Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
² Pediatric Infections Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³ Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Zabol, Iran
⁴ Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zabol, Zabol 98615-538, Iran
⁶ Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
⁷ Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
⁸ Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
⁹ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
^* Corresponding author, E-mail: mehdi_sharifirad@yahoo.com

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the amounts of phenolics, flavonoids, and tannins, and to determine the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of aqueous, acetone, methanol, and ethanol extracts of stems and leaves of Chrozaphora tinctoria L. from Zabol, Iran. After collection and extraction of C. tinctoria leaves and stems, the total phenolic, flavonoid, and tannin concentrations were determined spectrophotometrically. The antioxidant activity was determined using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging assay, iron-reducing-power assay, β-carotene-bleaching assay, and antioxidant-capacity assay. Antibacterial activity was determined using disc diffusion assay. The results of this study indicated that C. tinctoria leaf extracts had higher antioxidant activity than in stem extracts. Methanol and acetone extracts had greater antioxidant and antibacterial activity than aqueous extracts. C. tinctoria has antiradical and antimicrobial activity that may be useful in pharmacy and phytotherapy.

Key words: antioxidant activity, antimicrobial activity, Chrozaphora tinctoria, phenolics, tannins.

Environ Exp Biol (2015) 13: 169–175

DOI: http://doi.org/10.22364/eeb

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				Hard copy: ISSN 1691–8088 On-line: ISSN 2255–9582 Environ Exp Biol (2015) 13: 169–175 DOI: https://doi.org/10.22364/eeb
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