%0 Journal Article
%T Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Content of Paederia foetida and Syzygium aqueum
%A Hasnah Osman
%A Afidah A. Rahim
%A Norhafizah M. Isa
%A Nornaemah M. Bakhir
%J Molecules
%D 2009
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/molecules14030970
%X The antioxidant activity of fresh and dried plant extracts of Paederia foetida and Syzygium aqueum were studied using ¦Â-carotene bleaching and the 2,2¡¯-azinobis(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical cation assay. The percentage of antioxidant activity for all extract samples using both assays was between 58 and 80%. The fresh samples of both plants had higher antioxidant activity than the dried samples. The results of the ¦Â-carotene bleaching assay were correlated (R2 = 0.9849) with those of the ABTS assay.
%K Paederia foetida
%K Syzygium aqueum
%K Antioxidant activity
%K Phenolic content
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/3/970