Screening of some Greek aromatic plants for antioxidant activity.
The role of antioxidants in preventing oxygen radical and hydrogen peroxide induced cytotoxicity and tissue damage in various human diseases is increasingly recognized. In this study the in vitro antioxidant activity of the ethanol extracts obtained from 21 aromatic plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family was investigated. Of the extracts tested, those of Salvia ringens, Salvia pomifera, Stachys spruneri, Origanum dictamnus, Phlomis lanata, Ballota pseudodictamnus, Ballota acetabulosa, Teucrium polium, Calamintha glandulosa and Micromeria graeca exhibited the same activity as alpha-tocopherol.
Couladis
Maria
M
Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacognosy, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis Zografou 157 71, Greece. kouladi@pharm.uoa.gr
Tzakou
Olga
O
Verykokidou
Evmorfia
E
Harvala
Catherine
C
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D019686:Lamiaceae; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D018547:Plant Stems; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol / Q000737:chemistry
D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol