title: Screening of some Greek aromatic plants for antioxidant activity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacognosy, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis Zografou 157 71, Greece. kouladi@pharm.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Couladis
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tzakou
authors.forename: Evmorfia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Verykokidou
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harvala
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol