title: Antiradical activities of the extract of Passiflora incarnata.
abstract: The objective of this work was to investigate the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of passionflower and the influence of the flavonoids they contain on the antiradical activity by DPPH* and ABTS* + methods. The data show that the Passiflora extract has not only sedative but also antiradical activity. The ethanol extract catches free radicals more effectively than the water extract. The strongest antiradical effect among the investigated flavonoids (chlorogenic acid, hyperosid, isovitexin, caffeic acid, quercetin, luteolin, orentin, rutin, scutelarein, vicenin and vitexin) was predetermined by vicenin, isovitexin and orentin. The antiradical activity increases with the increase of the concentration of the mentioned materials.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ruta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masteikova
authors.forename: Jurga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernatoniene
authors.forename: Ruta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernatoniene
authors.forename: Saule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Velziene
mesh_terms: D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029598:Passiflora / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010936:Plant Extracts