title: Antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of leaves from 10 Bene (Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica) genotypes.
abstract: Leaves of 10 Bene genotypes were collected from six provinces (West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Hamedan and Lorestan) in Iran. This study was carried out to better characterise the total phenolic and flavonoid contents, antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition, as well as to evaluate the correlation between content of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in 10 genotypes of Bene. The antioxidant activity of leaf extracts was measured using different assays: ferric reducing antioxidant power, nitric oxide radical scavenging and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. The results indicated that the antioxidant capacity can be related to total phenolic and flavonoid content, so that among all the genotypes studied here, the highest and the lowest phenolic content and antioxidant activity were observed in B2 and B10 genotypes, respectively. Analysing the phenolic composition using high performance liquid chromatography, caffeic acid, vanillic acid, ferulic acid and sinapic acid were found in all investigated genotypes.
authors: a Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Ilam University , Ilam , Iran.
authors: Ali Asghar
authors: AA
authors: Hatamnia
authors: a Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Ilam University , Ilam , Iran.
authors: Arman
authors: A
authors: Rostamzad
authors: b Department of Food Technology and Science , Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University , Ilam , Iran.
authors: Mohammadyar
authors: M
authors: Hosseini
authors: c Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Urmia University , Urmia , Iran.
authors: Nasser
authors: N
authors: Abbaspour
authors: d Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology , Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University , Urmia , Iran.
authors: Reza
authors: R
authors: Darvishzadeh
authors: e Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Qom University , Qom , Iran.
authors: Parviz
authors: P
authors: Malekzadeh
authors: f Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University , Baneh , Iran.
authors: Bakhtyar Mohammad
authors: BM
authors: Aminzadeh
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D005838:Genotype; D007492:Iran; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010851:Picrates; D027927:Pistacia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D010851:Picrates; D010936:Plant Extracts; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
keywords: Bene; antioxidant capacity; genotype; leaves; phenolic composition