Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science (한국약용작물학회지)

The Korean Society of Medicinal Crop Science (한국약용작물학회)
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Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of the Extracts from the Aerial parts of Cnidium officinale Makino

천궁(Cnidium officinale Makino) 지상부 추출물의 항산화 활성 평가

  • Oh, Yeong-Ji (Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Seo, Ha-Rim (Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Choi, Yoo-Mi (Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Jung, Dong-Sun (Department of Food Science and Technology, Seoul Women's University)
  • 오영지 (서울여자대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 서하림 (서울여자대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 최유미 (서울여자대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 정동선 (서울여자대학교 식품공학과)
  • Received : 2010.09.03
  • Accepted : 2010.11.02
  • Published : 2010.12.30
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Abstract

In order to obtain basic data for utilization of the aerial parts of Cnidium officinale Makino (APCO), the antioxidant properties of the aerial parts and rhizomes of C. officinale were measured using DPPH and ABTS radicals, and nitrite scavenging assays. The ethyl acetate (EA) fraction prepared from the aerial parts of APCO showed the strongest antioxidant activities, and contained high level of total phenolic compounds (325.81 mgTE/g) and flavonoids (259.16 mgRE/g). The concentrations for 50% reductions ($RC_{50}$) values of the DPPH and ABTS radicals, and nitrite by the EA fraction of APCO were $11.27\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, $14.34\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, and $10.26\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, respectively. APCO exhibited approximately 3-9 times higher antioxidant activity than rhizomes of C. officinale. The antioxidant capacities of APCO were positively correlated with its total phenolic contents. Therefore, it was concluded that the aerial parts of C. officinale can be a useful and cost-effective source of natural antioxidant for food or cosmetics.

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