JOURNAL 509


Records of Natural Products
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2012 Issue: 4 October-December
PAGES
p.394 - 397
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AUTHORS
    Alexandra Katsarou, Sophia Rhizopoulou and Panagiotis Kefalas
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ABSTRACT


The aim of the study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of extracts of aerial tissues (i.e. flowers, leaves, stems, twigs and berries) of the mistletoe Loranthus europaeus that grow on oak trees in a natural forest, in the mainland of Greece. Total phenolic content and antioxidant potential of aerial issues of L. europaeus was evaluated by the Folin - Ciocalteu method , the Ferric r educing antioxidant power assay , the free radical DPPH · scavenging and the Co(II)/EDTA induced luminol plateau chemiluminescence assay. Extracts of twigs and stems of Leuropaeus exhibited higher antioxidant activity in comparison to that of fruits, leaves and flowers.

KEYWORDS
  • Antioxidant activity
  • berries
  • flowers
  • fruits
  • leaves
  • Loranthus europaeus