An evaluation of the antioxidant abilities of Allium species

Stajner Dubravka and Szőllősi Istvánné Varga Ilona: An evaluation of the antioxidant abilities of Allium species. In: Acta biologica Szegediensis, (47) 1-4. pp. 103-106. (2003)

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Abstract

In the present study we investigated antioxidative properties of leaves of different wild (Allium flavum L., Allium sphaerocephalum L., Allium atroviolaceum Bois., Allium vienale L., Allium scorodoprasum L.) and grown (Allium nutans L., Allium fistulosum L., Allium vienale L., Allium pskemense B. Fedtsch, Allium schenoprasum L., Allium cepa L., Allium sativum L.) Allium sorts were investigated. Activities of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, glutathione peroxidase), quantities of malonyldialdehyde superoxide and hydroxyl radicals and reduced glutathione and also the content of total flavonoids, chlorophylls a and b, carotenoids, vitamin C and soluble proteins were determined. Our results indicate that leaves of grown Allium sativum L., Allium cepa L., Allium vineale L., Allium fistulosum L. and Allium nutans L. and wild Allium flavum L. and Allium ursinum L. exibited high antioxidant activites.

Item Type: Article
Heading title: Symposium
Journal or Publication Title: Acta biologica Szegediensis
Date: 2003
Volume: 47
Number: 1-4
ISSN: 1588-385X
Page Range: pp. 103-106
Language: English
Event Title: Free Radical Research, 2002, Szeged
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/39246/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Természettudomány, Biológia
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: 106. p.; Abstract
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 09:25
Last Modified: 2021. Apr. 13. 11:55
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/22614

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