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Assessment of antioxidant activities in roots of Miswak (Salvadora persica) plants grown at two different locations in Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
al-Sahli, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah
Ibrahim, Muhammad M.
al-Humaydan, Ali A.
Alaraidh, Ibrahim A.
Mustafa, E. M.
EL-Gaaly, G. A.
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.168-175, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Traditionally, in Middle Eastern countries, many cultures use chewing sticks of arak for medicinal purposes especially, for oral cleanliness care.
It was used by Muslims for treatment of teeth and highly recommended to be used by Muslims during the whole day.
Therefore, the present work aimed to determine the total phenolic content and total flavonoids in two Miswak extracts obtained from arak roots collected from two different localities in Saudi Arabia.
They were extracted with aqueous ethanol (80 %) and used to estimate in vitro their antioxidative abilities.
The new findings showed that the two tested extracts contained significantly different amounts of both total phenolic content and total flavonoids.
According to the increase of total phenolic contents and total flavonoids obtained from the two extracts, Miswak collected from the southern region was found to contain more contents than those collected from the middle region.
The results of antioxidant activities of Miswak root extract obtained by using different in vitro methods were varied depending on the technique used.
According to the malondialdehyde (MDA) method, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) scavenging ability and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) methods, the two Miswak extracts exhibited to have high to very high antioxidant activities.
Mostly, the values of antioxidant activities of Southern region have been shown to be always the highest.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ibrahim, Muhammad M.& al-Sahli, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah& Alaraidh, Ibrahim A.& al-Humaydan, Ali A.& Mustafa, E. M.& EL-Gaaly, G. A.. 2015. Assessment of antioxidant activities in roots of Miswak (Salvadora persica) plants grown at two different locations in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.168-175.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-527517
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ibrahim, Muhammad M.…[et al.]. Assessment of antioxidant activities in roots of Miswak (Salvadora persica) plants grown at two different locations in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 22, no. 2 (2015), pp.168-175.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-527517
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ibrahim, Muhammad M.& al-Sahli, Abd al-Aziz Abd Allah& Alaraidh, Ibrahim A.& al-Humaydan, Ali A.& Mustafa, E. M.& EL-Gaaly, G. A.. Assessment of antioxidant activities in roots of Miswak (Salvadora persica) plants grown at two different locations in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2015. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.168-175.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-527517
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 174-175
Record ID
BIM-527517