Evaluation of antioxidant, total phenol and flavonoid content and antimicrobial activities of artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) of underutilized tropical fruit extracts

• Main Authors: Jalal, Tara Kamal, Ahmed, Idris Adewale, Mikail, Maryam Abimbola, Momand, Lailuma, Draman, Samsul, Md Isa, Muhammad Lokman, Abdull Rasad, Mohammad Syaiful Bahari, Omar, Muhammad Nor, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Abdul Wahab, Ridhwan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2015
• Subjects: RL Dermatology; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/43516/1/Tara_1_Publication.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43516/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12010-015-1499-0

Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) pulp, peel and whole fruit were extracted with various solvents such as hexane, dichloromethane (DCM) and methanol. The antioxidant activity of these extracts were examined using the stable 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging test. IC50 was 55 ± 5....