Evaluation of antioxidant compounds, antioxidant activities, and mineral composition of 13 collected purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) accessions

• Main Authors: Alam, Md. Amirul, Juraimi, Abdul Shukor, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Abdul Hamid, Azizah, Aslani, Farzad, Hasan, M. M., Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Asraf, Uddin, Md. Kamal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37521/1/37521.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37521/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/296063/abs/

The methanolic extracts of 13 accessions of purslane were analyzed for their total phenol content (TPC), total flavonoid contents (TFC), and total carotenoid contents (TCC) and antioxidant activity of extracts was screened using FRAP assay and DPPH radical scavenging methods. The TPC, TFC, and TCC r...