Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of ocimum americanum.

Advances in Analytical Chemistry(2015)

Cited 23|Views4
No score
Abstract
This study evaluated chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of Ocimum americanum. Standard methods were used in determination of phytochemicals and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV visible detector was used in analyses of carotenoids and vitamins. Chemical compounds in ethyl acetate extracts were determined using GC-MS with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2011 chemical compounds database. Antioxidant activity was determined by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), phosphomolybdate and reducing power assays. O. americanum contains diverse chemical compounds and the antioxidant activity was high. The ethyl acetate extracts contained 69 chemical compounds ranging from phytosterols, terpenes and fatty acid derivatives, among many others. These chemical compounds and antioxidant activity could be responsible for the efficacy in management of many diseases among the Kenyan societies.
More
Translated text
Key words
phytochemicals
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined