Antioxidant activity evaluation from Artemisia gorgonum extracts

• Author(s): Rodrigues, Neidy ; Pinto, Diana C. G. A. ; Seca, Ana M. L. ; Silva, Helena ; Pereira, M. Lourdes
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2372
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Artemisia gorgonum; DPPH; Antioxidant Activity; Leaves Extracts
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

XXIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. Aveiro, 12-14 de Junho 2013. Artemisia gorgonum (Asteraceae) known as “losna or lorna” is used in Cape Verde in traditional medicine to treat inflammation, fever and gastroenteritis. The antioxidant activity of methanol, 70% ethanol, chloroform-methanol and chloroform extracts from A. gorgonum leaves was evaluated using the DPPH assay and the results presented.