Volume: 35 Issue: 3
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. and Sheriff. – A wild leafy vegetable with significant antioxidant potential
Year: 2013, Page: 128-135, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v35i3.Pradeesh
Received: Aug. 30, 2013 Accepted: Nov. 12, 2013 Published: Dec. 31, 2013
The antioxidant potential of Bidens biternata (Family- Asteraceae), a wild leafy vegetable used by Paniya, Chetti and Kattunaayika tribes of Waynadu District of Kerala were investigated. Different antioxidants properties like DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging, and TBA (Thiobarbituric acid) free radical scavenging abilities were analyzed. Non-enzymatic antioxidants like total phenols, carotenoids, lycopene, proanthocyanidins, flavonoids, flavonols, total polyphenol (TP), proline and enzymatic antioxidants like glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione S transferase (GST), ascorbate oxidase (EC 1.10.3.3), polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and lipoperoxides (LPX) were also measured. The obtained data suggest that B. biternata has tremendous potential to destroy the free radicals that damage the cells.
Keywords: Bidens biternata, DPPH, Free radical, Total flavonoid, Total flavonols, Total polyphenol
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S Pradeesh, Archana G Nair, I Mini, TS Swapna. 2013. Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. and Sheriff. – A wild leafy vegetable with significant antioxidant potential. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 35: 128-135.
