Antioxidative Effects of the Extracts from Korean Wild Plants

The antioxidative effects of the extracts from Salicornia herbacea and Ixeris dentata were analyzed with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The RC$_{80}$ of the ethanol-extract from I. dentata was 32.26$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$, while the RC$_{80}$ of ascorbic acid and glutathione, well-known antioxidants were 14.16 and 64.69$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$, respectively. However, in the case of the ethanol-extract from S. herbacea it was 108.29$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$. The cell viability in the group treated with the extracts from I. dentata leaves increased by 174% compared with the control 24 hr after irradiation. On the whole, the ethanol extracts resulted in a higher scavenging activity than the water extracts. Especially, the ethanol-extract from I. dentata leaves had the highest activity among all the extracts studied. It is suggested that S. herbacea and I. dentata are useful source materials for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.ons.