Antioxidative and Radical Scavenging Properties of the Constituents Isolated from Cosmos caudatus Kunth

  • Abas, Faridah (Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Institute of Bioscience) ;
  • Shaari, Khozirah (Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Institute of Bioscience) ;
  • Lajis, N.H. (Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Institute of Bioscience) ;
  • Israf, D.A. (Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Institute of Bioscience) ;
  • Kalsom, Y. Umi (Department of Biology University Putra Malaysia)
  • Published : 2003.12.01

Abstract

A phytochemical investigation on the methanolic extract of Cosmos caudatus has led to the isolation of quercetin $3-O-{\beta}-D-arabinofuranoside$ (1), quercetin $3-O-{\beta}-D-rhamnoside$ (2), quercetin $3-O-{\alpha]-D-glucoside$ (3) and quercetin (4). These compounds were shown to be the antioxidative constituents of the plant when evaluated using the ferric thiocyanate (FTC) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA), and radical scavengers based on the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assays.

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