Determination of free radical scavenging activities and total phenolic content of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)

Aburigal, Yasmin A. A. and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed and Elmogtaba, Elfadl Y. and Sirible, Awatif A. M. and Hamza, Nada and Hussein, Ismail H. (2016) Determination of free radical scavenging activities and total phenolic content of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

The present study was carried out to determine the antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of Ocimum basilicum collected from different regions of the world. The extraction of plant material have been analysed for their DPPH free radical scavenging activity of six basil accessions and their total phenolic content (TPC). The results suggest that the highest antioxidant activity was found in V4 (from Thailand) and the lowest antioxidant activity was found in V6 (from Maldives). The highest amount of phenolic content was found in V6 (from Maldives) and the lowest phenolic content was found in V4 (from Thailand). This study shows that basil is good sources of free-radical scavenging compounds and has their traditional medicinal application.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	4971/51779 (ISBN: 978-983-42978-8-6)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	antioxidant activity; free radical; Ocimum basilicum; phenolic content
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP248.13 Biotechnology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	A Prof Elwathig Mirghani
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2016 10:18
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2018 04:28
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/51779

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