Contents of constituents and antioxidant activity of seed and pulp extracts of Annona coriacea and Annona sylvatica

Braz J Biol. 2015 Aug;75(3):685-91. doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.21313. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

Abstract

The antioxidant potential of fruit pulp and seeds of extracts of the Annona coriacea, and A. sylvatica (Annonaceae) were investigated, as well contents total phenolics, flavonoids, condensed tannins and ascorbic acid. Was used to determine the antioxidant activity the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH), β-carotene bleaching and ABTS radical cation method. The total phenol, total flavonoid, condensed tannin, and ascorbic acid contents were measured spectrophotometrically. In this study, the pulp and seeds of the fruits were extracted using methanol/water (8:2) for maceration. The seed extracts of A. coriacea demonstrated a moderate antioxidant effect with free radical scavenging activity of 31.53%, by the DPPH test, 51.59% by the β-carotene bleaching test and 159.50 µM trolx/g of extract in the ABTS assay. We found that the hydromethanolic seed extract of A. coriacea had high total phenol (147.08 ± 4.20 mg of GAE/g of extract) and flavonoid (131.18 ± 2.31 mg of QE/g of extract) content. This indicated that the antioxidant activity of the extracts was related to the contents of these constituents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Annona / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / metabolism*
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Seeds / chemistry
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Antioxidants