Determination of antioxidant activity of gum Arabic: an exudation from two different locations

• Main Authors: Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mohamed Elnour, Ahmed Adam, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Alam, Md Zahangir, Musa, Khalid Hamid, Abdullah, Aminah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: The Science Society of Thailand and The National Research Council of Thailand 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/66525/13/66525_Determination%20of%20antioxidant%20activity%20of%20gum%20Arabic.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66525/7/66525_Determination%20of%20antioxidant%20activity%20of%20gum%20Arabic_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66525/14/66525_Determination%20of%20antioxidant%20activity%20of%20gum%20Arabic_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66525/; http://www.scienceasia.org/2018.44.n3/scias44_179.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Gum Arabic (GA) is the main product of acacia trees. As a raw and commercial samples, GA was extracted with methanol and analysed to measure the antioxidant activity using five methods: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), Folin-Ciocalteu indexes (FCI), which indicate total phenolic compounds (TPC...