Antioxidant assay of Alstonia angustifolia ethanolic leaf extract

• Main Authors: Ab Rahim, Nurhidayah, Zakaria, Noorzafiza, Dzulkarnain, Syarifah Masyitah Habib, Azahar, Nazar Mohd Zabadi Mohd, Abdulla, Mahmood Ameen
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22760/; http://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARFMTSV42_N1_P80_86.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In current study, the ability of the ethanolic extract of Alstonia angustifolia in scavenging free radicals was assessed by using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) radical scavenging assay. The results suggested that the etha...