Antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of Pluchea indica Less

• Main Authors: Ab. Rahim, Noridayu, Hii, Yueh Feng, Abas, Faridah, Shaari, Khozirah, Lajis, Nordin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40678/1/Antioxidant%20and%20antiacetylcholinesterase%20activities%20of%20Pluchea%20indica%20Less..pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40678/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/18%20%2803%29%202011/%2810%29IFRJ-2010-294.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study was undertaken to evaluate the antioxidant and acetylcholinesterase inhibition properties of stems and leaf of hexane and methanolic extracts of Pluchea indica. Methanolic extract of leaves showed the highest antioxidant activity (IC50= 24.45 ± 0.34 μg/ml) and total phenolic contents (573...