Investigation of Antioxidant Capacity of Dittrichia viscosa subsp. angustifolia and Dittrichia graveolens subsp. graveolens

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 94 - 101, 31.10.2025

Nesrin Öztinen , Beste Atlı , Ezgi Ak-sakallı , Büşra Yardim , Emre Hamurtekin , İmge Kunter , Ergül Mutlu Altundağ , Müberra Koşar

https://doi.org/10.54994/emujpharmsci.1789586

Abstract

This study evaluated the antioxidant properties of extracts from Dittrichia graveolens subsp. graveolens (L.) Greuter and Dittrichia viscosa subsp. angustifolia (Bég.) Greuter which were previously known as Inula graveolens and Inula viscosa. The study investigated total phenolic content, DPPH● and ABTS●+ radical scavenging tests for both ethanolic and n-hexane extracts from the plants' aerial parts.
It is shown that both D. graveolens subsp. graveolens and D. viscosa subsp. angustifolia extracts have significant antioxidant potential. This supports their traditional uses in medicine and suggests they could be valuable natural sources of antioxidants.

Keywords

antioxidant activity , total phenolic content , radical scavenging , medicinal plants , natural antioxidants

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