Synergistic Antioxidant Scavenging Activities of Grape Seed and Green Tea Extracts against Oxidative Stress

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  • Hossam S. EL-BELTAGI Cairo University, Faculty of Agriculture, Biochemistry Dept, P. Box 12613, Gamma St, Giza, Cairo (EG)
  • Wael EL-DESOUKY Atomic Energy Authority, Hot Laboratories Center, Cairo (EG)
  • Rania S. YOUSEF Cairo University, Faculty of Agriculture, Biochemistry Dept, P. Box 12613, Gamma St, Giza, Cairo (EG)

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https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha44210358

Abstract

Grape seed and green tea extracts are reported to produce antioxidant scavenging activities against free radical toxicity. This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that a specific combination of these extracts presents a synergistic antioxidant scavenging activities. The extracts of grape seed, green tea and their mixtures were characterized by phytochemical studies and tested for phenolics and flavonoids. In vitro antioxidant activity for individual extract and its mixtures was determined by DPPH, hydroxyl and superoxide free radical scavenging methods. The amount of total phenolics varied among the different extracts and ranged from 43.74 to 67.68 mg of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) / g dry weight, whereas total flavonoids content ranged from 4.25 to 11.66 mg of quercetin equivalents (QU) /g dry weight. The present results suggest that both extracts reported a highly contents of total phenolic and flavonoids compounds, also the mixtures of these extracts can synergistically enhance antioxidant activity. Antioxidant potential from mixture 2 (grape seed extract 200 mg: green tea extract 100 mg) was comparable to that of standard. HPLC results showed that the most abundant components in the mixture 2 extract were epigallocatechingallate while the lowest was the procyanidine.

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2016-12-14

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EL-BELTAGI, H. S., EL-DESOUKY, W., & YOUSEF, R. S. (2016). Synergistic Antioxidant Scavenging Activities of Grape Seed and Green Tea Extracts against Oxidative Stress. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 44(2), 367–374. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha44210358

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DOI: 10.15835/nbha44210358

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