Survey and comparison of the antioxidant activity, total phenolic, and flavonoid compounds of saffron petals sowing in different regions of the Lorestan province

Mohammadian, Ali; Ahmadvand, Hassan; Karamian, Reza; Siahmansour, Reza; Sepahvand, Ali; Omidvari, Shahram

doi:10.22048/jsat.2017.39231

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Researcher, Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center,Lorestan University of Medical Sciences,Khorramabad and 2.Researcher, Lorestan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education center

² Associate professor,department of biochemistry,faculty of medicin,Lorestan University of Medical Sciences,Khorramabad,Ira

³ 2.Researcher, Lorestan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education center

⁴ Assistant Professor, Lorestan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education center

⁵ Researcher, Lorestan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education center

https://doi.org/10.22048/jsat.2017.39231

Abstract

Saffron is one of the most valuable food and medicine products that has a high economic importance in Iran and other countries. Harmful environmental factors prohibit the human body from collating the free radicals that are produced during breathing resulting in problems such as premature aging, atherosclerosis and cancer. There has been only a few reported research studies on the antioxidant properties of Saffron petals in world. This research was carried out in order to survey the antioxidant compound that may be extracted from Saffron petals and indicate the total phenol content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) in the cultivated Saffron farms of the Lorestan province. After specifying the Saffron farms by the Random systematic method, the compound sampling was carried out (Saffron petals amount 2 kg). Then, the antioxidant activity, total amount of phenols and flavonoids in the extracts were measured by methods of DPPH, Folinciocalteau and Colorimetric assay, respectively. The results showed that the amount of IC₅₀was the lowest and highestin Noorabad and Vician farms with amounts of 1.66 and 156.4μg/ml, respectively by the Duncan test. The results of mean comparison showed that the total phenol content and total flavonoid content of 1098.8 mg Gallic acid/g extract and 41.39 mg cou/g extract, respectively that belonged to the Noorabad and the Chaghalvandi farms had the highest amounts among all of the saffron cultivation in the farms.

Keywords

20.1001.1.23831529.1396.5.1.4.3

Main Subjects

Pharmaceutical and Medical Science and Technology

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Survey and comparison of the antioxidant activity, total phenolic, and flavonoid compounds of saffron petals sowing in different regions of the Lorestan province

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
April 2017
Pages 51-60

Survey and comparison of the antioxidant activity, total phenolic, and flavonoid compounds of saffron petals sowing in different regions of the Lorestan province

References

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15April 2017Pages 51-60

Volume 5, Issue 1 - Serial Number 15
April 2017
Pages 51-60