Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
The review focuses on the evaluation of antioxidant potential and its changes by various factors such as growing conditions, the use of fertilizers, the analyzed part of the plant, the solvent used, the extraction method, purifying procedures, and the determination method for selected medicinal and...
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| description | The review focuses on the evaluation of antioxidant potential and its changes by various factors such as growing conditions, the use of fertilizers, the analyzed part of the plant, the solvent used, the extraction method, purifying procedures, and the determination method for selected medicinal and aromatic plants that are lesser-known as antioxidant sources. The lesser-known representatives of Lamiaceae family (<i>Lamium album</i>, <i>Leonurus cardiaca</i>, <i>Hyssopus officinalis</i>, <i>Scutellaria baicalensis</i>), Asteraceae family (<i>Artemisia absinthium</i>), Myrtaceae family (<i>Pimenta dioica</i>), and Rosaceae family (<i>Crataegus laevigata</i>) were selected. The most important factors affecting antioxidant potential are the used solvent and its polarity (water and its temperature, ethanol, mixture of these solvents, methanol, n-butanol, and ethylacetate), extraction techniques, essential oil preparation, and the type and conditions of antioxidant activity (AA) determination method (DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, etc.). The plant composition and the occurrence of biologically active compounds (BACs), such as phenolics (phenolic acids and flavonoids) that participate in their biological impacts and deactivate reactive oxygen species, are also described. This work thus provides a summary of this issue and an extension of information focused on factors that affect plant components’ presence and thus have an impact on the overall antioxidant potential (total polyphenol content TPC, antioxidant activity) of lesser-known plant representatives with antioxidant effect. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-942ecee005a346a5b3862022d82325ee2025-01-24T13:34:47ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242025-01-0111110410.3390/horticulturae11010104Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic PlantsSona Skrovankova0Jiri Mlcek1Department of Food Analysis and Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Vavreckova 5669, 76001 Zlin, Czech RepublicDepartment of Food Analysis and Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Vavreckova 5669, 76001 Zlin, Czech RepublicThe review focuses on the evaluation of antioxidant potential and its changes by various factors such as growing conditions, the use of fertilizers, the analyzed part of the plant, the solvent used, the extraction method, purifying procedures, and the determination method for selected medicinal and aromatic plants that are lesser-known as antioxidant sources. The lesser-known representatives of Lamiaceae family (<i>Lamium album</i>, <i>Leonurus cardiaca</i>, <i>Hyssopus officinalis</i>, <i>Scutellaria baicalensis</i>), Asteraceae family (<i>Artemisia absinthium</i>), Myrtaceae family (<i>Pimenta dioica</i>), and Rosaceae family (<i>Crataegus laevigata</i>) were selected. The most important factors affecting antioxidant potential are the used solvent and its polarity (water and its temperature, ethanol, mixture of these solvents, methanol, n-butanol, and ethylacetate), extraction techniques, essential oil preparation, and the type and conditions of antioxidant activity (AA) determination method (DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, etc.). The plant composition and the occurrence of biologically active compounds (BACs), such as phenolics (phenolic acids and flavonoids) that participate in their biological impacts and deactivate reactive oxygen species, are also described. This work thus provides a summary of this issue and an extension of information focused on factors that affect plant components’ presence and thus have an impact on the overall antioxidant potential (total polyphenol content TPC, antioxidant activity) of lesser-known plant representatives with antioxidant effect.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/1/104medicinal and aromatic plantsfactorsbioactive compoundsantioxidant activityLamiaceae family |
| spellingShingle | Sona Skrovankova Jiri Mlcek Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Horticulturae medicinal and aromatic plants factors bioactive compounds antioxidant activity Lamiaceae family |
| title | Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| title_full | Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| title_short | Antioxidant Potential and Its Changes Caused by Various Factors in Lesser-Known Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| title_sort | antioxidant potential and its changes caused by various factors in lesser known medicinal and aromatic plants |
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