ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY EVALUATION AND PHENOLIC COMPOUND CONTENT DETERMINATION OF SEAWEEDS EXTRACTS FROM THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

Authors

  • Bibiana ECHAVARRÍA Z. Grupo de Investigación Productos Naturales Marinos, Facultad de Química Farmacéutica, Universidad de Antioquia.
  • Andrea FRANCO S. Grupo de Investigación Productos Naturales Marinos, Facultad de Química Farmacéutica, Universidad de Antioquia.
  • Alejandro MARTÍNEZ M. Grupo de Investigación Productos Naturales Marinos, Facultad de Química Farmacéutica, Universidad de Antioquia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.vitae.1434

Keywords:

actividad antioxidante, compuestos fenólicos, algas marinas

Abstract

Nowadays, antioxidants are compounds of great interest because they help positively to maintain human

health. There is a marked interest in searching for antioxidants of natural sources, such as seaweed. For

this reason extracts from five Colombian seaweeds: Caulerpa mexicana, Laurencia sp., Sargassum sp., Dictyota

sp. and Sargassum cymosum are analyzed in this work. Total phenolic content is determined using the Folin-

Ciocalteau method and their antioxidant activity is determined by the DDPH method. Results show

that all studied species of Colombian seaweeds have an antioxidant activity possibly related with their

total phenolic content. Sargassum cymosum is the most active and it contains major phenolic compounds

content. Results show that marine Colombian sources have a big potential for searching substances, with

application in the pharmaceutics and alimentary sector.

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Published

11-05-2009

How to Cite

ECHAVARRÍA Z., B., FRANCO S., A., & MARTÍNEZ M., A. (2009). ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY EVALUATION AND PHENOLIC COMPOUND CONTENT DETERMINATION OF SEAWEEDS EXTRACTS FROM THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. Vitae, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.vitae.1434

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Natural Products

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