Radical-Scavenging Effect, Ferric Reducing Ability and Phytochemical analysis of Urtica urens (L.) and Mercurialis annua (L.)

Mar 13, 2024

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Doukkali Zouhra, Researcher from Mohammed V University, presenting at Drug Discovery Conference 2024

International Live Conference on Drug Discovery Date: March 16, 2024 Venue: Online Conference

Title: Radical-Scavenging Effect, Ferric Reducing Ability and Phytochemical analysis of Urtica urens (L.) and Mercurialis annua (L.)

Author: Doukkali Zouhra, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco Email Id: d.zouhra@yahoo.fr Co-authors: Meryem El Jemli, Bouyahya Abdelhakim, Khang Wen Goh, Belatar Bahia, Yahia Cherrah, Katim Alaoui

Abstract:

Important Moroccan medicinal plants known for their food and medicinal potential include Urtica urens and Mercurialis annua. By using a number of in vitro assays, including the ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) test, the DPPH radical-scavenging activity, and the ABTS free radical-scavenging capacity, we evaluated the antioxidant activity of the methanolic and aqueous extracts. In addition, Phytochemical screening was performed on all active compounds in order to determine the key groups of chemicals implicated in their therapeutic activity. Total phenolic and flavonoid concentrations were also measured to see how they affected the antioxidant properties of the plant extracts. The extracts of Urtica urens and Mercurialis annua were discovered to have varying degrees of antioxidant impact in the examined systems. The Mercurialis annua extracts showed the highest values of antioxidant ability, based on the three used assays. phytochemical testing of studied extracts demonstrated the existence of flavonoids, anthocyanins, and tannins. Total phenol and flavonoid contents were shown to provide the highest association with different antioxidant methods.

The current research demonstrated that the samples from Urtica urens and Mercurialis annua have different responses with different antioxidant tests.

Keywords: Urtica urens; Mercurialis annua; Phytochemical screening; Phenolic and flavonoid contents; antioxidant effects.