Antioxidant Activity, Phenol and Flavonoid Contents of Fourteen Mulberry Varieties Leaves

摘要

Water extracts of leaves from fourteen (14) mulberry varieties growing in China were investigated for their antioxidant activity by the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. DPPH scavenging activities ranged from 34.60% to 61.70%. Total phenolic content of mulberry leaf (based on the Folin-Ciocalteu method) varied from 14.00 to 43.67 mg gallic acid equivalent/g leaf, and flavonoid content (based on the colorimetric aluminum nitrate method) varied from 4.02 to 28.32 mg rutin equivalent/g leaf. There was a significant linear relationship between the total phenolic and/or flavonoid content and the antioxidant activity in mulberry leaf extracts.