Use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as antioxidants

摘要

Use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as antioxidants. This patent covers the use of aqueous extract and polysaccharide fraction of Thuja occidentalis as antioxidants, which was confinnado through the completion of the antioxidant activity in vitro. Various methods were used to evaluate the antioxidant capacity.Methodologies were used based on the methods of DPPH? And ABTS? +, evaluation of the antioxidant capacity against the hydroxyl radical generated by Fenton reaction, evaluation of the inhibition of nitric oxide, and inibiu00e7u00e3oda lipid peroxidation (TBARS method), using the dry extract of T. occidentalis and the fraction of polysaccharides in several concent Rations, between 0.9 and 7.2 u00b5 g / ml.In all the methods, was used as a positive control, the troloxu00ae. The results obtained are promising and have shown that the aqueous extract and the fraction of polysaccharide of T. occidentalis have good antioxidant activities, therefore, have the potential to be used in the production of phytocosmetic and herbal medicines.