<i>Potentillae argenteae herba</i>-Antioxidant and DNA-Protective Activities, and Microscopic Characters.

ABSTRACT: Antioxidants from natural sources are essential for the development of new therapeutics to improve human health. The objects of study are the aerial flowering parts of Potentilla argentea, a plant species known in traditional medicine for the astringent, hemostatic, wound-healing, and anti-inflammatory effects of its rhizomes. A Potentillae argenteae herba ethanol dry tincture was chromatographically analyzed (GC/MS, HPLC) and its antioxidant (ABTS, DPPH, CUPRAC, FRAP assays) and DNA nicking protection potentials were evaluated. The eighteen volatiles were identified by GC/MS, where the predominant components were n-nonacosane (39.38 mg/g dt), squalene (28.88 mg/g dt), n-tricosane (18.36 mg/g dt), ethyl oleate (15.24 mg/g dt), and n-pentacosane (10.60 mg/g dt). A high content

SUBMITTER: Andonova T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12023972 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature