Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic Content and Total Flavonoid Content of Lichen Parmotrema gardneri (C.W.Dodge) Sérus Crude Extract

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Areerat Saisong
Khwanyuruan Naksuwankul

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This research aimed to study total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and antioxidant activity of crude extracts of lichen Parmotrema gardneri (C.W.Dodge) Sérus extracted by maceration in 3 solvents including 95% ethanol, ethyl acetate, and acetone and by decoction. Total phenolic contents of the extracts were analyzed by Folin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method and Total flavonoid contents of the extracts were analyzed by aluminium chloride colorimetric method. For the antioxidant activity analysis of the extracts, 3 methods including Ferric reducing antioxidant power assay (FRAP assay), 2,2′-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline 6-sulfonate) assay (ABTS assay) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate assay (DPPH assay) were used. The analysis of bioactive compounds revealed that the crude acetone extract of lichen had the highest TPC and TFC which were 199.05±0.54 mg gallic acid equivalent/g extract and 170.60±0.88 mg quercetin equivalent/g extract, respectively. The analysis of antioxidant activity revealed that the crude 95% ethanol extract of lichen had highest antioxidant activity. By using DPPH and ABTS assays, its IC50 values were 0.85±0.08 mg/mL and 0.97±0.00 mg/mL, respectively and by FRAP assay, its FRAP value was 4411.49±24.09 mg FeSO4/g extract. Pearson’s correlation analysis between bioactive compounds contents and antioxidant activity of the crude lichen extracts demonstrated that a positive relationship existed between contents of bioactive compounds (TPC and TFC) and antioxidant activity analyzed by FRAP assay while a negative relationship was found between TFC and antioxidant activity analyzed by ABTS assay.

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