Antioxidation Activity of Several Kinds of Medicinal Plants and Their NO_2~-Removal Capacity

Authors XU Fen-fen; YE Li-min; ZHOU Zhi-yan

Journal Hubei Agricultural Sciences , 2010,3:49

Abstract In this experiment the superoxide dismutase activities and the capacities of NO_2~- scavenging under the pH condition same as that of gastric juice for different medicinal plants were compared. The results showed that green tea had the highest activity of SOD, that of cocklebur, mint, Eriobotrya japonica was middle, black tea, Chinese wolfberry, and corn filaments had lower activity of SOD. About removing capacity of NO_2~-, green tea was the highest, motherwort and corn filaments were lower,other were middle.

Species covered 枇杷 Eriobotrya japonica