Antioxidant Properties and Vitamin Profile of Hyptis verticillata Cultivated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Egbung Godwin Eneji, Atangwho Item Justin and Anosike Chikaodili

International Journal of Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 08, 53-57

Abstract: The present study investigated the antioxidant properties as well the vitamin composition of the leaves of Hyptis verticillata cultivated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The antioxidant activity of H. verticillata leaves indicated high catalase concentration (0.04±0.01M) and low levels of reduced glutathione,superoxide dismutase and malondialdehyde while the concentration of vitamins showed high concentration of vitamin C (2.63±0.12mg/100ml) with low concentrations of beta-carotene and vitamin E (at 3.0 x 10-3 ±0.08mg/100ml and 0.05±8.1 x 10-4mg/100ml) respectively. We therefore, suggests that the consumption of leaves of H. verticillata in form of infusion could serve as a potential source of locally available antioxidants.

Keywords: Antioxidants; Hyptis verticillata; vitamins and infusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.1368

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