Abstract

Mohammadi Mastaneh^1,*, Majd Ahamd², Nejadsattari Taher¹, Hashemi Mehrdad³

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/300459

Plants used in folk and traditional medicines have been accepted as therapeutic drug development in modern medicine. SinceOcimum basilicum cv. dark opal has been used in Persian traditional medicine and many Iranian dishes,it was considered important to determine the reductive capacity of the purple basil oils and extracts, as this may indicate their potential as antioxidants. Results indicated that the extracts have more powerful antioxidant activity than the oils.Also,the phytochemical analysis of the extracts has led to the identification of 3 phenolic. Our study, partially validates the traditional use of this medicinal herb as complementary medicine.

Antioxidant; HPLC; Purple basil

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