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SUBMITTER: Fredotovic Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155300 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Fredotović Željana Ž Šprung Matilda M Soldo Barbara B Ljubenkov Ivica I Budić-Leto Irena I Bilušić Tea T Čikeš-Čulić Vedrana V Puizina Jasna J
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20170311 3
Here, we report a comparative study of the phytochemical profile and the biological activity of two onion extracts, namely <i>Allium cepa</i> L. and <i>Allium</i> × <i>cornutum</i> (Clementi ex Visiani 1842), members of the family Amaryllidaceae. The identification of flavonoids and anthocyanins, and their individual quantities, was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The potency of both extracts to scavenge free radicals was determined by the DPPH (2,2'-diphenyl-1-picry ...[more]