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| ALENCAR,DANIEL B. DE; SILVA,SUZETE R. DA; PIRES-CAVALCANTE,KELMA M.S.; LIMA,REBECA L. DE; PEREIRA JÚNIOR,FRANCISCO N.; SOUSA,MÁRCIA B. DE; VIANA,FRANCISCO A.; NAGANO,CELSO S.; NASCIMENTO,KYRIA S. DO; CAVADA,BENILDO S.; SAMPAIO,ALEXANDRE H.; SAKER-SAMPAIO,SILVANA. |
| Natural antioxidants found in marine macroalgae are bioactive compounds known to play an important role in the prevention of diseases associated with aging cells protecting them against the oxidative damage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of ethanolic extracts of two species of red seaweeds, Amansia multifida and Meristiella echinocarpa. In vitro antioxidant activity was determined by DPPH radical scavenging assay, ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, ferrous ion chelating (FIC) assay, β-carotene bleaching (BCB) assay and total phenolic content (TPC) quantification. Cytotoxicity was evaluated with the brine shrimp Artemia sp. lethality test. The TPC values observed in the present study indicated... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antioxidant; Bioactive compounds; Cytotoxic; Phenolic compounds; Rhodophyta. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000100251 |
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