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Antioxidant potential and content of phenolic compounds in extracts of twelve selected Malaysian commercial wood species

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This study was performed to investigate the antioxidant values of twelve selected Malaysian wood species. Bark and heartwood were extracted with toluene: industrial methylated spirit (Tol: IMS) and evaluated for antioxidant activity. Folin–Ciocalteu reagent was used to determine the total antioxidant activity and total phenols of plant extracts. Free radical scavenging activity was evaluated using 2,2-dipheny-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Extractive yields, antioxidant activity and total phenolic content varied among wood species. N. heimii had the highest extractive yields (23.50 and 9.16 %), antioxidant (93.60 and 83.78 %) and total phenolic content (29.11 and 24.11 mgGAE/g) for bark and heartwood, respectively. The results provided promising evidence that those tropical timbers may be useful as potential sources of natural antioxidants and could be used as drug formulations.

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The author is very grateful to acknowledge the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia for providing scholarships for this study. This is part of the first author PhD thesis. The authors also thank the staff of Wood Entomology Laboratory, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia and Wood Science Laboratory, Bangor University, United Kingdom for their invaluable technical support and assistance in the laboratory studies.

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    Mike David Hale

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Kadir, R., Hale, M.D. Antioxidant potential and content of phenolic compounds in extracts of twelve selected Malaysian commercial wood species. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 75, 615–622 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-016-1095-1

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