Abstract
Several researches have confirmed the pharmacological efficiency of medicinal plants that grow in arid zone. Artemisia herba-alba is a plant that grows in El bayadh region (Western Algeria) and used in traditional therapy. The present work is about phytochemical screening with quantification of phenolic compounds and determination of its antioxidant activity using different solvent maceration extract of aerial parts. Results highlighted the richness in phenolic compounds and antioxidants of this plant.
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Plusieurs recherches ont approuvé l’efficacité pharmacologique des plantes médicinales des zones arides. Artemisia herba-alba pousse dans la région d’El-Bayadh (Algérie occidentale). Elle est utilisée en médecine traditionnelle par la population locale. Le présent travail est une étude phytochimique pour la quantification de ses constituants phénoliques et une détermination de l’activité antioxydante de trois extraits de sa partie aérienne. Les résultats ont montré que la plante est riche en polyphénols (phénols totaux, flavonoïdes totaux et tanins condensés) et qu’elle possède un pouvoir antioxydant important.
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Dif, M.M., Benali Toumi, F., Boukaaza, H. et al. Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Artemisa herba-alba, a medicinal plant from Algerian arid zone. Phytothérapie (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10298-016-1077-9
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