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Seabuckthorn (Hippophae salicifolia) Leaves, a Good Source of Natural Antioxidant Compounds

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Hippophae salicifolia is a popularized important hardy deciduous shrub of the Indian Himalaya and under utilization as a supplement of food, traditional and folk medicine system. The study was focused on quantification of biochemical attributes of leaves collected form male and female plant species by using diverse polarity solvents. Results revealed a significant variation (p < 0.05) in the analyzed parameters among solvent systems, and diverse concentration of the analyzed parameters were recorded. The leaves of female plants exhibited potential sources of diverse bioactive constituents (i.e., phenolics 67.39 mg GAE/g and antioxidants (SOD 92.69; FRAP 0.51; DPPH 85.12 mM AAE/100 g dry weight), and ethanol solvent was recorded best followed by acetone and aqueous, respectively. This is the first attempt which highlighted the biochemical attributes of the leaves and reported that leaves of female plants are rich sources of bioactive constituents and can be utilized for food supplement in the form of green tea or other natural health benefit products, which will be useful for reducing the deficiency of malnutrition and generate employment opportunities for local populace of high-altitude villages of Himalaya.

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The authors are thankful to Director, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre (HAPPRC), Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India.

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  1. High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre (HAPPRC), Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, 246174, India

    Vijay Laxmi Trivedi, Dharam Chand Attri, Mohan Chandra Nautiyal & Jyoti Sati

  2. G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, 263643, India

    Dharam Chand Attri & Amit Bahukhandi

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Trivedi, V.L., Attri, D.C., Bahukhandi, A. et al. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae salicifolia) Leaves, a Good Source of Natural Antioxidant Compounds. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 45, 195–198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-021-01095-2

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