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. 2021 Feb 12;12:593856. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.593856

TABLE 3.

Invitro antioxidant activity of Salix species.

Plant part Extract/compound Method Effects References
Stem and leaves Four sulfated flavonoids (taxifolin-7-sulfate, dihydrokaempferol-7-sulfate, eridictyol-7-sulfate andnaringenin-7-sulfate) isolated from hybrid species of Salix×alberti L DPPH 7-Sulfation of taxifolin and eriodictyol attenuated but does not remove antioxidant activity Noleto-Dias et al. (2020)
Leaves Methanol extracts of S. purpurea L., S. cinerea L., Salix×smithiana willd., S. alba L., S. eriocephala michx., Salix×rubra huds DPPH The scavenging effect ranged between 33.6 (S. purpurea L.) and 45.7% (S. cinerea L.), 50.7 (S. purpurea L.) to 56.3% (Salix×rubra huds.) Gąsecka et al. (2017)
Leaves Ethyl acetate extract of S.tetrasperma roxb DPPH assay IC50 = 65.89 μg/ml Januarti et al. (2019)
Leaves Methanol extract of S. mucronata andersson DPPH, ABTS and TAC assays DPPH (EC50 = 98.76 ± 0.46 (µg/ml), ABTS = 45.83 ± 0.32 mm, trolox eq./100 gm extract and TAC = 199.18 ± 2.19 mg equivalent of ascorbic acid/g extract). EtOAc fraction derived from MeOH (85%) extract demonstrated the highest antioxidant potential; DPPH EC50 = 50.19 ± 0.24 (µg/ml), ABTS = 76.22 ± 1.61 (mm trolox eq./100 gm extract) and TAC = 249.86 ± 3.74 (mg equivalent of ascorbic acid/g extract) El-Sayed et al. (2015)
Male inflorescence Methanol extract of S. egyptiaca L DPPH and the folin–Ciocalteu method Butanol fraction showed the highest antioxidant potential with an IC50 value of 27.7 µg/ml Sonboli et al. (2010)
Flowers Ethanol extract of S. caprea L DPPH, superoxide hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide scavenging assay At a concentration of 250 μg/ml, 85.04% of DPPH radicals and at µg/mL 45.97%, 17.97% and 56.53% of O2·−, H2O2 and NO, respectively, were scavenged by the S. caprea L. flower extract Alam et al. (2006)
Leaves, bark, catkins Cyclohexane, butanol, ethanol and water extract of S. egyptica L DPPH assay Ethanol extract of the bark (highest activities, IC50 = 19 μg/ml) Enayat and Banerjee (2009)
Bark Hot ethanol extract of S. alba L DPPH and folin-ciocalteu method Free radical scavenging activity values ranged between 12.50, 37.50 and 80.00% of 10, 50 and 100 μg/ml, respectively Sulaiman et al. (2013)
Bark S. alba L., S. daphnoides Vill., S. purpurea L., and S. daphnoides Vill. x purpurea L. hybrid willow clones ABTS S. daphnoides Vill. x purpurea L. extracts were the most active ones. Gawlik-Dziki et al. (2014)
Leaves and young stems Hydroethanolic extract of S. alba L. DPPH IC50 =19.1 µg/ml. Zabihi et al. (2018)
Leaves and male inflorescence catkin S. matsudana Koidz. S. aegyptiaca L. S. babylonica L. S. excelsa S. G. Gmel. S. acmophylla Boiss. DPPH, superoxide, nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activity DPPH results ranged from 40.08% (S. excelsa) to 91.94% (S. aegyptiaca L.) and S. excelsa S. G. Gmel. displayed the potent superoxide (99.00%) and nitric oxide (71.73%) scavenging potential. Similar activities were found for hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging (50%) for S. matsudana Koidz., S. acmophylla Boiss. and S. babylonica L.. Male inflorescence catkin extracts, S. excelsa S. G. Gmel (70.63%), S. acmophylla Boiss. (60.25%) and S. matsudana Koidz. (62.37%) presented the most activities in DPPH, nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide, respectively. The S. excelsa S. G. Gmel, S. aegyptiaca L. and S. babylonica L. showed 99% superoxide radical inhibition. Tavakoli et al. (2016)
Bark Gallic acid, quercetin, rutin, vanillin and acetylsalicylic acid obtained from S. aegyptiaca L. DPPH gallic acid > quercetin >rutin> vanillin > acetylsalicylic acid. Nauman et al. (2018)
Bark Ethanol extract of S. aegyptiaca L. DPPH Ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest activity (11 ± 1 μg/ml). Ceyhan (2014)
Bark S. alba L. DPPH All granulometric classes revealed a high antioxidant activity. The best results were obtained for the 50–100 μm granulometric class. Zaiter et al. (2016)
Flowers Methanol extract of S.tetrasperma Roxb TAC 30.97 ± 2.6, 26.8 ± 2.1 U/L for the extract and ascorbic acid, respectively. Sobeh et al. (2019)
Bark S. atrocinerea Brot., S. fragilis L., and S. viminalis L. bark polar extracts DPPH and ABTS. Strong free radical scavenging activity (5.58–23.62 µg mL−1 IC50 range. Ramos et al. (2019)
Leaves and bark n- Hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and n- butanol extracts of S. subserrata Willd. DPPH and FRAP assays. IC50 µg/mL = 9.30 - 206.67 for DPPH assay and 2.90-26.89 mM FeSO4/mg extract for FRAP assay. Tawfeek et al. (2019)
bark and leaves S. alba L., S. amplexicaulis Bory & Chaub., S. babylonica L. , S. eleagnos Scop., S. fragilis L., S. purpurea L. and S. triandra. L. DPPH and OH radical scavenging assay. IC50 of DPPH ranged from 1.83–7.79 µg/mL in bark and 1.95–8.07 µg/mL in leaves extracts of different species of the genus Salix Gligorić et al. (2019)