Evaluación de actividad antioxidante de extractos de subproductos de mortiño y hojas de mango

Abstract

Abstract: The mortiño belongs to the Ericaceae family, it is found in various Andean areas of Ecuador and has several bioactive compounds. On the other hand, the mango is a tropical fruit that belongs to the Anacardiaceae family and, like the Andean blueberry, is of great interest due to its antioxidant content. In this work, the objective was to determine the antioxidant capacity of the extracts that contain bioactive compounds of mango and Andean blueberry. For this, the leaves of these plants were subjected to maceration, pressurized liquid, and supercritical co-solvent extraction treatments. It was determined that the pressurized liquid and co-solvent treatments allowed the extraction of the highest content of flavonoids by the ABTS method in the blueberry. The highest content of antioxidant activity, flavonoids and phenols was obtained in the maceration treatment for the FRAP, ABTS and DPPH methods in mango leaves.