Screening of Sun Protective Activity of the Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Some Medicinal Plants

Mitra Mehrabani; Payam Khazaeli

doi:10.22037/ijpr.2010.738

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https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.738

Screening of Sun Protective Activity of the Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Some Medicinal Plants

Author(s):

Mitra Mehrabani^1,*,

Payam Khazaeli²

1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

IJ Pharmaceutical Research:Vol. 7, issue 1; 5-9

Published online:Nov 20, 2010

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 01, 2007

Accepted:Nov 01, 2007

How to Cite:Mitra MehrabaniPayam KhazaeliScreening of Sun Protective Activity of the Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Some Medicinal Plants.Iran J Pharm Res.7(1):e128564.https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.738.

Abstract

Natural substances extracted from plants have recently been considered as potential sunscreen resources because of their ultraviolet ray absorption in the UVA region and their antioxidant activity. In the present study, the UV protective effects of ethyl acetate extracts of some common medicinal plants, which have flavonoids and other phenolics as the most important components, were evaluated using diffuse transmittance method and calculating Sun Protection Factors (SPFs). The ethyl acetate extracts of sixteen medicinal plants were analyzed for their in vitro SPF by measurement of their transmittanceat different concentrations in methanol.

Extracts of leaves of Dracocephalum moldavica L. (Lamiaceae) and flowering tops of Viola tricolor L. (Violaceae) had the highest SPFs, i.e.24.79 and 25.69, respectively.

D. moldavica and V. tricolor had high amounts of phenolic compounds and flavonoids., which could be the cause for their high SPF.

Keywords

Ethyl acetate extract

Sun Protection Factor

Medicinal plants

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