Agricultural and Biological Research

Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities development of methanol extracts of two endemic species growth in the park TAZA JIJEL–Algeria (Genista ferox Poiret and Genista ulicina Spatch)

Nouioua Wafa*, Gaamoune Sofiane

Genista ferox Poiret and Genista ulicina Spatch are Algerian endemics species growth in the park TAZA JIJEL – Algeria valorized for the first time for their medicinal aspects. This experiment was carried out by the quantification of polyphenols and flavonoids, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of methanol extracts of the two species. The antioxidant activities were evaluated by scavenging assays of 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals and the reducing power and the anti-inflammatory activity by Human Red Blood Cell (HRBC) membrane stabilization method was used to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity. The obtained results indicate an important anti-inflammatory activity at a very low concentration; encourage further biological investigation.