Evaluación del perfil fenólico, contenido de fenoles y actividad antioxidante de Dichondra argentea

Dichondra argentea is a plant used in traditional medicine, where it has been used torelieve stomach pain, regulate fever and treat heart conditions, among other uses.Therefore, it is essential to support its use with scientific studies that validate itseffectiveness and safety in the medicinal field. In the present work, the total contentof phenols and flavonoids was determined by spectrometric analysis, the antioxidantactivity was evaluated by measuring the blocking capacity of the free radicals 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH *) and 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS * +). The results revealed a total phenol content of 115.27 ±0.86 mg EAG / g ES and a total flavonoid content of 31.56 ± 1.97 mg EQ / g ES.Regarding the antioxidant activity, the ethanolic extracts of Dichondra argentearecorded an EC value of 1.60 ± 0.005 mg / mL and a value of EC of 0.68± 0.004 mg/mL. Since Dichondra argentea has been little studied, this workprovides important information about this plant