ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of Antioxidant Activities
of Flaxseed (Linum usitatisimum L.) and Fennel
Seed (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) Extracts
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University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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University Institute of Food and Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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University Institute of Public Health, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
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Biology Laboratory, University Public School, University of Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
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Department of Agroecology-Climate and Water, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Türkiye
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HGF Agro, Ata Teknokent, TR-25240 Erzurum, Türkiye
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
Submission date: 2023-10-01
Final revision date: 2023-10-31
Acceptance date: 2023-11-23
Online publication date: 2024-02-26
Publication date: 2024-04-09
Corresponding author
Sana Noreen
University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Baber Ali
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3359-3366
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Flaxseed and fennel seeds are rich sources of different types of phenolics such as lignans, phenolic
acids, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, and tannins. The present study was carried out to develop and
optimize a technique for isolation and quantification of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) from
flaxseed and Anethole from fennel seeds and to assess the antioxidant activities of flaxseed (Linum
usitatisimum L.) and fennel seeds (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) extracts. The percentage of extract
in fennel seeds and flaxseed was 5.72 and 6.31 %, respectively. Using HPLC, the predominant
constituent in fennel seed was determined to be anethole (11.30±0.25 mg/g) and in flaxseed, it was
secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) (8.35±0.52 mg/g) compared to the respective standards
solution. Using SPSS, the obtained data from each parameter were statistically analyzed. There are
numerous biological and pharmacological effects of trans-anethole. For antioxidant activity, 2,2′-azinobis
(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) showed higher results with acetone (80%), with
fennel seed and flaxseed is 7.28±0.17 and 8.29±0.23 mM TE/g. while FTC method it was maximum
for distilled water extract of fennel seed (48.35±0.19%) and Flaxseed (65.09±0.72%) and by β-carotene bleaching method, water extract of fennel seed and flaxseed also showed maximum antioxidant
activity i.e. 83.06±0.02% and 86.23±0.38%. Additionally, it is used as a masking agent in food products
as a flavoring agent. According to the findings of this study, fennel seeds and flaxseed contain bioactive
compounds that may assist in the treatment of a number of chronic diseases.