Antioxidant activities in Vitex doniana and Saba comorensis fruits from coastal forests of Tanzania

Coastal forests of Tanzania are endowed with edible wild fruit plant species that can be used as dietary supplements to humans. The antioxidant activities of two common wild fruits Vitex doniana and Saba comorensis from two coastal regions (Tanga and Coastal) were determined using diphenly-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The antioxidant activities for V. doniana ranged between 71.0 ± 0.4 and 49.11 ± 0.04 in fruit samples from Tanga and 65.6 ± 0.1 and 48.3 ± 0.1 in fruit samples from Coast region. The activity in S. comorensis ranged between 56.28 ± 0.02 and 44.22 ± 0.03 for fruit samples from Coast r... Mehr ...