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Chemical Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Selaginella tamariscina Leaf Extract
Eon Hwan Shin1*
,
Seok-won Lee2
1Professor, Department. of Hotel Culinary Arts & Bakery, Ulsan College, Ulsan 44022, Korea
2CEO, Boulangerie De Rencontre, Ulsan 44923, Korea
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2025. pp. 360-372
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Abstract

This study was performed to determine whether Selaginella tamariscina leaf can be used as a natural health food source by measuring the proximate and antioxidative nutrients. The contents of carbohydrate, crude protein, crude fat, and crude ash were 66.03%, 13.20%, 1.32%, and 12.24%, respectively, and the total dietary fiber content was 31.25%. The hot-water extract (WST) and 80% methanol extract (MST) activities in S. tamariscina were also evaluated, which showed that the total polyphenol and total flavonoid contents of WST and MST were 43.25 ± 8.32 mg/g and 67.32 ± 5.20 mg/g and 12.33 ± 0.09 mg/g and 16.80 ± 3.64 mg/g, respectively. The whitening effect was measured based on tyrosinase inhibitory activity, which was 95.0% at 500 µg/mL in the 80% MST. Finally, WST and MST demonstrated significant antimicrobial activity. These results suggest that extracts from the S. tamariscina leaf could be used to develop potent antioxidant and antimicrobial agents and may be useful as ingredients for new functional food additive materials.

Keywords
Antimicrobial activity
Antioxidative activity
DPPH
Selaginella tamariscina
Tyrosinase inhibitory activity
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  • Publisher :Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University
  • Publisher(Ko) :None
  • Journal Title :Journal of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Volume : 37
  • No :4
  • Pages :360-372
  • Received Date : 2025-11-12
  • Revised Date : 2025-11-26
  • Accepted Date : 2025-11-28
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22698/jales.20250030
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