Comparación de la actividad antioxidante de los extractos alcohólico y acuoso de las hojas de Coffea arabica

Abstract

This work sets a precedent for knowledge for the pharmaceutical industry of comparing the antioxidant activity of alcoholic and aqueous extracts from Arabic Café arábigo -Coffea arábica- collected in the canton Puyango. Analysis of antioxidant activity was performed by the DPPH method, the results obtained, determined that the difference between the antioxidant capacity of alcoholic and aqueous extracts does not represent a significant margin of difference.