Mohammad Ali Nasseri - Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Iran
Zahra Kakouee - Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Iran
Ali Allahresani - Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Iran

Artemisia deserti Krasch (A. deserti), Artemisia aucheri (A. aucheri) and Artemisia sieberiBesser (A. sieberi) are three members of Asteraceae (compositae) family, which grow widely inthe even and high areas of Birjand, Iran. This study has attempted to compare the totalantioxidant capacity of methanol extracts of these three plants using DPPH (1,1-Diphenyl-2-Picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging assay in which spectrophotometry method was used at 517nm. The results showed that the aerial parts (AP) of A. sieberi has the highest total antioxidantcapacity (IC50=11.054 mg/mL). The lowest amount of antioxidant capacity was found in the root(R) of A. aucheri (IC50= 91.408 mg/mL).

Antioxidant capacity; Artemisia sieberi Besser; Artemisia aucheri; Artemisia desertiKrasch; DPPH