Antioxidant properties of pycnogenol (maritime pine bark) / Muhammad Zaim Kamaruzzaman

Pycnogenol is an extract from French maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) that has known to be a potent antioxidant in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. It also has been used for herbal remedy due to its health benefits. In this study, the antioxidant properties of Pycnogenol was determined using ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) method, where an extract with high reducing power possess high antioxidant properties. Besides that, Pycnogenol also accessed through total phenolic contents and total flavonoid contents contents to see whether there is relationship between total flavonoid contents and total phenolic contents with the antioxidant properties of the Pycnogenol.