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Item Chemical composition and antioxidant, cytotoxic, and insecticidal potential of Valeriana alliariifolia in Turkey(INST MEDICAL RESEARCH \& OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, 2019-01-01) Sen-Utsukarci, Burcu; Taskin, Turgut; Goger, Fatih; Tabanca, Nurhayat; Estep, Alden S.; Kessler, Sonja M.; Akbal-Dagistan, Ozlem; Bardakci, Hilal; Kurkcuoglu, Mine; Becnel, James; Kiemer, Alexandra; Mat, AfifeValeriana is a common plant species used for various healing purposes in folk medicine since antiquity. This study investigates the phytochemical profile, antioxidant, cytotoxic, and insecticidal activity of Valeriana alliariifolia Adams, a species that has traditionally been used in Turkey. For the analyses we prepared four root extracts of V. alliariifolia Adams using hexane (HM1), chloroform (CM1), ethanol (EM1), and water (WM1) for maceration. Additionally, two extracts were also prepared from its roots by maceration separately with ethanol (EM2) and water (WM2). One sample was prepared as a water infusion (WI), according to the procedure used in Turkish traditional medicine. The 2,2-Diphenyl1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) radical cation scavenging activity tests showed that ethanol extracts had the strongest antioxidant activity: EM1 (IC50 - DPPH: 17.694 mu g/mL