Study of Polyphenols and Flavonoids Contents of some Halophytes Species Collected from Dobrogea Region

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate some biochemical attributes with an adaptive role for the soil salinity for nine halophyte species known as medicinal plants. Halophytes developed different mechanisms for adapting to abiotic stress action, by increased antioxidant activity. Thus, the content of total polyphenols and flavonoids was investigated in several halophyte species collected in vegetative and flowering phenophases in the summer of 2012 from saline habitats located in Sulina, Murighiol, and Histria (Tulcea county).