Antioxidant activity and phenolic profile of a collection of medicinal plants from Tunisian arid and Saharan regions

Desert plants are a potentially sustainable source of bioactive molecules. This paper investigates phenolic profile, total polyphenols, flavonoids and condensed tannins in a collection of desert shrubs of Tunisian flora (Pituranthos tortuosus; Retama raetam; Ephedra alata; Ziziphus lotus; Capparis spinoza; Calligonum comosum). The collection was build according to people traditional tendency uses. The chemical composition was estimated in...