info:eu-repo/semantics/article Antioxidant activity; microwave assisted extraction; polyphenols; Vaccinium myrtillus leaves eng application/pdf 196051 bytes Elferjane, Muna Batinić, Petar Čutović, Natalija Milosevic, Milena Ciric, Vojislav Marinković, Aleksandar Jovanović, Aleksandra A. Microwave assisted extraction of antioxidant compounds from Vaccinium myrtillus leaves 43 2023-12-25 Microwave assisted extraction of antioxidant compounds from Vaccinium myrtillus leaves Vaccinium myrtillus L. (bilberry, Ericaceae), a perennial, wild, and small deciduous shrub that grows in the mountains and forests of Europe. The leaf extracts are widely used in traditional medicine due to their astringent, antiseptic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hypolipidemic, and hypoglycemic activities. Microwave-assisted extraction provides various benefits, including reducing solvent consumption and extraction time and increasing extraction yield. In the present study, bilberry extracts were prepared using dried leaves, pure ethanol, or an ethanol-water mixture, and different temperatures in a microwave reactor. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:32254 doi:https://doi.org/10.61652/leksir2343e135E