Cornelian cherry and Prunus cerasus with red pigments possess precious source of flavonoids and
phenolic acids which have various applications in treatment of various health problems. This
study is conducted to compare different methods of extraction (shaking incubator, soxhelet, ultrasonic)
were applied in order to identify the best method which shows the highest rate of antioxidant
capacity by DPPH and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) methods and total phenolic
compounds via Folin-Ciocalteu procedure, p-coumaric acid content of fruits were evaluated
by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). As a result, cornelian cherry with 1313.13
mg/Kg average TPC score exhibits higher total phenolic content than Prunus cerasus with 1270
mg/Kg. It’s notice worthy that there was a slight difference among antioxidant activity in two
fruits. Consequently, DPPH revealed nearly stronger antioxidant activity for Prunus cerasus while
cornelian cherry had a little more potent antioxidant activity according to FRAP Test. p-coumaric
acid content was almost twice in Prunus cerasus (10.8 mg/ml) than cornelian cherry (5.6 mg/ml).
In addition, both shaking incubator and ultrasonic extraction procedures were more efficient than
soxhelet in two fruits.
