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Table 3 Radical scavenging activity of the extracts against DPPH, DMPD, and NO at 1000 μg mL-1

From: Neurobiological evaluation of thirty-one medicinal plant extracts using microtiter enzyme assays

Species

Plant part

Extract type

Radical scavenging effect (% ± S.E.M.a)

DPPH

DMPD

NO

ALb

Fruit

DCM

-b

-

33.74 ± 2.70****

EtOAc

-

-

51.65 ± 4.80***

EtOH

9.51 ± 1.32****

9.51 ± 1.32****

47.96 ± 3.25****

Aerial

DCM

-

-

24.49 ± 2.28****

EtOAc

3.25 ± 0.35****

3.25 ± 0.35****

46.01 ± 1.84****

EtOH

10.88 ± 1.49****

10.88 ± 1.49****

48.16 ± 4.66***

EE

Fruit

Juice

5.98 ± 0.60****

15.18 ± 3.07****

34.05 ± 0.53****

Fruit

EtOH

12.21 ± 2.34****

-

40.26 ± 2.21****

Aerial

EtOH

8.37 ± 2.81****

-

36.17 ± 2.05****

Root

EtOH

5.67 ± 2.44****

-

21.19 ± 2.52****

CER

Aerial

EtOAc

6.02 ± 0.18****

-

19.76 ± 0.85****

MeOH

11.96 ± 3.03****

-

24.75 ± 2.24****

CET

Aerial

EtOAc

9.85 ± 1.37****

-

7.24 ± 1.67****

MeOH

12.27 ± 2.40****

-

20.23 ± 1.50****

CM

Aerial

EtOAc

10.55 ± 2.10****

-

-

MeOH

23.44 ± 2.27****

-

28.34 ± 0.87****

CS

Aerial

EtOAc

4.88 ± 0.79****

-

-

MeOH

14.26 ± 0.44****

-

30.19 ± 1.06****

CT

Aerial

EtOAc

6.33 ± 0.54****

-

-

MeOH

16.18 ± 1.66****

-

27.64 ± 3.29****

RC (wild)

Aerial

EtOH

84.99 ± 1.09**

8.47 ± 1.79****

33.72 ± 3.15****

RC (Cultivated)

Aerial

EtOH

19.38 ± 1.34****

-

22.57 ± 2.02****

CG

Aerial

EtOH

15.34 ± 2.84****

-

28.21 ± 0.62****

VH

Aerial

EtOH

11.18 ± 2.33****

-

30.85 ± 2.83****

OHb

Aerial

MeOH

41.19 ± 1.19****

-

§c

Aqueous

30.22 ± 1.66****

-

§

ZN

Aerial

EtOH

84.96 ± 0.35**

-

70.19 ± 0.43***

ZM

Leaf

EtOH

41.66 ± 2.02***

-

41.82 ± 1.97****

PO

Leaf

EtOH

8.43 ± 0.93****

-

47.24 ± 1.61***

Rhizome

EtOH

34.45 ± 1.32****

4.47 ± 1.77****

33.62 ± 0.03****

Root

EtOH

82.77 ± 0.77**

15.92 ± 1.98****

46.45 ± 1.61***

Quercetine

90.13 ± 0.31

  

EDTAf

 

96.21 ± 0.13

 

Gallic acidg

  

93.12 ± 3.11

  1. aStandard error mean (n = 3)
  2. bTested at 2000 μg mL-1
  3. cNo scavenging activity
  4. dNot tested
  5. eReference for DPPH radical scavenging activity at 1000 μg mL-1
  6. fReference for DMPD radical scavenging activity at 2000 at 200 μg mL-1
  7. gReference for NO radical scavenging activity at 1000 μg mL-1
  8. [* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001]