Comparative assessment of antimicrobial and antioxidant activity between whole plant and parts of Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. (Asteraceae)

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 4 Antioxidant activity of different parts of their extracts of S. indicus

Parts	Extracts	Reducing power (μg AAE/ ml of extract)	DMPD (IC50 in μg AAE/ ml of extract)	DPPH (IC50 in μg AAE/ ml of extract)
Whole plant	Hexane	–	–	17.97 ± 0.18ⁱ
	Ethyl acetate	–	–	21.57 ± 0.06^g,h
	Methanol-polar fraction	52.87 ± 2.51^e	23.62 ± 0.58^b,c	35.40 ± 0.02^b,c
	Aqueous	49 ± 0.11^e	19.24 ± 0.26^e,f	38.12 ± 2.13^a
Leaf	Hexane	–	–	22.37 ± 0.37^g
	Ethyl acetate	–	–	26.66 ± 0.04^f
	Methanol-polar fraction	60.33 ± 0.07^d	28.29 ± 0.05^a	37.69 ± 0.27^a,b
	Aqueous	328.93 ± 0.24^a	25.53 ± 0.24^b	35.82 ± 0.05^a,b,c
Inflorescence	Hexane	–	–	18.20 ± 0.07ⁱ
	Ethyl acetate	–	–	31.26 ± 0.08^e
	Methanol-polar fraction	43.4 ± 0.23^f	28.65 ± 0.19^a	34.61 ± 0.08^c,d
	Aqueous	109.53 ± 0.18^c	29.69 ± 0.19^a	35.91 ± 0.31^a,b,c
Stem	Hexane	–	–	19.68 ± 0.03^h,i
	Ethyl acetate	–	–	35.33 ± 0.08^b,c
	Methanol-polar fraction	36.73 ± 0.07^g	22.49 ± 0.20^c,d	31.29 ± 0.07^e
	Aqueous	60.6 ± 1.62^d	20.82 ± 0.43^d,e	32.40 ± 0.06^d,e
Root	Hexane	–	–	9.47 ± 0.08^j
	Ethyl acetate	–	–	17.44 ± 0.24ⁱ
	Methanol-polar fraction	36.27 ± 0.07^g	24.09 ± 0.76^b,c	26.54 ± 0.08^f
	Aqueous	134.47 ± 0.18^b	17.87 ± 0.40^f	26.79 ± 0.06^f

The results are mean ± SE (n = 3). The different superscript letters denote the significant at p < 0.05 (Tukey’s test)