Table 5: DPPH free radical scavenging % activity from selected plants of ethanolic crude extracts.

Plant name Concentrations (µg/ml) % inhibition by plants and the Vitamin C IC50
0.5 5 25 50 100 µg/ml
M. pumila 41.21±1.35 44.72±1.54 51.24±1.32 56.47±1.22 70.62±2.71 66.90
P. communis 43.90±3.06 54.12±1.12 60.94±0.71 71.90±1.25 86.90±1.90 44.03
P. persica 44.62±1.31 51.07±0.91 55.45±1.50 60.30±2.13 74.47±1.12 59.51
P. pashia 47.92±1.20 50.51±0.87 59.40±0.92 82.48±1.46 94.32±1.24 35.70
P. armeniaca 53.94±1.24 55.54±1.51 61.36±1.14 74.47±1.84 86.33±1.34 19.54
F. glomerata 37.86±1.08 41.21±1.32 48.70±1.30 53.75±1.60 60.82±1.83 87.52
D. lotus 38.28±1.07 42.31±0.61 47.93±1.38 51.50±1.45 60.40±1.17 73.42
Vitamin C 71.30±1.32 67.87±1.32 77.67±1.04 99.45±1.22 100±1.07 5.51

In the table, each value is presented as a ± SD (n=3) mean