Table 2: The antioxidant activities and total phenolic contents of plant
Samples |
DPPH (IC50: mg/mL) |
ABTS (mM trolox/mg extract) |
FRAP assay (mM Fe2+/mg extract) |
CUPRAC assay (mM trolox/mg extract) |
Total phenolic (mgGAE/mg extract) |
n-hexan |
NA |
0.005±0.003a
|
NA |
0.51±0.01a
|
0.01±0.01a
|
Chloroform |
0.90±0.16a
|
0.025±0.007b
|
0.167±0.009a
|
1.03±0.03b
|
0.002±0.001b
|
Ethyl acetate |
0.18±0.001b
|
0.042±0.001c
|
0.054±0.015b
|
2.38±0.05c
|
0.049±0.0054c
|
Methanol |
0.06±0.003c
|
0.067±0.003d
|
0.09±0.035c
|
4.03±0.06d
|
0.11±0.005d
|
Luteolin |
- |
0.07±0.002e
|
0.77±0.54d
|
- |
- |
8-hydroxy-salvigenin |
- |
0.091±0.048f
|
3.48±0.94e
|
- |
- |
Naringenin |
- |
0.151±0.029g
|
8.73±0.99f
|
- |
- |
Ascorbic acid |
0.004±0.9d
|
1.3±0.1h
|
- |
5.70±0.20e
|
BHT |
- |
- |
1.1±0.12g
|
- |
BHA |
0.006±0.6e
|
- |
- |
- |
Values are mean of triplicate determination (n = 3) ± standard deviation; Means with different superscripts (a-g) are significantly different, p<0.05; NA: not activity