Table 6.
Total polyphenol content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and antioxidant activity of Pulicaria incisa extracts.
| Antioxidant Activity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPC mg (GAE)/g |
TFC mg (QE)/g |
DPPH (IC50) μg/mL | FRAP mmol (Fe2+)/g | ABTS TEAC mg (TE)/g | |
| P. incisa (ext. H2O) | 56.6 a ± 2.1 | 11.24 a ± 0.8 | 64.27 b ± 0.58 | 0.93 a ± 0.09 | 84.42 a ± 7.2 |
|
P. incisa (ext. MeOH) |
84.80 b ± 2.8 | 28.30 b ± 1.2 | 23.29 a ± 0.38 | 2.99 b ± 0.14 | 201.86 b ± 7.8 |
| Trolox | – | – | 3.65 ± 0.01 | 10.30 a ± 0.08 | – |
Results are reported as the means ± SD of three experiments. Different letters indicate mean values significantly different at p < 0.05, according to a one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test.