. 2024 Jul 6;10(14):e34128. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34128

Table 8.

Inhibitory Acetylcholinesterase activities of C. esculentus extracts.

Sample	Concentration (mg/mL)	Inhibition (%)	IC₅₀ (mg/mL) ± SEM
Aqueous	0.03125	6.32^d ± 0.71	0.29 ± 0.27
	0.0625	8.43^d ± 1.38
	0.125	12.11^c ± 0.30
	0.25	15.54^b ± 2.13
	0.5	19.41^a ± 1.71
	1.0	22.07^a ± 0.62
Butanol	0.03125	16.55^f ± 0.09	0.70 ± 0.10
	0.0625	25.42^e ± 0.17
	0.125	37.65^d ± 0.11
	0.25	41.09^c ± 0.43
	0.5	50.41^b ± 0.24
	1.0	66.78^a ± 1.42
Dichloromethane	0.03125	20.67^f ± 0.22	0.80 ± 0.01
	0.0625	31.90^e ± 1.52
	0.125	42.11^d ± 0.74
	0.25	47.60^c ± 0.43
	0.5	58.53^b ± 1.30
	1.0	73.03^a ± 0.02

Values are the average of triplicates. ± = Standard deviation. Different alphabets indicate values that significantly differ (p < 0.05) from every treatment by Duncan's multiple range test. Butanol and dichloromethane as controls did not show any anti-cholinesterase activity.