Table 6.

Antioxidant activity of the investigated extracts of M. dispermus leaves and stem barks by using reducing power assay

Group	Percent of reducing power [%]	Group	Percent of reducing power [%]
Control	–	Control	–
AA (500 μg/ml)	94.44	MDCL (500 μg/ml)	84.62
AA (250 μg/ml)	94.04	MDCL (250 μg/ml)	42.03
AA (125 μg/ml)	93.7	MDCL (125 μg/ml)	41.18
AA (62.5 μg/ml)	93.32	MDCL (62.5 μg/ml)	31.03
AA (31.25 μg/ml)	92.88	MDCL (31.25 μg/ml)	21.57
AA (15.63 μg/ml)	92.48	MDCL (15.63 μg/ml)	2.44
MDML (500 μg/ml)	16.67	MDEL (500 μg/ml)	53.49
MDML (250 μg/ml)	14.89	MDEL (250 μg/ml)	42.86
MDML (125 μg/ml)	9.09	MDEL (125 μg/ml)	42.03
MDML (62.5 μg/ml)	4.76	MDEL (62.5 μg/ml)	20
MDML (31.25 μg/ml)	2.44	MDEL (31.25 μg/ml)	13.04
MDML (15.63 μg/ml)	0	MDEL (15.63 μg/ml)	4.76
MDHL (500 μg/ml)	71.22	MDAL (500 μg/ml)	77.78
MDHL (250 μg/ml)	55.06	MDAL (250 μg/ml)	28.57
MDHL (125 μg/ml)	45.95	MDAL (125 μg/ml)	16.67
MDHL (62.5 μg/ml)	45.3	MDAL (62.5 μg/ml)	9.1
MDHL (31.25 μg/ml)	39.4	MDAL (31.25 μg/ml)	6.98
MDHL (15.63 μg/ml)	27.27	MDAL (15.63 μg/ml)	2.44
MDTL (500 μg/ml)	90.52	MDMS (500 μg/ml)	16.67
MDTL (250 μg/ml)	89.9	MDMS (250 μg/ml)	16.67
MDTL (125 μg/ml)	89.25	MDMS (125 μg/ml)	14.89
MDTL (62.5 μg/ml)	88.76	MDMS (62.5 μg/ml)	13.04
MDTL (31.25 μg/ml)	87.84	MDMS (31.25 μg/ml)	9.1
MDTL (15.63 μg/ml)	76.33	MDMS (15.63 μg/ml)	4.76

AA – ascorbic acid, MDML – crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDHL – n -hexane fraction of crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDTL – carbon tetrachloride fraction of crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDCL – chloroform fraction of crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDEL – ethyl acetate fraction of crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDAL – aqueous fraction of crude methanol extract of M. dispermus leaves, MDMS – crude methanol extract of M. dispermus stem bark