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. 2012 Sep 29;12:165. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-165

Table 5.

Lipoxygenase activity of crude extracts and fractions of 6 plants from the Mascarene Islands

Concentrations (μg/mL)
Lipoxygenase inhibition
  Crude water extract Crude methanol extract Dichloromethane Ethylacetate n-butanol Water fraction
10
82.46 ± 10.09*
79.75 ± 10.07*
77.88 ± 6.37*
53.71 ± 4.17*
27.46 ± 1.77*
32.80 ± 1.31*
 
{97.06 ± 11.67*}
{98.32 ± 7.64*}
{81.21 ± 5.24*}
{63.94 ± 3.13*}
{74.98 ± 2.23*}
{67.81 ± 4.47*}
 
[53.69 ± 2.36*]
[38.88 ± 1.09*]
[52.54 ± 0.95*]
[53.31 ± 1.26*]
[17.87 ± 1.01*]
[48.64 ± 2.07*]
 
(13.59 ± 1.01)
(23.03 ± 0.95*)
(41.13 ± 1.68*)
(30.96 ± 1.33*)
(13.35 ± 0.67)
(13.11 ± 0.67)
 
∫10.39 ± 0.96∫
∫9.39 ± 1.01∫
∫9.45 ± 0.34∫
∫11.69 ± 0.66∫
∫12.39 ± 1.03∫
∫ 9.68 ± 0.91∫
 
∣1.23 ± 0.02 ∣
∣5.62 ± 0.68∣
∣0.96 ± 0.02∣
∣2.36 ± 0.02∣
∣14.96 ± 0.66*∣
∣2.85 ± 0.51∣
5
69.37 ± 9.37*
62.69 ± 6.11*
58.37 ± 3.64*
28.67 ± 3.09*
11.09 ± 0.67
19.67 ± 0.99
 
{70.16 ± 5.55* }
{83.67 ± 4.36*}
{68.69 ± 2.01*}
{42.67 ± 3.15*}
{56.04 ± 2.16*}
{46.39 ± 3.37*}
 
[37.11 ± 1.39*]
[18.39 ± 2.67*]
[29.67 ± 0.36*]
[36.56 ± 0.76*]
[9.36 ± 0.67]
[32.05 ± 1.16*]
 
(7.51 ± 0.77)
(16.37 ± 0.88*)
(28.34 ± 1.09*)
(14.36 ± 1.45*)
(7.57 ± 0.84)
(8.34 ± 0.34)
 
∫9.67 ± 0.82∫
∫7.64 ± 0.36∫
∫6.37 ± 0.22∫
∫ 6.37 ± 0.98∫
∫7.72 ± 0.23∫
∫5.37 ± 0.62∫
 
∣0.96 ± 0.03∣
∣2.37 ± 0.11∣
∣0.57 ± 0.01∣
∣1.09 ± 0.03∣
∣ 7.09 ± 0.35∣
∣1.06 ± 0.02∣
2.5
56.09 ± 7.67*
50.37 ± 3.07*
32.67 ± 1.06*
20.37 ± 2.01*
7.19 ± 0.65
9.37 ± 0.67
 
{53.37 ± 4.31*}
{62.37 ± 3.16*}
{50.37 ± 2.67*}
{37.65 ± 1.11*}
{39.67 ± 1.97*}
{35.67 ± 2.01*}
 
[26.09 ± 1.03*]
[10.09 ± 1.37]
[13.06 ± 0.26]
[27.39 ± 1.03*]
[5.36 ± 0.58]
[24.31 ± 1.09*]
 
(3.36 ± 0.17)
(8.67 ± 0.36)
(12.04 ± 1.11)
(8.34 ± 0.67)
(5.01 ± 0.11)
(5.06 ± 0.25)
 
∫6.37 ± 0.66∫
∫4.09 ± 0.46∫
∫4.36 ± 0.07∫
∫4.09 ± 0.54 ∫
∫4.46 ± 0.33∫
∫3.64 ± 0.36∫
 
∣0.67 ± 0.02∣
∣1.06 ± 0.02∣
∣0.36 ± 0.02∣
∣0.67 ± 0.02∣
∣4.53 ± 0.54∣
∣0.97 ± 0.06∣
1.25
32.37 ± 2.07*
29.67 ± 2.01*
28.03 ± 0.45*
11.09 ± 0.37
2.37 ± 0.53
4.09 ± 0.36
 
{42.37 ± 2.01*}
{48.69 ± 2.16*}
{32.69 ± 1.97*}
{13.39 ± 0.12}
{26.67 ± 1.37*}
{29.67 ± 1.36*}
 
[10.09 ± 0.96]
[6.37 ± 0.65]
[7.63 ± 0.11]
[11.03 ± 0.15]
[3.34 ± 0.27]
[9.03 ± 0.37]
 
(1.55 ± 0.01)
(5.34 ± 0.11)
(9.37 ± 0.15)
(5.34 ± 0.60)
(2.09 ± 0.03)
(2.04 ± 0.11)
 
∫2.39 ± 0.09∫
∫1.96 ± 0.02∫
∫2.34 ± 0.03∫
∫2.39 ± 0.23∫
∫1.07 ± 0.07∫
∫1.37 ± 0.01∫
  ∣0.29 ± 0.01∣ ∣0.64 ± 0.01∣ ∣0.24 ± 0.01∣ ∣0.47 ± 0.01∣ ∣2.07 ± 0.16∣ ∣0.17 ± 0.01∣

Note. Values are means ± SD of three independent experiments. AM {FF}[OT] (MC) ∫EM∫ ∣PS∣. *Values significantly different (p < 0.05) from the control in each group.