Table 1.
Antioxidant capacity of Murraya koenigii leaf fractions expressed as ascorbic acid equivalents (µmol/g of extract) by phosphomolybdenum method.
| Concentration (µg/mL) | Antioxidant capacity (µmol/g of extract) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol ether | Benzene | Ethyl acetate | Acetone | Methanol | Ethanol | |
| 12.5 | 980.0d ± 18.3 | 1669.8d ± 21.1 | 939.4d ± 43.4 | 702.4d ± 26.2 | 261.0d ± 15.8 | 303.7d ± 13.4 |
| 25 | 1531.6c ± 50.7 | 2459.5c ± 75.4 | 1399.2c ± 19.5 | 1233.8c ± 47.1 | 398.5c ± 21.2 | 419.3c ± 10.1 |
| 50 | 1663.0b ± 56.9 | 3132.3b ± 97.2 | 1589.2b ± 66.9 | 1438.5b ± 39.4 | 522.5b ± 12.6 | 542.3b ± 16.6 |
| 100 | 1967.2a ± 67.4 | 3510.4a ± 95.8 | 1982.3a ± 84.3 | 1783.0a ± 86.4 | 638.7a ± 25.1 | 668.8a ± 15.3 |
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| LSD at 5% | 109.01 | 116.04 | 102.06 | 81.02 | 43.89 | 7.93 |
The above data are the mean of three experiments ± SD; different letters in columns show significant difference in means. LSD: least significance difference.