Table 3.

Antioxidant activity (mmol Trolox g⁻¹ extract) of extracts obtained from G. gracilis sampled in four different seasons measured using ABTS assay (n = 3).

	Extracts
Date	HE	EA	ME	WT	CTR (GA)
July/11	0.09 ± 0.02 a	0.43 ± 0.04 a	0.06 ± 0.01 a	0.07 ± 0.02 a	0.28 ± 0.04
October/11	0.07 ± 0.01 a	0.18 ± 0.02 b	0.02 ± 0.01 b	0.05 ± 0.01 a
January/12	0.16 ± 0.03 b	0.26 ± 0.02 c	0.06 ± 0.02 a	0.10 ± 0.03 a,b
April/12	0.26 ± 0.03 c	0.34 ± 0.03 d	0.03 ± 0.01 b	0.15 ± 0.03 b

All the values are mean ± SD; SD: standard deviation; HE: n-Hexan; EA: Ethyl Acetate; ME: methanol; WT: Water (80 °C); CTR: Control (gallic acid). ^a–d Column wise values with different superscripts of this type indicate significant difference (p < 0.05).