Table 2.
Total antioxidant activity of different solvent extracts obtained from different parts of A. anatolica
| Plant Parts | Phosphomolybdenum assay (mgTEs/g)a |
β-Karoten/Linoleic acid system (%) |
|
| Acetone | stem | 513.56±2.34* | 82.71±2.38 |
| root | 418.85±6.74 | 83.34±1.51 | |
| seed | 438.32±2.87 | 85.23±1.60 | |
| seed | 397.60±13.60 | 90.46±1.12 | |
| Methanol | stem | 310.27±19.34 | 72.27±0.69 |
| root | 381.97±20.04 | 80.71±2.25 | |
| seed | 237.69±1.09 | 80.33±2.69 | |
| leaf | 469.89±35.52 | 89.42±1.06 | |
| Water | stem | 275.16±25.66 | 77.48±0.89 |
| root | 290.79±19.63 | 55.56±0.68 | |
| seed | 258.34±13.85 | 60.70±0.01 | |
| leaf | 275.45±26.18 | 44.37±3.88 | |
|
Standard Antioxidants |
BHA | nt | 86.36±1.15 |
| BHT | nt | 97.07±1.79 | |
| Trolox | nt | 89.34±0.94 | |
*
Values expressed are means ± S.D. of three parallel measurements.
a
TEs: Trolox equivalents; nt:no tested.