Table 2.

2,2-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), Nitric Oxide (NO), Hydrogen Peroxide (H₂O₂), and Superoxide (O₂^-) radicals scavenging activity of dried and fresh samples of plum

Solvent	Type of sample	DPPH (%)	NO° (%)	H 2 O 2 (%)	O 2 - (%)
Ethanolic extract	Dried Plum	79.78 ± 1.34	76.02 ± 2.15	27.92 ± 1.45***	41.70 ± 1.72***
	Fresh Plum	49.10 ± 1.24***	8.51 ± 1.09**	52.97 ± 1.62	82.95 ± 1.24
Methanolic extract
	Dried Plum	87.94 ± 0.81	82.45 ±1.67	38.97 ± 1.39	62.94 ± 1.72***
	Fresh Plum	62.40 ±1.08***	39.60 ± 1.16**	48.36 ± 0.45	92.00 ± 2.49

Data are means of three replicates with standard errors (Mean±SE, n=3). Statistical differences between the data of each extract with those of three other extracts:

^**: p<0.01,

^***: p<0.001.