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Table 1.

In vitro antioxidant activity (%) of crude extracts from Acacia shaffneri (AS) and Acacia farnesiana (AF) pods

Free radicals	AS	AF	alpha-tocopherol	catechin	BHA
ABTS•+	10.85^b ± 0.08	10.47^b ± 0.36	92.64^a ± 0.51	91.99^a ± 1.00	ND
DPPH^●	94.77^a ± 0.36	95.18^a ± 0.26	93.42^a ± 0.69	ND	92.36^a ± 0.25
TBARS	66.59^b ± 1.23	66.05^b ± 1.62	92.54^a ± 0.72	ND	ND

ABTS• + 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid; DPPH ^● 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl; TBARS thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, BHA buthylated hydroxyanisole; ND not determined

^a,b Means with different letters within the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05