Table 2.

Antioxidant activities of different pomegranate parts extract.

Extract	Fe(II) chelating activity	HOCl scavenging activity	Inhibition of deoxyribose degradation	Inhibition of lipid peroxidation	Nitric oxide inhibition	Superoxide scavenging
Flower	0.113 ± 0.006c	0.012 ± 0.001b	0.220 ± 0.041c	0.047 ± 0.006b	0.396 ± 0.002e	0.175 ± 0.001b
Peel	0.157 ± 0.006c	0.004 ± 0.001b	0.111 ± 0.001c	0.333 ± 0.058b	0.668 ± 0.001d	0.089 ± 0.001c
Leaf	0.713 ± 0.006b	0.017 ± 0.002b	3.752 ± 0.091b	0.601 ± 0.100b	18.155 ± 0.005b	0.072 ± 0.001d
Stem	0.397 ± 0.030c	N.A	0.480 ± 0.031c	1.700 ± 0.173b	4.831 ± 0.001c	0.040 ± 0.001e
Seed	15.400 ± 0.310a	5.200 ± 0.400a	14.300 ± 0.760a	35.000 ± 2.646a	48.641 ± 0.001a	2.523 ± 0.001a
LSD value at 5% significance	0.300	0.371	0.630	2.162	3.231	1.490

N.A: not available. Data expressed as mean IC₅₀ ± standard deviation (mg/mL) (n = 3); different superscripts between rows in individual columns represent significant difference between extracts.