Table 3.
Antioxidant activity of selected medicinal plants.
| Sr. No. | Name of the plants | Plant extracts | % Radical scavenging activity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPPH | OH | SOR | |||
| 1 | Cissus quadrangularis | (W) | 16.15 ± 1.32 | 86.47 ± 0.77 | 31.39 ± 1.18 |
| (E) | 8.99 ± 1.65 | 57.60 ± 0.85 | 03.81 ± 0.80 | ||
| (H) | 5.37 ± 1.06 | 52.73 ± 0.79 | 00.79 ± 0.51 | ||
| 2 | Plumbago zeylanica | (W) | 52.61 ± 1.20 | 78.28 ± 0.56 | 14.60 ± 0.76 |
| (E) | 75.44 ± 0.77 | 96.59 ± 0.58 | 57.21 ± 0.88 | ||
| (H) | NR | 62.89 ± 0.94 | NR | ||
| 3 | Terminalia bellarica | (W) | 82.22 ± 1.39 | NR | 34.55 ± 0.91 |
| (E) | 85.89 ± 1.82 | 67.32 ± 1.22 | 22.21 ± 1.22 | ||
| (H) | NR | 88.39 ± 0.95 | NR | ||
| 4 | Terminalia chebula | (W) | 84.02 ± 1.22 | NR | 27.48 ± 0.92 |
| (E) | 84.19 ± 3.36 | 38.05 ± 1.22 | 25.55 ± 0.78 | ||
| (H) | NR | 91.65 ± 1.11 | NR | ||
| 5 | AA | (E) | 81.27 ± 0.87 | 2.63 ± 0.73 | 52.95 ± 0.83 |
Results presented here are the mean value of n = 3; ± S.D., NR = No reaction under experimental condition, (W) = Water, (E) = Ethanol, (H) = Hexane, AA = Ascorbic acid.