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. 2016 Nov 28;16:486. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1459-4

Table 5.

Percentage inhibitions of nitric oxide radicals versus concentrations of EOs and reference compounds

Conc % inhibitions of NOa radicals
mg/mL Unripe Ripe Vit.Cb β-Carotene
0.05 38.4 44.0 30.0 38.0
0.10 49.0 64.0 48.0 50.0
0.20 62.4 70.0 59.0 68.0
0.40 74.0 84.0 71.2 84.7
0.50 87.0 97.0 89.0 98.0

aNitric oxide radicals, bvitamin C (% inhibitions are average of three parallel NO experiment on oils and reference compounds)