Table 2.

Protective effect of A. reticulata and Z. jujuba active plant fractions against H₂O₂ intoxicated DRG neuronal cells.

Group no.	Treatment	Concentration	% Cell viability
Group-I (Control)	Normal	No treatment	99.2 ± 3.26
	DMSO	0.1% V/V	98.5 ± 3.78
	ARBME	200 μg/ml	98.7 ± 3.18
	ARBWF	200 μg/ml	98.1 ± 2.94
	ZJME	200 μg/ml	98.3 ± 3.41
	ZJWF	200 μg/ml	97.8 ± 3.08
Group-II	H2O2 control	100 μM	51.3 ± 4.73∧
Group-III	ARBME + H2O2	50 μg/ml + 100 μM	72.6 ± 5.13*
		100 μg/ml + 100 μM	81.8 ± 4.84*
		200 μg/ml + 100 μM	87.1 ± 4.63*
	ARBWF + H2O2	50 μg/ml + 100 μM	76.9 ± 4.38*
		100 μg/ml + 100 μM	85.2 ± 3.94*
		200 μg/ml + 100 μM	89.5 ± 4.46*
Group-IV	ZJME + H2O2	50 μg/ml + 100 μM	74.8 ± 3.88*
		100 μg/ml + 100 μM	81.1 ± 5.07*
		200 μg/ml + 100 μM	88.6 ± 4.27*
	ZJWF + H2O2	50 μg/ml + 100 μM	79.4 ± 5.16*
		100 μg/ml + 100 μM	87.3 ± 4.48*
		200 μg/ml + 100 μM	92.5 ± 3.69*

All the results were presented in mean ± S.D (n = 5).

^∧p ≤ 0.05 in comparison of toxin treated control group (Group-II) with normal control.

^*p ≤ 0.05 in comparison of group-III and IV with group-II. ARBME, A. reticulata bark methanol extract; ARBWF, A. reticulata bark water fraction; ZJME, Z. jujuba root bark methanol extract; ZJWF, Z. jujuba root bark water fraction.