Table 1.
Antioxidant capacities and total phenolic contents of 50 medicinal plants.
| Scientific Name | FRAP Assay (µmol Fe(II)/g) |
TEAC Assay (μmol Trolox/g) |
Phenolic Contents (mg GAE/g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith | 170.19 ± 3.96 | 125.08 ± 7.32 | 10.23 ± 0.20 |
| Agadtacge rygisa O. Kuntze. | 95.19 ± 4.53 | 46.31 ± 2.39 | 4.10 ± 0.07 |
| Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. | 102.18 ± 4.32 | 29.15 ± 1.29 | 2.38 ± 0.11 |
| Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz. | 5.54 ± 0.74 | 25.69 ± 2.11 | 3.90 ± 0.16 |
| Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. | 82.21 ± 2.92 | 45.45 ± 0.82 | 4.25 ± 0.10 |
| Alpinia katsumadai Hayat | 42.89 ± 0.95 | 31.51 ± 0.99 | 2.52 ± 0.08 |
| Amomun kravanh Pierre ex Gagnep | 43.54 ± 2.73 | 25.50 ± 0.88 | 2.77 ± 0.14 |
| Amomum tsao-ko Crevostet Lemarie | 130.16 ± 2.85 | 100.61 ± 1.71 | 7.15 ± 0.17 |
| Amomum villosum Lour | 117.57 ± 1.43 | 80.16 ± 0.97 | 9.29 ± 0.13 |
| Angelica biserrata Yuan et Shan | 68.99 ± 3.26 | 32.67 ± 2.03 | 7.63 ± 0.58 |
| Artemisia capillaris Thunb. | 158.87 ± 7.50 | 106.55 ± 3.63 | 8.38 ± 0.20 |
| Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. | 28.15 ± 0.25 | 17.61 ± 2.56 | 2.41 ± 0.41 |
| Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. | 57.28 ± 4.34 | 40.81 ± 0.42 | 4.21 ± 0.21 |
| Capsella bursapastoris (L.) Medic. | 69.99 ± 7.85 | 41.37 ± 4.01 | 4.35 ± 0.09 |
| Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai | 195.15 ± 2.78 | 107.61 ± 1.09 | 13.58 ± 0.13 |
| Clematis chinensis Osbeck | 82.27 ± 4.41 | 45.04 ± 0.70 | 7.85 ± 0.03 |
| Coix lacryma-jobi L. | 7.75 ± 0.15 | 4.69 ± 0.16 | 2.34 ± 0.44 |
| Cynanchum paniculatum (Bge.) Kitag. | 35.93 ± 0.62 | 39.45 ± 3.81 | 4.35 ± 0.10 |
| Dianthus superbus L. | 68.57 ± 2.00 | 37.12 ± 3.94 | 5.00 ± 0.07 |
| Dioscorea collettii Hook. F. | 16.05 ± 0.11 | 10.82 ± 0.28 | 1.31 ± 0.03 |
| Dioscorea nipponica Makino. | 39.64 ± 0.51 | 54.86 ± 3.27 | 4.82 ± 0.22 |
| Drosera burmannii Vahl | 99.80 ± 3.70 | 79.76 ± 4.18 | 4.76 ± 0.15 |
| Erythrina variegata L. | 185.91 ± 0.68 | 124.31 ± 5.69 | 9.12 ± 0.23 |
| Eupatorium fortunei Turcz. | 111.80 ± 9.46 | 71.93 ± 0.55 | 8.65 ± 0.10 |
| Gentiana macrophylla Pall. | 52.29 ± 1.69 | 27.55 ± 1.05 | 6.89 ± 0.48 |
| Geranium wilfordii Maxim. | 347.33 ± 7.99 | 215.98 ± 4.10 | 14.98 ± 0.64 |
| Homalomena occulta (Lour.) Schott | 32.30 ± 0.47 | 35.57 ± 0.61 | 3.40 ± 0.12 |
| Juncus effusus L. | 56.69 ± 7.33 | 34.77 ± 0.94 | 3.00 ± 0.18 |
| Kochia scparia (L.) Schrad | 103.22 ± 2.28 | 68.83 ± 1.69 | 8.63 ± 0.12 |
| Liquidambar formosana Hance | 118.44 ± 2.44 | 81.88 ± 11.11 | 5.58 ± 0.07 |
| Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. | 580.02 ± 31.32 | 457.00 ± 6.41 | 29.67 ± 0.99 |
| Lysima chiachristinae Hance | 88.85 ± 1.44 | 65.30 ± 0.78 | 6.99 ± 0.05 |
| Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. | 257.45 ± 9.28 | 188.70 ± 12.01 | 9.68 ± 0.22 |
| Malva verticillata L. | 30.67 ± 2.17 | 20.32 ± 0.73 | 2.18 ± 0.07 |
| Morus alba L. | 46.96 ± 3.00 | 33.03 ± 2.38 | 1.96 ± 0.33 |
| Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. | 17.72 ± 0.25 | 13.30 ± 0.26 | 1.46 ± 0.01 |
| Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi | 147.41 ± 3.64 | 103.41 ± 8.11 | 8.94 ± 0.16 |
| Plantago asiatica L. | 88.06 ± 13.26 | 39.94 ± 1.41 | 3.34 ± 0.43 |
| Plantago major L. | 137.23 ± 7.07 | 37.77 ± 0.85 | 6.62 ± 0.18 |
| Polygonum aviculare L. | 263.19 ± 4.73 | 171.65 ± 10.78 | 18.00 ± 0.25 |
| Polyporus umbellatus (Pers) Fr. | 7.93 ± 1.59 | 4.18 ± 0.09 | 0.38 ± 0.05 |
| Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf. | 3.88 ± 0.15 | 1.31 ± 0.11 | 0.10 ± 0.01 |
| Pyrola calliantha H. Andr. | 160.96 ± 5.25 | 115.77 ± 10.03 | 9.31 ± 0.72 |
| Pyrrosia sheaeri (Bak.) Ching | 316.72 ± 4.82 | 147.26 ± 4.87 | 20.29 ± 0.17 |
| Siegesbeckia orientalis L. | 91.25 ± 4.39 | 60.23 ± 9.49 | 6.18 ± 0.14 |
| Sinomenium acutum Rehd.et Wils. | 245.94 ± 9.25 | 122.24 ± 1.74 | 16.21 ± 0.09 |
| Trachelospermum jasminoides Lem. | 113.22 ± 3.29 | 81.21 ± 6.10 | 9.19 ± 0.14 |
| Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. F. | 217.94 ± 2.49 | 181.98 ± 2.87 | 17.51 ± 0.30 |
| Vigna umbellata Ohwi et Ohashi | 24.74 ± 0.80 | 32.82 ± 1.62 | 3.01 ± 0.08 |
| Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. | 198.25 ± 14.13 | 37.45 ± 1.95 | 5.44 ± 0.16 |