Table 3.
Antioxidant activity of extracts from Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan.
| Solvent | Reducing Activity (RA) |
FRSA (DPPH) |
FIC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg AAE(100 g)−1 in dw |
mg IC 50 (mL)−1 |
mg IC 50 (mL)−1 |
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| M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 | M1 | M2 | |
| Water | 233.15 ± 5.15a | 174.38 ± 11.65a | 4.65 ± 0.29a | 1.37 ± 0.03a | 113.01 ± 10.62a | 74.00 ± 1.81a |
| Ethanol | 1908.44 ± 59.15b | 1156.86 ± 13.87b | 1.54 ± 0.07b | 1.37 ± 0.04a | 5.26 ± 0.27b | 10.49 ± 0.44b |
| Methanol | 584.46 ± 15.36c | 1161.47 ± 14.43b | 2.69 ± 0.03c | 1.64 ± 0.01b | 8.36 ± 0.29c | 10.07 ± 0.18b |
| Ethyl acetate | 409.60 ± 10.84d | 707.42 ± 98.78c | 3.62 ± 0.04d | 1.44 ± 0.08a | 1.57 ± 0.03d | 5.88 ± 0.26c |
Data are mean ± standard deviation in milligrams per 100 grams of seaweed on a dry weight basis, mg IC 50 (mL)−1. All determinations were carried out in triplicate. Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences (p ≤ 0.01) determined in SPSS 24.0 using Tukey b test.