Table 3.
DPPH radical scavenging activity, Total Phenolic Content and FRAP of extracts.
| Solvent or Standard | Plant Tissue | DPPH (µg/mL) (IC 50) | Total Phenolic Content (mg GA/g of Extract) |
FRAP Value (µmol Fe (II)/g Extract) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methanol | Leaf | 38.309 ± 1.2450 * g | 241.19 | 77.40 |
| Stem | 37.154 ± 1.0628 g | 239.48 | 50.87 | |
| root | 93.325 ± 1.0407 de | 66.21 | 21.28 | |
| Ethanol | Leaf | 31.864 ± 1.0340 f | 131.11 | 92.19 |
| Stem | 30.430 ± 1.0281 g | 115.26 | 52.91 | |
| root | 63.577 ± 1.0281 g | 100.03 | 65.66 | |
| Aqueous | Leaf | 74.131 ± 1.0471 ef | 154.65 | 55.97 |
| Stem | 99.243 ± 1.0281 d | 112.82 | 33.01 | |
| root | - | 11.5 | 1.89 | |
| Dichloromethane | Leaf | - | n.d | n.d |
| Stem | - | |||
| Root | - | |||
| n-hexane | Leaf | - | n.d | n.d |
| Stem | - | |||
| Root | - | |||
| Essential Oil | Leaf | 3388 ± 1.085 k | n.d | n.d |
| Stem | 4570 ± 0.089 l | |||
| Root | n.d | |||
| Gallic Acid | 3.3627 ± 1.034 i | n.d | n.d | |
| Ascorbic Acid | 22.73526 ± 1.114 h | n.d | n.d |
Means in a column followed by a different lowercase letter represents results are significantly different (ANOVA p < 0.05, Tukey test); * Standard error; n.d—not determined.