Table 3.
Antioxidant properties of Anthemis extracts *.
| Plant Names | Solvents | Phosphomolybdenum (mmol TE/g) | DPPH (mg TE/g) | ABTS (mg TE/g) | CUPRAC (mgTE/g) | FRAP (mgTE/g) | Metal Chelating Abilitiy (mg EDTAE/g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. tinctoria var. pallida | Ethyl acetate | 2.59 ± 0.19 b | 40.30 ± 0.78 e | 45.52 ± 5.53 f | 113.31 ± 2.26 d | 47.63 ± 3.77 f | 39.01 ± 4.42 a |
| Methanol | 2.99 ± 0.14 a | 407.07 ± 8.88 a | 320.11 ± 5.67 a | 691.17 ± 12.07 a | 362.12 ± 2.63 a | 28.28 ± 1.81 c | |
| Aqueous | 2.65 ± 0.02 b | 298.40 ± 6.74 b | 303.16 ± 8.57 b | 584.01 ± 8.71 b | 316.34 ± 4.15 b | 33.59 ± .16 b | |
| A. cretica subsp. tenuiloba | Ethyl acetate | 1.69 ± 0.08 cd | 45.47 ± 2.16 e | 57.13 ± 3.89 e | 112.87 ± 4.41 d | 55.74 ± 2.27 e | 21.90 ± 0.81 d |
| Methanol | 1.77 ± 0.08 c | 97.22 ± 0.22 c | 112.41 ± 2.35 d | 223.09 ± 6.17 c | 143.21 ± 1.77 d | 20.93 ± 1.70 d | |
| Aqueous | 1.56 ± 0.05 d | 86.74 ± 2.46 d | 127.68 ± 0.45 c | 214.45 ± 1.39 c | 130.86 ± 1.81 c | 39.64 ± 1.34 a |
* Values expressed are means ± S.D. of three parallel measurements. TE: Trolox equivalent; EDTAE: EDTA equivalent. Different letters indicate significant differences in the extracts (p < 0.05).