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Table 5.

Antioxidant and anti-diabetic activity of S. chirata leaves harvested at different plant phases and extracted with different solvents.

Plant	Harvesting stage	Solvents	DPPH (%)	Percentage inhibition of α‑amylase
S. chirata	Bud-stage	Methanol Ethanol	67.3 ± 3.89^b,c 65.4 ± 2.21^b,c	75.2 ± 3.42^a,b 74.5 ± 2.12^a,b
		Aqueous ethanol (50%)	82.1 ± 4.01^a	77.6 ± 2.23^a
		Aqueous	70.2 ± 2.23^b	72.1 ± 4.54^a,b
	Flower-stage	Methanol Ethanol	64.1 ± 3.54^b,c 62.5 ± 2.06^c	73.3 ± 4.11^a,b 72.7 ± 2.29^a,b
		Aqueous ethanol (50%)	78.4 ± 4.25^a	74.2 ± 3.04^a,b
		Aqueous	68.2 ± 3.24^b,c	69.5 ± 3.25^b