Table 5.
Antioxidant activity of control and endophytic bacterial-treated Chenopodium ambrosoides, Chenopodium ficifolium, and Chenopodium botrys sprouts. Data are represented by the means of at least 3 replicates ± standard deviations. Different small letter superscripts (a, b, and c) within a row indicate significant differences between control and endophytic bacterial samples.
| C. ambrosoides | C. ficifolium | C. botrys | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Endophyte | Control | Endophyte | Control | Endophyte | Extraction Solvent * | Cipro-Floxacin | |
| Antioxidant Activities | ||||||||
| FRAP (mg gallic acid/gFW) |
16.2 ± 1.2 a | 37.5 ± 1 c | 18.3 ± 0.6 b | 33.06 ± 3 c | 11.5 ± 0.1 a | 21.4 ± 6 c | 0.5 ± 0 | - |
| ABTS (µmol trolox/gFW) |
2.0 ± 0.1 a | 1.9 ± 0.2 b | 1.37 ± 0.1 a | 1.9 ± 0.01 b | 0.93 ± 0.1 a | 2.2 ± 0.3 b | 0.7 ± 0 | - |
| DPPH% | 18.8 ± 0.7 a | 13.7 ± 1 a | 12.2 ± 1 a | 16.37 ± 3 b | 12.7 ± 1 a | 17.06 ± 3 b | 0.1 ± 0 | - |
* Ex. Solvent is the extraction solvent (80% of ethanol).