Table 1.

Bioassay guided fractionation based biological activities of fractions collected from methanol extract of Acacia nilotica through column chromatography.

Group	Fraction numbers (50 ml each)	In vitro bioactivity testing assays
		DPPH	Deoxyribose Degradation		Reducing power	Chelating power	Lipid peroxidation	COX	Cancer
			SS	NSS
Group -1	01–20	+  +	+  +	+  +	+	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +
Group -2	21–55	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +
Group -3	56–154	+  +  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +  +
Group -4	155–230	+  +	+	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +  +
Group -5	231–264	+  +	+  +	+	+  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +  +	+  +
Group -6	265–488	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +
Group -7	489–512	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +
Group -8	513–536	+  +  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +  +	+  +  +
Group -9	537–563	+  +  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +  +
Group -10	564–602	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +
Group -11	603–692	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +	+	+	+  +	+  +

SS: Deoxyribose Site specific assay; NSS: Deoxyribose non-site specific assay.

Activity percentage (%) range: + : 0–25%, +  + : 25–50%, +  +  + : 50–75%, +  +  +  + : 75–100%.