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. 2022 May 26;11(6):1055. doi: 10.3390/antiox11061055

Table 3.

Antioxidant activities of the hydroacetonic crude extract and of the purified fractions from S. vulgare.

Sample DPPH ABTS•+ Superoxide Galvinoxyl β-Carotene CUPRAC FRAP Phenanthroline
IC50 (µg/mL) A0.5 (µg/mL)
Crude Ext 97.41 ± 2.15 a 72.9 ± 5.83 b >800 364.65 ± 0.93 a 65.17 ± 0.68 b 303.08 ± 3.59 a >200 >200
Hex 29.77 ± 1.72 b 93.76 ± 2.28 a 37.07 ± 1.72 a 148.7 ± 1.74 b 41.29 ± 1.37 d 69.04 ± 5.65 b 126.5 ± 3.43 b 126.14 ±1.38 a
EtOAc 25.83 ± 0.54 C 25.07 ± 0.21 c 27 ± 0.26 c 15.33 ± 0.21 c 72.05 ± 0.92 a 37.79 ± 0.21 c 64.63 ± 3.66 c 32.3 ± 0.21 b
AQ 96.64 ± 2.12 a 74.9 ± 4.8 b >800 >800 >800 >800 251.8 ± 5.5 a >200
BHA * 6.14 ± 0.41 e 1.81 ± 0.10 d >200 5.38 ± 0.06 d 0.90 ± 0.02 f 6.62 ± 0.05 e 7.99 ± 0.87 e 2.24 ± 0.17 d
BHT * 12.99 ± 0.41 d 1.29 ± 0.30 d >200 3.32 ± 0.18 e 1.05 ± 0.01 f 8.97 ± 3.94 e >200 0.93 ± 0.07 d
Tocopherol * 13.02 ± 5.17 d 7.59 ± 0.53 d 31.52 ± 2.22 b 22.02 ± 0.03 1.79 ± 0.03 f 19.92 ± 1.46 d 34.93 ± 2.38 d 5.78 ± 030
AA * 13.94 ± 2.81 d 1.74 ± 0.10 d 7.5 9 ± 1.16 d 5.02 ± 0.01 d 52.59 ± 1.98 c 13.43 ± 0.09 d 6.37 ± 0.42 e 5.25 ± 0.20 c

* Reference compounds; AA—ascorbic acid; BHA—butylated hydroxyanisole; BHT—butylated hydroxytoluene; Tocopherol—α-Tocopherol; Crude Ext—crude extract; Hex—hexane fraction; EtOAc—ethyl acetate fraction; AQ—aqueous residue. Values are the means of three independent assays ± SD. Means followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different at p < 0.05.