Table 4. DPPH Free Radical Scavenging Activity.
| DPPH
scavenging activity (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| concentration (μg/mL) | extract | n-hexane | chloroform | ethyl acetate | aqueous | ascorbic acid |
| 62.5 | 7.20 ± 2.0 | 3.12 ± 0.80 | 11.56 ± 1.55 | 4.25 ± 0.56 | 22.32 ± 4.67 | |
| 125 | 11.65 ± 2.0 | 8.45 ± 1.65 | 23.65 ± 3.10 | 11.34 ± 1.20 | 4.45 ± 0.65 | 48.34 ± 5.20 |
| 250 | 22.55 ± 2.53 | 18.50 ± 2.20 | 41.80 ± 5.55 | 17.87 ± 1.88 | 11.23 ± 1.21 | 63.30 ± 2.52 |
| 500 | 39.70 ± 4.0 | 31.78 ± 3.89 | 56.70 ± 7.28 | 30.38 ± 3.43 | 21.50 ± 2.39 | 73.80 ± 4.55 |
| 1000 | 47.0 ± 2.56 | 39.90 ± 5.32 | 65.98 ± 7.10 | 37.72 ± 4.45 | 30.88 ± 3.10 | 85 ± 5.87 |
| IC50 | 22.35 | 25.20 | 19.52 | 25.78 | 28.70 | 14.55 |