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. 2022 Sep 29;17:114. doi: 10.1186/s13020-022-00672-x

Table 3.

The antioxidant activities of E. caeruleum inflorescence [63]

Extraction method Fe2+ chelating ability, IC50 (µg/mL) NO scavenging activity, IC50 (µg/mL) DPPH radical scavenging, IC50 (µg/mL)
Ultrasonic 286 ± 9.2 2416 ± 69.6 188.7 ± 7.2
Percolation 421 ± 13.6 390 ± 11.4 177.3 ± 5.9
Soxhlet 272 ± 6.3 583 ± 9.8 83.1 ± 2.1

aIC50 of BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) was 53.8 ± 3.7 μg/mL

bIC50 for quercetin was 155.0 ± 6.4 μg/mL

cEDTA used as control (IC50 = 17.4 ± 0.4 μg/mL)