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. 2022 Jun 23;10(10):3436–3443. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2944

TABLE 2.

Antioxidant activity of free and nanoencapsulated Bougainvillea spectabilis extract (BSE)

Evaluation method Free extract 1:1 1:2 BHT
DPPH (IC50, mg/L) 486.12 ± 3.31a 457.55 ± 4.19b 462.93 ± 3.80b 32.39 ± 2.26c
FRAP (μM Fe+2/g) 4.22 ± 0.12a 4.09 ± 0.25b 4.13 ± 0.32b 2.97 ± 0.18c

Note: Different superscript lowercase letters indicate statistically significant difference (p < .05).