Table 4.
Hydroxyl-radical scavenging activity of plant extracts as a function of concentrations.
| Plant extracts | Concentration (µg/mL) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 | |
| T. mauritianum (aerial parts) | 3.73 ± 0.97b | 4.99 ± 1.92b | 9.07 ± 4.01b | 20.98 ± 3.07b | 66.001 ± 2.05b |
| L. macrocarpa (leaves) | 1.69 ± 0.61a | 2.01 ± 0.15a | 4.83 ± 0.67a | 15.90 ± 2.12a | 22.73 ± 0.85a |
| L. macrocarpa (roots) | 0.7 ± 0.95a | 1.14 ± 1.05a | 1.89 ± 0.99a | 9.93 ± 1.75a | 18.89 ± 2.67a |
| G. bougheyanum (aerial parts) | 10.00 ± 0.83c | 11.09 ± 0.03d | 22.00 ± 0.82d | 67.01 ± 2.13d | 94.03 ± 1.26e |
| Vitamin C | 2.07 ± 0.40ab | 13.07 ± 0.70e | 44.02 ± 0.35e | 83.05 ± 4.00e | 96.98 ± 0.90e |
In each column, values with different letters are statistically different at p < 0.05 using Waller–Duncan test.