Table 5.
Nitric oxide scavenging activity of plant extracts as a function of concentrations.
| Plant extracts | Concentrations (µg/mL) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 | |
| T. mauritianum (aerial parts) | 39.87 ± 10.10a | 63.12 ± 6.76ab | 70.07 ± 8.06ab | 70.14 ± 18.31a | 94.19 ± 3.54a |
| L. macrocarpa (leaves) | 78.42 ± 14.67b | 89.68 ± 4.06b | 90.05 ± 2.34c | 92.02 ± 1.04c | 96.09 ± 1.02b |
| L. macrocarpa (roots) | 62.71 ± 10.07a | 69 ± 8.53a | 74.09 ± 6.05b | 83.74 ± 2.30b | 86.93 ± 2.39b |
| G. bougheyanum (aerial parts) | 50.61 ± 5.02a | 66.01 ± 4.99b | 79.98 ± 5.09bc | 90.18 ± 5.04b | 91.89 ± 1.69b |
| Vitamin C | 92.03 ± 0.60c | 94.25 ± 0.15b | 96.06 ± 0.49d | 97.02 ± 0.07e | 99.09 ± 0.11h |
In each column, values with different letters are statistically different at p < 0.05 using Waller–Duncan test.