Table 3 Nitric oxide radical scavenging activity of crude extracts and fractions of 6 plants from the Mascarene Islands

1.23 ± 0.12

5.36 ± 0.94

3.46 ± 0.11

0.96 ± 0.09

7.68 ± 1.01

10.67 ± 1.37

(59.39 ± 2.39*)

(62.73 ± 4.67*)

(33.26 ± 2.54*)

(65.02 ± 6.49*)

(65.56 ± 7.56*)

(45.21 ± 2.98*)

{59.63 ± 3.06*}

{61.46 ± 2.39*}

{54.97 ± 3.01*}

{72.39 ± 3.36 *}

{56.51 ± 4.08*}

{56.04 ± 2.86*}

[44.36 ± 3.56*]

[47.78 ± 3.07*]

[52.72 ± 3.24*]

[48.97 ± 2.01*]

[52.69 ± 4.01*]

[55.24 ± 3.34*]

∫4.36 ± 0.68∫

∫7.46 ± 1.01∫

∫10.37 ± 1.39∫

∫11.09 ± 1.09 ∫

∫9.46 ± 1.13 ∫

∫5.37 ± 0.98∫

∣3.64 ± 0.18*∣

∣5.69 ± 0.54∣

∣31.34 ± 2.07*∣

∣22.36 ± 1.01*∣

∣28.69 ± 0.68*∣

∣5.78 ± 0.67∣

0.56 ± 0.03

2.69 ± 0.64

1.69 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.07

6.49 ± 0.96

7.39 ± 0.96

(38.64 ± 1.69*)

(41.31 ± 3.29*)

(15.36 ± 1.06)

(43.69 ± 5.46)

(41.29 ± 3.69*)

(21.68 ± 1.07*)

{32.46 ± 3.67*}

{40.16 ± 1.07*}

{27.68 ± 1.07*}

{42.09 ± 2.67*}

{31.10 ± 1.37*}

{29.76 ± 2.01*}

[29.34 ± 2.31*]

[23.67 ± 2.01*]

[30.37 ± 1.69*]

[27.19 ± 1.06*]

[28.67 ± 1.06*]

[30.19 ± 1.67*]

∫2.39 ± 0.59∫

∫6.37 ± 1.00∫

∫6.54 ± 0.97∫

∫6.31 ± 1.01 ∫

∫3.31 ± 0.67∫

∫4.67 ± 0.64∫

∣1.09 ± 0.0∣

∣2.36 ± 0.34∣

∣28.37 ± 1.37∣

∣9.37 ± 0.96∣

∣26.34 ± 1.01∣

∣3.67 ± 0.97∣

0.18 ± 0.02

0.96 ± 0.01

0.97 ± 0.03

0.19 ± 0.01

2.69 ± 0.31

4.19 ± 0.43

(22.67 ± 3.67*)

(28.46 ± 2.87)

(7.09 ± 0.96)

(26.59 ± 1.09*)

(29.64 ± 2.98*)

(11.37 ± 0.87)

{17.19 ± 1.64*}

{22.06 ± 1.11*}

{12.08 ± 0.67}

{28.19 ± 1.37*}

{9.65 ± 0.79}

{10.09 ± 1.04}

[19.17 ± 1.08*]

[10.19 ± 1.36]

[11.37 ± 0.67]

[13.19 ± 0.37]

[10.36 ± 1.01]

[27.19 ± 1.06*]

∫0.36 ± 0.37∫

∫4.09 ± 0.64∫

∫4.37 ± 0.36∫

∫3.97 ± 0.63∫

∫1.34 ± 0.52 ∫

∫3.17 ± 0.52∫

∣0.19 ± 0.01∣

∣1.94 ± 0.19∣

∣9.37 ± 1.07∣

∣6.54 ± 0.67∣

∣11.97 ± 0.67∣

∣1.67 ± 0.61∣

0.09 ± 0.01

0.23 ± 0.01

0.15 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.01

2.64 ± 0.19

(12.19 ± 1.15)

(19.29 ± 1.39*)

(1.23 ± 0.13)

(10.69 ± 0.69)

(18.67 ± 1.08*)

(5.36 ± 0.36)

{9.86 ± 0.97}

{10.36 ± 0.67}

{4.89 ± 0.55}

{12.67 ± 0.68}

{2.98 ± 0.32}

{6.17 ± 0.63}

[9.68 ± 1.23]

[6.45 ± 0.37]

[4.67 ± 0.23]

[7.09 ± 0.22]

[6.98 ± 0.67]

[11.09 ± 0.37]

∫0.09 ± 0.02∫

∫2.19 ± 0.34∫

∫1.09 ± 0.23∫

∫0.67 ± 0.23∫

∫0.67 ± 0.03∫

∫0.96 ± 0.09∫

∣0.00 ± 0.00∣

∣0.37 ± 0.09∣

∣2.39 ± 0.23∣

∣ 3.67 ± 0.54∣

∣ 6.37 ± 0.37∣

∣0.98 ± 0.09∣