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Table 5 The total phenolics and flavonoids content together with the antioxidant activity of fifteen medicinal plants (first group of plants) #

From: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of selected Chinese medicinal plants and their relation with antioxidant content

  

DPPH scavenging activity (μM ascorbate equiv/g)1

 

Phenolics results (GAE mg/g)3

Flavonoids results (QE mg/g)3

S. No

Name of the plants

Water extracts

Ethanol extracts

% inhibition of Yeast oxidation of water extracts2

Water extracts

Ethanol extracts

Water extracts

Ethanol extracts

1

Semen coicis

−100.1 ± 0.71

11.00 ± 3.54

12.37

0.34 ± 2.32

1.39 ± 0.65

0.83 ± 1.96

16.05 ± 2.93

2

Pogostemon cablin

103.4 ± 4.24

26.00 ± 1.52

12.07

4.23 ± 0.68

1.88 ± 0.13

5.54 ± 0.98

4.08 ± 0.98

3

Pseudostellaria heterophylla

20.9 ±12.02

32.43 ± 4.55

36.13

1.74 ± 0.82

1.58 ± 1.83

0.59 ± 0.00

1.94 ± 0.98

4

Paeonia suffuticosa

200.4 ± 0.00

111.71 ± 0.51

15.16

19.96 ± 1.09

19.74 ± 0.39

25.85 ± 1.96

31.40 ± 2.93

5

Corydalis yanhusuo

39.9 ± 0.71

42.43 ± 5.56

14.81

3.51 ± 1.36

1.28 ± 1.48

1.57 ± 0.96

2.11 ± 0.98

6

Ploygala tenuifolia

109.4 ± 2.83

53.14 ± 2.53

3.23

12.01 ± 0.00

12.15 ± 0.44

9.3 ± 3.91

37.55 ± 3.91

7

Ducheshea indica

202.4 ± 1.41

102.07 ± 4.04

2.34

28.62 ± 0.68

11.8 ± 0.44

22.31 ± 4.89

15.25 ± 1.96

8

Asparagus cochinchinensis

55.9 ± 12.02

5.64 ± 1.01

16.37

2.67 ± 0.96

0.91 ± 3.01

1.71 ± 0.98

1.08 ± 0.98

9

Tussilago farfara

198.9 ± 0.71

113.5 ± 0.00

20.9

25.72 ± 2.87

9.68 ± 0.15

65.17 ± 0.98

41.67 ± 0.98

10

Aster tataricus

119.4 ± 2.83

49.93 ± 2.02

0

15.17 ± 0.27

6.95 ± 0.00

39.82 ± 0.98

22.79 ± 0.98

11

Rabdosia rubescens

144.4 ± 2.83

13.50 ± 4.04

8.63

17.47 ± 0.55

2.41 ± 2.96

40.66 ± 1.96

8.35 ± 2.93

12

Platycodon grandiflorus

30.9 ± 3.54

14.93 ± 4.04

21.77

4.58 ± 1.50

0.79 ± 0.26

2.93 ± 2.93

1.52 ± 0.96

13

Artemisia vulgaris

181.9 ± 0.71

98.14 ± 1.52

5.32

24.91 ± 0.27

7.43 ± 1.44

79.68 ± 1

16.43 ± 3.91

14

Ligustrum lucidum

194.9 ±0.71

107.79 ± 0

12.02

29.1 ± 3.28

19 ± 0.78

108.42 ± 1.96

24.88 ± 0.98

15

Scutellaria barbata

188.4 ±1.41

93.5 ± 1.01

10.11

14.97 ± 2.73

9.26 ± 0.15

67.41 ± 3.91

20.62 ± 0.98

  1. 1DPPH free radical scavenging activity was measured in terms of equivalent of ascorbate (μM).
  2. 2Yeast oxidative stress was measured on the basis of survival of yeast cells (yeast growth) after treatment with H2O2.
  3. 3Total phenolics and flavonoid contents were expressed in gallic acid equivalent (GAE mg/g) and quercetin equivalent (QE mg/g) respectively.
  4. # Plants given in this table show significant correlation between their antioxidant activities and total phenolics / flavonoids contents. These plants are a subset of plants studied in this research (Table 1).
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