Antioxidant activity, total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of whole plant extracts Torilis leptophylla L

Table 1 Radical scavenging activities of T. leptophylla fractions at different concentrations

EC₅₀values(μg/ml) of radical scavenging
Plant extracts/chemical	DPPH radical	Superoxide radical	Phosphomolybdate Assay	Hydroxyl radical	Hydrogen peroxide	ABTS radical
Methanol extract	189±4^e	55.0±0.3^d	236±1^e	76.0±2^d	130±5^e	179±3^e
n-Hexane fraction	395±5^f	370±4^f	247±3^e	281±2^e	200±2^e	50.0±1^c
Chloroform fraction	162±3^e	68.0±2^d	135±4^e	8.0±1^a	122±5^e	57.0±2^d
Ethyl acetate fraction	62.0±2^d	145±1^e	196±4^e	27.0±1^b	68.0±2^d	34.0±3^b
n-Butanol fraction	41.0±1^c	92.0±1^d	10.7±2^a	62.0±2^d	254±3^e	10.0±0.9^a
Residual aqueous fraction	264±4^e	269±3^e	237±3^e	345±4^f	431±5^f	13.0±0.2^a
Ascorbic acid	10.0±3^a	34.0±3^b	8.0±0.7^a	6.0±2^a	9.0±0.3^a	8.0±1^a
Rutin	29.0±1^b	-	-	-	10.0±0.3^a	-

Each value in the table is represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Values in the same column followed by a different letter (^a-f) are significantly different (p< 0.05). -, not determined.

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