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Table 1 In vitro antioxidant activity (%) of crude extracts from Acacia shaffneri (AS) and Acacia farnesiana (AF) pods

From: Antioxidant activity and protection against oxidative-induced damage of Acacia shaffneri and Acacia farnesiana pods extracts: in vitro and in vivo assays

Free radicals

AS

AF

alpha-tocopherol

catechin

BHA

ABTS•+

10.85b ± 0.08

10.47b ± 0.36

92.64a ± 0.51

91.99a ± 1.00

ND

DPPH

94.77a ± 0.36

95.18a ± 0.26

93.42a ± 0.69

ND

92.36a ± 0.25

TBARS

66.59b ± 1.23

66.05b ± 1.62

92.54a ± 0.72

ND

ND

  1. ABTS• + 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid; DPPH 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl; TBARS thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, BHA buthylated hydroxyanisole; ND not determined
  2. a,b Means with different letters within the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05