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Table 2 In-vitro antioxidant activity of medicinal plants of Arabian origin (which were found to be active in BSA-MG glycation assay)

From: In-Vitro dual inhibition of protein glycation, and oxidation by some Arabian plants

Scientific Name

DPPH radical scavenging activity

Iron Chelation activity

Superoxide anion radical scavenging activity

% RSAa

IC50 ± SEMb (mg/mL)

% Chelationa

% RSA

IC50 ± SEMb (mg/mL)

Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

82.99

0.237 ± 0.001

−9.50

5.00

–

Plumbago zeylanica L.

74.94

0.044 ± 0.001

−16.10

92.80

0.118 ± 0.004

Rosa indica L.

74.15

0.023 ± 0.0005

1.90

97.20

0.141 ± 0.003

Sida cordifolia L.

69.99

0.005 ± 0.0004

6.60

94.50

0.078 ± 0.002

Tribulus terrestris L.

79.69

0.157 ± 0.002

20.40

78.80

0.872 ± 0.011

Gallic acidb

93.13

0.004 ± 0.0004

–

–

–

EDTAc

–

–

99.10

–

–

Quercetind

–

–

–

99.80

0.0318 ± 0.001

  1. a at 2 mg/mL concentration; IC50 Values are presented in mg/mL ± standard error of mean of three assays; b, c, d Standard inhibitors for antioxidant studies