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Table 5 Percentage inhibitions of nitric oxide radicals versus concentrations of EOs and reference compounds

From: Bactericidal and antioxidant properties of essential oils from the fruits Dennettia tripetala G. Baker

Conc

%

inhibitions

of NOa

radicals

mg/mL

Unripe

Ripe

Vit.Cb

β-Carotene

0.05

38.4

44.0

30.0

38.0

0.10

49.0

64.0

48.0

50.0

0.20

62.4

70.0

59.0

68.0

0.40

74.0

84.0

71.2

84.7

0.50

87.0

97.0

89.0

98.0

  1. aNitric oxide radicals, bvitamin C (% inhibitions are average of three parallel NO experiment on oils and reference compounds)