Table 1 DPPH radical scavenging activity of crude extracts and fractions of 6 plants from the Mascarene Islands

9.23 ± 2.29

8.63 ± 1.03

4.26 ± 0.69

13.26 ± 0.96

14.59 ± 1.09

11.23 ± 1.01

(20.13 ± 3.46*)

(23.39 ± 1.36)

(87.52 ± 6.59*)

(92.86 ± 7.16*)

(93.68 ± 8.69*)

(80.13 ± 7.54*)

{67.46 ± 9.56*}

{75.56 ± 7.65*}

{78.67 ± 6.15*}

{93.45 ± 9.14*}

{97.08 ± 11.23*}

{72.78 ± 5.36*}

[90.14 ± 10.07*]

[91.56 ± 10.69*]

[67.59 ± 8.09*]

[90.13 ± 6.69*]

[94.86 ± 8.09*]

[88.49 ± 7.23*]

∫5.36 ± 0.99∫

∫11.29 ± 1.05∫

∫9.86 ± 1.11∫

∫7.42 ± 0.39∫

∫11.36 ± 1.00∫

∫8.59 ± 1.96∫

∣9.86 ± 1.23∣

∣12.03 ± 1.06∣

∣18.16 ± 2.13∣

∣15.69 ± 1.39∣

∣15.46 ± 0.23∣

∣7.39 ± 1.09∣

4.21 ± 1.23

3.98 ± 1.11

2.04 ± 0.23

7.49 ± 0.96

9.18 ± 0.23

5.13 ± 1.03

(14.36 ± 0.89)

(12.39 ± 0.69)

(61.43 ± 5.67*)

(75.67 ± 4.56*)

(75.64 ± 3.68*)

(62.14 ± 5.67*)

{52.16 ± 7.65*}

{58.89 ± 5.94*}

{63.19 ± 7.62*}

{72.14 ± 8.56*}

{76.37 ± 9.56*}

{55.09 ± 5.53*}

[69.64 ± 7.19*]

[64.59 ± 6.36*]

[41.68 ± 8.09*]

[53.67 ± 9.36*]

[71.69 ± 7.36*]

[62.13 ± 5.36*]

∫1.23 ± 0.16∫

∫7.09 ± 0.63∫

∫3.67 ± 0.26∫

∫4.09 ± 0.19∫

∫5.13 ± 0.36∫

∫5.29 ± 1.22∫

∣4.61 ± 0.96∣

∣7.01 ± 0.69∣

∣10.69 ± 1.29∣

∣8. 69 ± 0.36∣

∣8.63 ± 0.19∣

∣3.59 ± 0.67∣

2.15 ± 0.60

1.23 ± 0.22

1.09 ± 0.09

5.29 ± 0.63

5.69 ± 0.11

2.39 ± 0.36

(9.19 ± 1.13)

(8.46 ± 1.03)

(46.49 ± 1.98*)

(53.36 ± 3.79*)

(62.14 ± 1.69*)

(50.23 ± 2.97*)

{40.14 ± 6.15*}

{42.15 ± 6.54*}

{40.18 ± 6.81*}

{57.09 ± 6.36*}

{54.76 ± 3.39*}

{48.13 ± 4.46*}

[42.18 ± 8.39*]

[45. 67 ± 5.01*]

[22.19 ± 5.13*]

[32.19 ± 5.12*]

[51.63 ± 3. 16*]

[47.16 ± 4.16*]

∫0.69 ± 0.01∫

∫4.26 ± 0.69∫

∫1.14 ± 0.08∫

∫2.07 ± 0.69∫

∫2.19 ± 0.12∫

∫3.19 ± 0.18∫

∣2.19 ± 0.13∣

∣3.69 ± 0.23∣

∣5.18 ± 0.96∣

∣5.19 ± 0.08∣

∣3.14 ± 0.08∣

∣1.56 ± 0.16∣

1.26 ± 0.35

0.68 ± 0.13

0.97 ± 0.11

2.09 ± 0.16

2.57 ± 0.09

0.98 ± 0.15

(4.16 ± 0.56)

5.34 ± 0.87

(30.69 ± 1.63*)

(38.56 ± 2.67*)

(41.64 ± 1.59*)

(28.26 ± 2.39*)

{29.46 ± 3.87}*

{34.19 ± 5.87*}

{32.49 ± 4.57*}

{40.18 ± 5.42*}

{36.15 ± 2.23*}

{29.86 ± 5.21*}

[28.49 ± 1.69*]

[29.19 ± 1.23*]

[12.19 ± 0.99]

[24.19 ± 1.08*]

[31.46 ± 1.53*]

[29.18 ± 1.39*]

∫0.56 ± 0.01∫

∫2.13 ± 0.23∫

∫0.59 ± 0.01∫

∫0.11 ± 0.01∫

∫1.39 ± 0.03∫

∫1.09 ± 0.01∫

∣1.01 ± 0.01∣

∣1.69 ± 0.02∣

∣2.09 ± 0.39∣

∣1.69 ± 0.01∣

∣0.69 ± 0.01∣

∣1.06 ± 0.01∣