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Table 2 Antioxidant activity of E. elatior flowers, extracted with different solvent and collected from three different locations

From: Secondary metabolites constituents and antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial activities of Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm grown in different locations of Malaysia

Locations

Solvents

DPPH (%)

IC50 (μg/mL)

FRAP (mM Fe(II)/g)

Kelantan

Aqueous

76.4 ± 5.89c

34.5 ± 1.42f

6.88 ± 0.62b

 

Ethanol

63.2 ± 4.31e

41.2 ± 2.16e

5.66 ± 0.75c

Pahang

Aqueous

70.5 ± 5.22d

44.6 ± 2.41d

6.11 ± 0.68c

 

Ethanol

58.6 ± 3.81f

59.5 ± 3.17b

5.20 ± 0.70c

Johor

Aqueous

62.1 ± 4.79e

52.9 ± 2.88c

5.57 ± 0.63c

 

Ethanol

40.0 ± 3.33g

139.8 ± 4.52a

4.06 ± 0.51d

BHT

 

92.0 ± 4.91b

19.7 ± 0.87g

6.05 ± 0.55c

α-tocopherol

 

98.6 ± 4.57a

12.6 ± 0.81h

7.78 ± 0.89a

  1. All analyses are the mean of triplicate measurements ± standard deviation. Means not sharing a common letter in each column were significantly different at P ≤ 0.05