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Table 5 IC50 values of different antioxidant activities of E. dracunculoides extracts

From: Studies on phytochemical, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of Euphorbia dracunculoides

IC50(μg/ml)

Plant sample

DPPH scavenging

Hydroxyl scavenging

Nitric Oxide

β-Carotene

Iron chelating

EDH

>1000

297.12 ± 3.22a

756.31 ± 4.23a

244.06 ± 3.81a

616.57 ± 3.33a

EDA

>1000

202.20 ± 3.41b

583.40 ± 3.65b

181.10 ± 1.93c

531.43 ± 2.94b

EDE

263.61 ± 3.71b

121.70 ± 2.05c

366.81 ± 3.12d

120.53 ± 2.52d

279.51 ± 2.57e

EDEW

144.71 ± 3.44c

78.02 ± 1.21d

317.80 ± 3.35e

100.40 ± 1.81e

331.46 ± 2.42d

EDM

351.33 ± 4.54a

142.43 ± 2.51c

405.01 ± 3.57c

210.23 ± 3.41b

446.3 ± 3.52c

Rutin

-

80.74 ± 2.25d

-

-

-

AA

26.65 ± 2.41d

-

244.45 ± 2.35f

-

-

Gallic acid

-

45.97 ± 1.92e

-

-

-

EDTA

-

-

-

-

189.85 ± 1.53f

Catechin

-

-

-

78.57 ± 2.15f

-

  1. EDH E. dracunculoides n-hexane extract, EDA E. dracunculoides aqueous extract, EDE E. dracunculoides ethyl acetate, EDEW E. dracunculoides ethyl acetate + water extract, EDM E. dracunculoides methanol extract
  2. Values are presented as means ± SD (n = 3). Means with different superscript (a-f) letters in the column are significantly (P < 0.01) different from one another