In vitro pro-inflammatory enzyme inhibition and anti-oxidant potential of selected Sri Lankan medicinal plants

Table 3 Xanthine oxidase and hyaluronidase enzyme inhibitory activities of total ethanol extracts of medicinal plants

Plant Name	Xanthine oxidase inhibition	Hyaluronidase inhibition
Sphaeranthus indicus	30.35 ± 0.32^a,f	NI
Acronychia pedunculata	7.86 ± 0.14^b,d	36.60 ± 1.02^a
Calophyllum innophyllum	38.95 ± 1.28^c	NI
Symplocos cochinchinesis	44.86 ± 1.43^c	27.49 ± 1.09^b
Tinospora cordifolia	17.92 ± 1.73^d	NI
Flacourtia indica	70.46 ± 0.18^e	36.67 ± 2.23^a
Leucus zeylanica	13.26 ± 0.25^d	24.38 ± 2.09^b
Barathranthus nodiflorus	6.26 ± 0.93^b	42.31 ± 2.00^d
Diospyros ebenum	24.76 ± 2.16^a	41.60 ± 1.18^d
Argyreia populifolia	32.79 ± 2.16^f	16.27 ± 1.00^e
Allopurinol	99.26 ± 0.72^g	NA
Tannic acid	NA	90.69 ± 0.50^f

Inhibition (%) of xanthine oxidase and hyaluronidase is recorded at 250 and 500 μg/mL assay concentrations respectively
Data represented as mean ± SE (N = 3). Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05, NA Not applicable

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