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Table 1 Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities of M. buxifolia leaves and stem extracts

From: Metabolic fingerprinting, antioxidant characterization, and enzyme-inhibitory response of Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC. extracts

Extract

Phytochemical contents

Radical Scavenging Activity

Reducing Power Assays

Ferrous ion Chelation

Total Antioxidant Capacity

Total phenolic content (mgGAE/)

Total flavonoid content (mgRE/g)

DPPH (mmolTE/g)

ABTS (mmol TE/g)

CUPRAC (mgTE/g)

FRAP (mgTE/g)

Metal chelating (mgEDTAE/g)

Phosphomolybdenum (mmolTE/g)

Leaves

Methanol

69.84 ± 1.87c

40.11 ± 0.94b

132.14 ± 0.68c

257.25 ± 4.04c

253.96 ± 5.69c

197.36 ± 8.05b

6.24 ± 0.13c

2.10 ± 0.12b

Chloroform

50.21 ± 0.87d

48.86 ± 0.75a

81.62 ± 4.25d

160.96 ± 4.29d

182.67 ± 1.85d

121.52 ± 4.94c

15.95 ± 1.03a

2.29 ± 0.22b

Stem

Methanol

91.00 ± 2.24a

7.37 ± 0.22c

145.18 ± 0.25a

279.04 ± 0.52a

361.40 ± 11.02a

247.19 ± 8.49a

2.90 ± 0.46d

2.75 ± 0.16a

Chloroform

73.98 ± 2.22b

7.68 ± 0.16c

138.51 ± 0.94b

271.37 ± 0.35b

267.96 ± 10.33b

197.57 ± 9.15b

8.88 ± 0.83b

2.50 ± 0.23ab

  1. All values expressed are means ± S.D. of three parallel measurements. GAE: Gallic acid equivalents; RE: Rutin equivalents; TE: trolox equivalent; EDTAE: EDTA equivalent. Different letters within column indicate significant differences in the extracts (p < 0.05)