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Table 2 Antioxidant potentials of Newbouldia laevis stem-bark extract

From: HPLC fingerprint of flavonoids, enzyme inhibition and antioxidant activity of Newbouldia laevis stem-bark: an in vitro and in silico study

Antioxidant potentials

100 mg/mL

200 mg/mL

300 mg/mL

500 mg/mL

Vit.C (mg/mL)

Lipid peroxidation (%)

44.50bA ± 1.04

47.96bA ± 0.34

53.94cA ± 0.44

36.39dA ± 0.75

99.33a ± 1.04

Metal chelating ability (%)

54.86bB ± 0.90

56.11bB ± 3.02

68.33cB ± 2.53

47.18 dB ± 1.28

89.20a ± 0.85

OH* Scavenging ability (%)

34.12bA ± 0.66

38.59bC ± 1.42

60.27cB ± 1.74

44.53 dB ± 1.44

86.41a ± 0.22

NO* Scavenging ability (%)

75.18bA ± 0.43

77.20bA ± 0.51

68.40cB ± 0.77

62.50cC ± 2.03

80.69a ± 3.67

SO* Scavenging ability (%)

55.37bB ± 0.17

50.40bB ± 0.99

62.79cB ± 0.40

49.93 dB ± 0.55

89.38a ± 2.99

FRAP (%)

49.05bA ± 2.40

52.41bB ± 0.76

57.33cA ± 0.11

43.69bB ± 0.83

97.52a ± 2.09

  1. Values are of triplicate tests, in mean ± standard error (SE); values with lowercase are statistically significant (p < 0.05) to Vit. C (Standard); values with different uppercase are statistically significant (p < 0.05) across Concentrations