Research Article
Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oil and Extracts of Valeriana jatamansi Roots
Table 3
Showing the antioxidant activity of the essential oil and different extracts of Valeriana jatamansi roots.
| S. no.
| Test sample
| DPPH activity (IC50 in g/mL) | Chelation power on ferrous ions (% age at 100 g) |
| 1 | Essential oil | 876 ± 12.8 g/mL | 31% | 2 | Methanolic extract | 78 ± 2.9 g/mL | 76% | 3 | Aqueous extract | 154 ± 4.6 g/mL | 43% | 4 | Chloroform extract | — | 12% | 5 | BHT | 28 ± 0.8 g/mL | — |
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Data is represented as mean ± SD of three triplicate experiments.
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