Biological Activities of Aerial Parts Extracts of Euphorbia characias

Table 1

Yield and antioxidant and antiradical properties of E. characias extracts. DPPH and ABTS values are expressed as mmol TEAC/g dw; FRAP value is expressed as mmol Fe²⁺/g dw.

Extracts		Yield (w/w%)	ABTS	DPPH	FRAP
Leaves	Aqueous	20.4 ± 1.5	2.52 ± 0.18	1.8 ± 0.21	2.70 ± 0.17
	Ethanolic	24.9 ± 2.6	4.68 ± 0.49	6.73 ± 0.70	4.57 ± 0.12
Stems	Aqueous	12.3 ± 1.4	0.10 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.02	0.89 ± 0.04
	Ethanolic	15.2 ± 1.8	0.85 ± 0.10	0.88 ± 0.09	1.36 ± 0.07
Flowers	Aqueous	17.6 ± 2.3	0.62 ± 0.05	0.53 ± 0.05	1.95 ± 0.02
	Ethanolic	20.6 ± 1.9	0.91 ± 0.10	0.58 ± 0.05	3.49 ± 0.09

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. Means followed by distinct letters in the same column are significantly different ().