Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties of the Methanolic Extract of the Stem Bark of Pteleopsis hylodendron (Combretaceae)

Table 5

Antioxidant potential of the crude extract of P. hylodendron and L-ascorbic acid in β-carotene-linoleic acid assay.

Substances tested	% inhibition concentration (𝜇g/mL)
	1000	500	100	50	10
PH	38.03±0.25^b	31.83±0.16^a	31.80±0.00^a	30.47±0.08^a	27.73±0.08^a
ASC	56.48±0.05^a	27.73±0.02^b	20.20±0.00^b	19.86±0.00^b	17.81±0.02^b

P_H: methanolic extract of P. hylodendron; ASC: L-ascorbic acid.
a,bIn the same column, values carrying different letters in superscript are significantly different at 𝑃≤.05 (Waller Duncan test).