Research Article

Antioxidant, Antinociceptive, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities from Actinidia callosa var. callosa In Vitro and In Vivo

Table 1

Radical scavenging activity of methanol extract of Actinidia callosa var. callosa (MAC) determined by TEAC, DPPH assay, and inhibition of NO production in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages by MAC and its reference compounds.*

SamplesTEAC
(μg/mg extract)
DPPH scavenging
activity
EC50 (μg/mL)
Total
phenolic
(mg CE/g)a
Total
flavonoid
(mg RE/g)b
NO
production IC50 value
(μg/mL)

Methanol extract90 ± 1.58215.48 ± 3.59299.92 ± 2.139.34 ± 0.41237.24 ± 3.79
n-hexane fraction14.26 ± 0.591754.29 ± 8.71177.33 ± 1.498.29 ± 0.35>250
Ethyl-acetate fraction130.69 ± 2.16132.69 ± 4.32519.54 ± 2.4718.67 ± 0.4959.23 ± 2.17
n-butanol fraction125.86 ± 1.47135.31 ± 3.19415.06 ± 1.476.22 ± 0.23>250
Water fraction98.43 ± 1.05162.78 ± 1.15361.45 ± 1.296.84 ± 0.51>250
Protocatechuic acid1552.14 ± 2.8712.46 ± 1.57(—)(—)>100
Catechin1613.36 ± 4.539.45 ± 0.54(—)(—)86.18 ± 0.15
Vanillic acid532.75 ± 4.3846.84 ± 2.62(—)(—)>100
Caffeic acid1837.28 ± 6.328.57 ± 0.54(—)(—)32.26 ± 0.23
Syringic acid1329.10 ± 5.3710.25 ± 0.35(—)(—)>100
Epicatechin1257.56 ± 3.5920.72 ± 1.23(—)(—)>100
BHT321.36 ± 2.56103.45 ± 3.89(—)(—)(—)
Indomethacin(—)(—)(—)(—)74.36 ± 0.12

*Values represented mean ± S.D. of three parallel measurements ( ).
aData expressed in μg catechin equivalent/mg dry weight (mg CE/g).
bData expressed in μg rutin equivalent/mg dry weight (mg RE/g).