Research Article
In Vitro and In Vivo Biochemical Evaluations of the Methanolic Leaf Extract of Garcinia kola
Table 4
ABTS•+ scavenging activity of the methanolic extract of Garcinia kola and ascorbic acid.
| Sample | Concentration (g/mL) | % Inhibition () | IC50 (g/mL) | Regression equation |
| Garcinia kola | 7.50 | 28.60 ± 0.08 | 34.3 | () | 15.00 | 41.30 ± 0.07 | 30.00 | 50.60 ± 0.05 | 45.00 | 52.90 ± 0.07 | 60.00 | 67.90 ± 0.04 |
| Ascorbic acid | 1.50 | 25.20 ± 0.08 | 5.7 | () | 3.75 | 34.10 ± 0.07 | 6.00 | 55.00 ± 0.06 | 7.50 | 60.90 ± 0.08 |
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Results are expressed as means ± SD of five parallel measurements.
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