Research Article
In Vitro and In Vivo Biochemical Evaluations of the Methanolic Leaf Extract of Garcinia kola
Table 6
Inhibition of lipid peroxidation in rat liver homogenate by methanolic leaf extract of Garcinia kola and ascorbic acid.
| Sample | Concentration (g/mL) | % Inhibition () | IC50 (g/mL) | Regression equation |
| Garcinia kola | 94.24 | 24.00 ± 0.02 | 218.0 | () | 142.86 | 36.00 ± 0.03 | 190.48 | 48.00 ± 0.04 | 238.10 | 52.00 ± 0.06 |
| Ascorbic acid | 9.50 | 5.40 ± 0.02 | 40.6 | () | 19.00 | 10.60 ± 0.11 | 28.57 | 32.58 ± 0.40 | 38.00 | 35.80 ± 0.05 | 47.62 | 70.00 ± 0.09 |
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Results are expressed as means ± SD of five parallel measurements.
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