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.

SampleConcentration (g/mL)% Inhibition ()IC50 (g/mL)Regression equation

Garcinia kola 94.24 24.00 ± 0.02218.0 ()
142.8636.00 ± 0.03
190.4848.00 ± 0.04
238.1052.00 ± 0.06

Ascorbic acid 9.505.40 ± 0.0240.6 ()
19.0010.60 ± 0.11
28.57 32.58 ± 0.40
38.0035.80 ± 0.05
47.6270.00 ± 0.09

Results are expressed as means ± SD of five parallel measurements.