Research Article

Antidiabetic Effect of Young and Old Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Total antioxidant activity between the old and young leaf extract.

ConcentrationVitamin C (mean ± SEM)YL (mean ± SEM)OL (mean ± SEM)

1.0 mg/mL94.43 ± 0.6274.21 ± 3.1944.01 ± 0.69
0.5 mg/mL89.33 ± 0.7467.05 ± 2.1532.95 ± 1.66
0.1 mg/mL71.76 ± 7.8229.11 ± 3.1921.94 ± 0.21
0.05 mg/mL64.32 ± 1.7221.15 ± 1.0514.99 ± 0.86

() was considered statistically significant. = statistical difference between control and YL; # = statistical difference between control and OL; a = statistical difference between YL and OL.