Research Article

Chemical Constituents of Root Barks of Gnidia involucrata and Evaluation for Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities

Table 3

DPPH radical-scavenging and antilipid peroxidation activities of extracts (EtOAc and MeOH) and isolated compounds (1 and 2).

Samples% DPPH inhibitionAntilipid peroxidation inhibition (%)
100 μg/mL50 μg/mL25 μg/mL12.5 μg/mL

EtOAc extract70.7 ± 0.0264.1 ± 0.0457.5 ± 0.0346.2 ± 0.0584 ± 0.04
MeOH extract66.9 ± 0.0161.3 ± 0.0254.7 ± 0.0141.5 ± 0.1045 ± 0.06
Compound 185.8 ± 0.0379.2 ± 0.0573.4 ± 0.0165.0 ± 0.0286 ± 0.01
Compound 252.8 ± 0.0141.5 ± 0.0134.9 ± 0.0216.9 ± 0.0333 ± 0.09
Ascorbic acid90 ± 0.0287 ± 0.02

Data are reported as mean ± SEM; ascorbic acid was used as a positive control.