Research Article
Antioxidant Potential of a Polyherbal Antimalarial as an Indicator of Its Therapeutic Value
Table 1
In vitro antioxidant activity of constituent plant extracts of Nefang.
| Aqueous extract
(10 mg/mL) | DPPH
inhibition of radical activity (%) | Total phenolic content (TPC)
(mg catechine equivalent/g extract) | FRAP
(mg catechine equivalent/g extract) |
| | Mangifera indica bark | 90.11 ± 0.73(3) | 66.33 ± 1.92(3) | 587.08 ± 8.01(3) | | Mangifera indica leaf | 90.76 ± 0.10(2) | 61.73 ± 2.68(2) | 590.17 ± 6.76(2) | | Psidium guajava leaf | 91.65 ± 0.38(1) | 67.15 ± 10.57(1) | 644.17 ± 25.69(1) | | Carica papaya leaf | 13.88 ± 3.10(6) | 6.41 ± 0.90(7) | 117.95 ± 31.23(6) | | Cymbopogon citratus leaf | 33.74 ± 4.01(5) | 17.03 ± 0.39(5) | 166.72 ± 78.37(5) | | Citrus sinensis leaf | 13.81 ± 4.42(7) | 7.59 ± 0.98(6) | 78.09 ± 0.76(7) | | Ocimum gratissimum leaf | 59.52 ± 7.93(4) | 34.42 ± 1.74(4) | 353.00 ± 9.43(4) |
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Results presented as mean ± SD; . In the same column, values that designated different superscripts are significantly different. ( )Ranking.
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