Free Radical Scavenging Capacities and Alleviating Actions of Polysaccharides Extract of Termitomyces le-testui on Methylprednisolone-Induced Immunodepression in Rats

Table 1

Radical scavenging activity of crude polysaccharides of T. le-testui as measured by the nitrite and H₂O₂-scavenging tests and compared to standards (vitamin C).

Assays	Nitrite-scavenging activity		H2O2-scavenging activity
	OD	%	OD	%
Extract (mg/mL)
8.3	1.33 ± 0.04	9.05 ± 3.27	0.59 ± 0.06	12.07 ± 0.58
11.06 mg/mL	0.76 ± 0.05	48.15 ± 3.47	0.54 ± 0.001	19.50 ± 9.61
Vitamin C (mg/mL)
100	0.77 ± 0.01	47.26 ± 1.14	0.52 ± 0.004	21.16 ± 0.96

Asterisks () indicate the significant difference as compared to the positive control (vitamin C).