Enteromorpha compressa Exhibits Potent Antioxidant Activity

Table 2

Antioxidant activity of crude ethanolic extract of three green macroalgal species against DPPH radical scavenging assay.

Algal species	Antioxidant activity %
	30 min	60 min
Enteromorpha compressa	36.5 ± 0.5	55.7 ± 4.3
Enteromorpha linza	48.8 ± 1.5	48.4 ± 1.7
Ulva Lactuca	49.5 ± 2.4	50.4 ± 1.6
BHT (Synthetic standard)	89.2 ± 4.7	88 ± 3.6
LSD	0.0326	0.0326

Each value is presented as mean of triplet treatments; LSD: Least significant difference at P ≤ 0.01 according to Duncan’s multiple range test.