Assessment of Free Radical Scavenging Potential and Oxidative DNA Damage Preventive Activity of Trachyspermum ammi L. (Carom) and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Fennel) Seed Extracts

Table 3

Quantification of total phenolic content and total flavonoid content in Trachyspermum ammi L. and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. seed extracts.

Seed extracts	Total phenolic content; (mg/g tannic acid equivalent)	Total flavonoid content; (mg/g quercetin equivalent)
AASE	0.199±1.3	0.038±0.78
AMSE	0.210±0.83	0.049±0.99
AAcSE	0.432±0.9	0.036±0.78
FASE	0.184±1.2	0.042±0.6
FMSE	0.277±2.3	0.044±0.96
FAcSE	0.364±1.1	0.038±0.84

(AASE: ajwain aqueous seed extract, AMSE: ajwain methanolic seed extract, AAcSE: ajwain acetonic seed extract, FASE: fennel aqueous seed extract, FMSE: fennel methanolic seed extract, FAcSE: fennel acetonic seed extract). The values are expressed in mean ± S.D.