Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties of the Leaves and Stem Essential Oils of Jatropha gossypifolia L.

Table 4

Antiradical capacity of essential oils extracted from J. gossypifolia [IC₅₀ (mg/mL)].

Activity	J. gossypifolia		Reference compounds
	Leaf oil	Stem oil	Vitamin C	β-Carotene
DPPH
LP
NO

The IC₅₀ (mg/mL) was obtained from standard curve for each oil and reference drugs. The lower the IC₅₀, the higher the antiradical strength. Significant difference was considered at a level of . Values are mean ± SD, .