Antioxidant Potential of Selected Korean Edible Plant Extracts

Table 1

List of edible plant extracts used in the study.

Serial number	Scientific name; (binomial nomenclature)	Common name	Family	Part(s) extracted from	Total phenolic content; (mg GAE/g DW)^†	IC50 (μg/mL)^#
16	Stewartia pseudocamellia	Stewartia koreana	Theaceae	L	218.71 ± 11.35	119 ± 7
18	Camellia japonica	Camellia	Theaceae	F	561.27 ± 10.47	126 ± 2
19	Alangium platanifolium	Alangium	Alangiaceae	L	46.79 ± 1.15	104 ± 15
20	Pseudosasa japonica	Arrow bamboo	Gramineae	L	95.63 ± 3.84	184 ± 13
25	Viburnum dilatatum	Linden viburnum	Caprifoliaceae	L	262.56 ± 8.32	139 ± 16
27	Eleutherococcus divaricatus var. chiisanensis	Acanthopanax chiisanensis	Araliaceae	S	133.71 ± 4.80	182 ± 16
29	Artemisia annua Linne	Sweet wormwood	Compositae	L	150.06 ± 7.50	181 ± 64
32	Zanthoxylum piperitum	Japanese pepper	Rutaceae	L	58.71 ± 0.88	176 ± 15
33	Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow parsley	Umbelliferae	L, S	5.44 ± 1.45	146 ± 29
34	Celtis sinensis	Chinese hackberry	Ulmaceae	L	182.56 ± 8.66	109 ± 58
39	Toona sinensis	Chinese cedar	Meliaceae	L	135.06 ± 4.04	188 ± 22
46	Poncirus trifoliata	Hardy orange	Rutaceae	F	29.29 ± 2.60	158 ± 30
48	Euonymus hamiltonianus	Hamilton’s spindletree	Celastraceae	L	52.37 ± 5.78	53 ± 2
52	Pinus koraiensis	Korean nut pine	Pinaceae	L	142.37 ± 7.83	181 ± 16
59	Michelia compressa	Magnolia compressa	Magnoliaceae	L	63.90 ± 2.33	107 ± 25
61	Castanea crenata	Chestnut	Fagaceae	L	256.98 ± 5.69	149 ± 46
63	Akebia quinata	Five-leaf Akebia	Lardizabalaceae	W	35.83 ± 2.64	37 ± 11
64	Albizia julibrissin	Silk tree	Leguminosae	L	129.48 ± 5.36	166 ± 80
68	Philadelphus schrenkii	Mock orange	Saxifragaceae	L, S	85.63 ± 3.71	129 ± 57
71	Ipomoea batatas	Sweet potato	Convolvulaceae	L, S	62.37 ± 0.58	55 ± 11
78	Camellia sinensis	Tea plant	Theaceae	L, S	256.02 ± 5.84	171 ± 47
79	Tilia amurensis	Amur linden	Tiliaceae	L	121.02 ± 5.92	115 ± 16
86	Ziziphus jujuba	Jujube	Rhamnaceae	L	244.29 ± 7.17	105 ± 33
94	Pueraria montana	Kudzu	Leguminosae	L	54.48 ± 0.33	97 ± 19

W, whole plant; F, fruit; L, leaf; S, stem; R, root. ^†Data are expressed as milligrams (mg) of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per 1 g dry weight (DW). ^#IC₅₀ value, the half-maximal inhibitory concentration, of cell viability was measured in a human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7; values are presented in mean ± SEM from three independent experimental sessions.