Research Article

Secondary Metabolites Profiling of Acinetobacter baumannii Associated with Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) Leaves and Concentration Dependent Antioxidant and Prooxidant Properties

Table 3

DPPH radical scavenging activity of different solvent extracts of the endophytic A. baumannii.

Endophytic bacteriaSolvent% InhibitionEC50 (μg/mL of extract)
62.5 μg/mL125 μg/mL250 μg/mL500 μg/mL1000 μg/mL

baumanniiCHL-18.87±0.2-17.63±0.5-16.39±0.2-12.12±0.1-5.37±0.25626.28±112.2
DEE-2.30±0.2-1.42±0.2-0.09±0.21.84±0.06.70±0.24848.87±74.8
EA-4.36±0.0-2.66±0.0-1.10±0.11.88±0.26.80±0.24738.51±101.8

Standard

Gallic Acid41.51±0.1645.22±0.0852.66±0.5268.18±0.0194.17±0.32204.38±1.78

Ascorbic Acid30.85±0.2435.40±0.4145.50±0.4263.50±0.5596.42±0.01325.44±2.06

Results are shown as mean±SD (n=3).
Significant differences among the mean values of each column determined by Tukey’s HSD test (P < 0.05) are indicated by different letters (a–c).