Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) Varieties Cultivated in Sri Lanka

Table 3

Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), ferrous ion chelating (FIC) activity, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of ethanolic and methanolic extracts of Sri Lankan finger millet varieties.

Extract	ORAC	FIC activity	FRAP
Ravi E	^b	^e	^d
Rawana E	^b	^f	^d
Oshadha E	^a	^d	^b
Ravi M	^b	^a	^c
Rawana M	^c	^b	^c
Oshadha M	^a	^c	^a

Results are presented as (). ORAC and FRAP values are given as mg trolox equivalents per 100 g of flour on a dry weight basis. FIC activities are given as chelation % at 5 mg/ml assay concentration. Within a column, mean values superscripted with different letters are significantly different at while mean values superscripted with the same letter are not significantly different at . E: ethanolic extract; M: methanolic extract.