Protective Role of Ficus carica Stem Extract against Hepatic Oxidative Damage Induced by Methanol in Male Wistar Rats

Table 1

Amounts of total flavonoid and total phenolic compounds and evaluation of the IC₅₀ values of the DPPH free-radical-scavenging assay of Ficus carica stem extract. BHT was used as standard. Each value represents the mean ± SEM of three experiments.

Extract/fraction	Phenolic content; mg GAE/g	Flavonoid content; mg QE/g	DPPH IC50 (μg/mL)
FE	133±3.50	43.25±2.0	420±3.30

(mg GAE /g): mg of gallic acid equivalent per g of dry plant extract.
(mg QE/g): mg of quercetin equivalent per g of dry plant extract.
IC₅₀ (μg/mL) the IC₅₀ values corresponding to the amount of extract required to scavenge 50% of radicals present in the reaction mixture.