Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

In Vitro Ion Chelating, Antioxidative Mechanism of Extracts from Fruits and Barks of Tetrapleura tetraptera and Their Protective Effects against Fenton Mediated Toxicity of Metal Ions on Liver Homogenates

Table 5

Correlation analysis results of T. tetraptera extracts demonstrated by Pearson’s coefficients for in vitro antioxidant assays on rat liver enzymes.


	Peroxidase	Catalase	SOD	MDA	FRAP	Molybdate	Polyphenol

Peroxidase	1
Catalase	0.950	1
SOD	0.592	0.587	1
MDA	−0.755	−0.813	−0.545	1
FRAP	0.642	0.721	0.567	−0.979	1
Molybdate	0.776	0.847	0.668	−0.984	0.972	1
Polyphenol	0.882	0.927	0.807	−0.870	0.828	0.930	1

Significant values (bilateral test).
SOD: SOD activity test; catalase: catalase activity test; peroxidase: peroxidase activity test; flavonol: flavonol assay; polyphenol: polyphenol assay; flavonoids: flavonoid assay; FRAP: FRAP antioxidant test; MDA: MDA assay; INHIB MDA: MDA inhibition percentage.