Antioxidant Formulae, Shengmai San, and LingGuiZhuGanTang, Prevent MPTP Induced Brain Dysfunction and Oxidative Damage in Mice

Table 1

In vitro antioxidant activities of SMS and LGZGT.

Antioxidant assays	SMS IC50 (μg/mL)	LGZGT IC50 (μg/mL)	Trolox IC50 (μg/mL)	BHT IC50 (μg/mL)
Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity	45.6	98.6	18.9	34.3
Superoxide scavenging activity	298.6	103.6	100.0	98.4
DPPH scavenging activity	34.7	15.8	10.8	20.0

The antioxidant activities were determined as described in Section 2.