Research Article

Glucotoxicity Induced Oxidative Stress and Inflammation In Vivo and In Vitro in Psammomys obesus: Involvement of Aqueous Extract of Brassica rapa rapifera

Table 1

Total phenolic and flavonoids contentsand antioxidant activity of Brassica rapa var. rapifera.

Extract/standardsTotal phenolic content (µg GAE/mg)Total flavonoids (µg QE/mg)DPPH (IC50)

Aqueous extract9.41 ± 0.181.01 ± 0.092100 ± 13
BHAn.a.n.a.21.28 ± 0.12
BHTn.a.n.a.12.76 ± 0.08

Each value is expressed as means ± standard deviations for triplicate experiments. n.a.: not applied.
Quercetin (Q), quercetin equivalents (QE), gallic acid (GA), gallic acid equivalents (GAE), butylhydroxyanisole (BHA), and butylhydroxytoluene (BHT).