Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of Salvia fruticosa: An HPLC Determination of Phenolic Contents

Table 2

Free radical scavenging activity (SC%) of Salvia fruticosa extracts versus their total phenolic content.

Extract	Free radical scavenging activity at 60 min	Total phenolics as mg gallic acid/g extract
	(mean SC% ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Aerial parts
Chloroform extract	41.59 ± 6.10	21.50 ± 0.38
Methanol extract	41.50 ± 6.70	122.67 ± 0.44
Ethyl acetate extract	32.20 ± 4.50	17.89 ± 0.24
Butanol extract	38.62 ± 8.00	20.0 ± 0.40
Roots
Chloroform extract	31.2 ± 2.09	70.3 ± 0.9
Methanol extract	32.16 ± 4.20	80 ± 1.68
Ethyl acetate extract	42.15 ± 2.06	100.66 ± 3.34
Butanol extract	25.43 ± 2.60	50.80 ± 0.34