Research Article

Effect of Betula pendula Leaf Extract on α-Glucosidase and Glutathione Level in Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress

Table 4

Radical scavenging activity for DPPH (IC50 DPPH RSA) and ABTS (IC50 ABTS RSA) free radical, chelating activity (ChA), total antioxidant activity (TAA), ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and α-glucosidase activity (IC50 AG) of B. pendula ethanolic (BP-E) and aqueous (BP-W) leaf extract.

ExtractIC50 DPPH RSA
(μg/mL)
IC50 ABTS RSA
(μg/mL)
IC50 ChA
(μg/mL)
TAA
(mg AAE/g DW)
FRAP
(mg TE/g DW)
IC50 AG
(mg/mL)

BP-E
BP-W
Standardn.a.n.a.

Differences within column (samples connected by the same capital letter are statistically different at ).
AAE: ascorbic acid equivalents; TE: Trolox equivalents.
Standard: BHA; Trolox; EDTA; Acarbose.
n.a.: not applicable.