The Traditional Medicinal Plants Cuphea calophylla, Tibouchina kingii, and Pseudelephantopus spiralis Attenuate Inflammatory and Oxidative Mediators

Table 1

TPC and antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of C. calophylla (HECC), T. kingii (HETK), and P. spiralis (HEPS).

Species	TPC (mg GAE/g)	FRAP (µmol ET/g)	ORAC (µmol ET/g)
HECC	180.51 ± 4.09	1761.92 ± 3.05	3756.65 ± 2.48
HETK	386.77 ± 2.41	4097.58 ± 2.89	6494.26 ± 2.86
HEPS	113.47 ± 3.26	835.310 ± 2.50	4216.56 ± 2.77
Quercetin	Not applicable	11823.68 ± 1.02	24742.89 ± 4.16

mg GAE/g: milligrams gallic acid equivalents per gram of sample; μmol ET/g: micromoles trolox equivalents per gram of sample. (mean ± SD, ) within each column followed by a different letter are significantly different (Bonferroni test, value < 0.05).