Effects of Alcoholic Extracts of Bangladeshi Mangrove Acanthus ilicifolius Linn. (Acanthaceae) Leaf and Stem on Atherogenic Model of Wistar Albino Rats

Table 4

DPPH-based antioxidant effect of alcoholic extracts of A. ilicifolius (leaf and stem) against standard ascorbic acid.

Concentration (µg/mL)	Mean % inhibition of DPPH free radical
	Ascorbic acid (standard)	AILM	AILE	AISE	AISM
1.25	44.50 ± 0.41	39.03 ± 0.41	26.18 ± 0.44	31.60 ± 0.55	24.30 ± 0.42
2.5	48.25 ± 0.39	40.90 ± 0.37	42.01 ± 0.41	37.30 ± 0.44	28.30 ± 0.40
5	51.88 ± 0.18	42.30 ± 0.33	51.88 ± 0.43	45.60 ± 0.67	29.10 ± 0.45
10	61.43 ± 0.33	56.20 ± 0.31	56.03 ± 0.32	62.30 ± 0.43^η	47.10 ± 0.45
50	71.50 ± 0.22	73.27 ± 0.24	73.19 ± 0.44	68.30 ± 0.35	66.20 ± 0.48
100	91.45 ± 0.26	76.45 ± 0.24	74.58 ± 0.39	72.60 ± 0.58	73.50 ± 0.38

AILE = ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf); AILM = methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf). AISE = ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem); AISM = methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem).