Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Free Radical Scavenging Potential of Aerial Parts of Periploca aphylla and Ricinus communis

Table 3

NO scavenging activity of different extracts of Periploca aphylla and Ricinus communis.

Plant extract	% RSA at 500 (𝜇g/mL)	IC50 (𝜇g/mL)
Ascorbic acid	80.54	49.98±0.12^1
PA crude	58.89	143.18±0.49
PA n-hexane	60.58	124.46±0.32
PA chloroform	64.04	103.29±0.52
PA ethyl acetate	61.53	115.07±0.28
PA n-butanol	61.29	113.82±0.43
RC n-hexane	55.10	173.45±0.84
RC chloroform	53.20	231.36±0.91
RC ethyl acetate	63.08	109.77±0.66
RC n-butanol	66.57	92.29±0.72

¹Each value in the table was obtained by calculating the average of three experiments ± standard deviation.