Research Article

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

Table 4

Superoxide radical scavenging assay of different extracts of Periploca aphylla and Ricinus communis.

Plant extract% RSA in ( šœ‡ g/mL)

Quercetin 4 2 . 0 6 Ā± 0 . 3 5 1
PA crude 5 8 . 3 5 Ā± 0 . 7 6
PA n-hexane 5 3 . 9 7 Ā± 0 . 5 2
PA chloroform 6 9 . 1 1 Ā± 0 . 6 9
PA ethyl acetate 6 8 . 9 6 Ā± 0 . 8 4
PA n-butanol 7 1 . 0 5 Ā± 0 . 4 4
RC n-hexane 3 7 . 1 9 Ā± 0 . 3 9
RC chloroform 5 6 . 9 9 Ā± 0 . 4 8
RC ethyl acetate 5 5 . 0 3 Ā± 0 . 9 7
RC n-butanol 6 6 . 7 9 Ā± 0 . 6 5

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